Thursday, February 05, 2009

Idiot of the Day - Kellogg’s

It’s official, Kellogg’s has decided not to renew Michael Phelps’ contract, which is up at the end of this month.  They said that his behavior is “not consistent with the image of Kellogg”, but that’s where they’re wrong.  The crap that they make is exactly consistent with what someone would eat after smoking pot, it’s NOT consistent with what a world-class athlete, like Michael Phelps, would eat while in training.  You know who eats Pop-Tarts?  People who smoke pot.  You know who eats Soft Batch Cookies?  People who smoke pot.  You know who eats Yogos?  Ugh, hopefully no one.  I wouldn’t eat another bag of those (I bought them once, ate a few, and tossed out the whole box) if I was high as a kite.  (I’m drug-tested by my pain mgt doctor, so until I get my medical marijuana license, I shan’t be lighting up)

It’s just stunning that his DUI and the gossip reports about his heavy drinking was “consistent with the image of Kellogg”, but taking one hit from a bong, isn’t.  “According to the NHTSA someone was dead every 31 minutes (16,885 killed in 2006) and someone was injured every 2 minutes in 2006” by drunk drivers.  I guess that’s consistent with “the image of Kellogg”.  Oh, and aside from driving while impaired (which Michael Phelps hopefully will never do again), approximately 79,000 people each year die from excessive alcohol use, and do you want to know how many people die each year from excessive pot use? None. No one has ever died from a marijuana overdose.  Each year, we’re not subjected to news stories about college students dying from smoking too much pot.  No, they die from alcohol poisoning.

I will be boycotting the Kellogg company (damn, I really love the occasional brown sugar & cinnamon Pop-Tart, but I’ll give them up) due to their disgusting hypocrisy.  I’ve already written to them, but here’s their info if you’d like to write to them.

Kellogg Corporate World Headquarters

Main Switchboard: (269) 961-2000
One Kellogg Square
P.O. Box 3599
Battle Creek, MI 49016-3599

Consumers Affairs: (800) 962-1413

They don’t have email addresses on the website. Here’s a link to their contact form - http://www.kelloggcompany.com/contactus.aspx

By the way, I don’t even particularly like Michael Phelps.  I respect his amazing athletic ability, but other than that…meh.  However, I will give up my junk food for him.

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1. Damn fine rant.

   Laurie Kingston  on  02/06  at  04:36 PM

2. When he first became the Kellogg sponser, my General Mills rep said his company was upset because they couldn’t get his image on their cereal boxes!
   Wonder if they’re sleeping better at night now?

   Have you ever tried Fiber One “pop tarts”, from GM?
   I’ve heard they’re good enough to eat an entire box in one sitting, although the individual who did so claimed to have a massive explosion of the bowels later.

   TaraFly  on  02/10  at  11:01 AM

3. I’ve never tried the Fiber One “Pop-Tarts”, but with that recommendation, how could I not get them now???  Actually, because of my pain meds, the fiber would actually be good for me, so I’m pretty sure I could eat an entire box without any “massive explosions”.  Although, I think my Pop-Tart or “toaster pastry” limit is probably two at a time, unless Michael Phelps was sharing his stash.

   I love how they package two of them together and then proclaim the serving size is “ONE” pastry.  Yeah, and let the other one get stale & hard?  Why not fork over the big bucks and package them one per foil-y package?

   I will try the Fiber One pastries now, though.  If they taste good and give me the fiber I want, it’ll be good because I just found out that Kellogg bought Kashi (oh, and no, I’ve never “eaten Good Friends”<g>), so my “Kashi GoLean” cereal must be boycotted now.  It’s back to Fiber One cereal with “honey clusters” - I’d gotten bored with it, but I guess it’s time to go back.  I must do it for the children…who occasionally smoke pot.

   Flippy  on  02/10  at  11:32 AM

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