Pop Quiz
All right, pop quiz. Airport, gunman with one hostage. He’s using her for cover; he’s almost to a plane. You’re a hundred feet away… Jack?
Wait, no, it’s not that pop quiz… it’s more of a water quiz, not a “pop” quiz…
Can you tell the difference between the single water bottle and the case of water bottles below?
Some obvious differences:
1) one vs. many: one bottle is less than a case of water
2) brand: the single bottle is Aquafina and the water in the case is Poland Springs
3) size: the Aquafina is actually abit larger than the Poland Spring bottles
The non-obvious difference:
4) price: $4.25 vs. $3.99. Guess which one is which…. go on, I dare you. Yup, the Aquafina bottle was $4.25 while the CASE of Poland Springs was $3.99. The magic difference?? The place of purchase. I bought the Aquafina at a movie theater. And they wonder why movie attendance is down???
When we went to go see Inglorious Basterds, we went to the matinee show – so for the three of us is was about $20 for tickets. Then we got some goodies… which we know will be about the same as the ticket price. But I forgot to get The Hubby his water, so I had to go back and get it. And heard the single pricing for the single bottle. And about died. I just paid more for one bottle than I paid for a case of THIRTY TWO bottles. This totally justifies me sneaking in candy and just buying “fresh” (ha!) popcorn.