Posted on 07/06/2010 5:16:41 PM PDT by Enterprise
"Under an executive order from Mayor Gavin Newsom, Coke, Pepsi and Fanta Orange are no longer allowed in vending machines on city property, although their diet counterparts are - up to a point."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I do all I can to completely avoid San Francisco. Yuk!
As to some of the other comments on this thread, in SF there are only two inalienable rights: The right to an abortion and the right to have random sexual intercourse with strangers.
Somehow I really don't see denying folks the ability to pay $1 for a Coke they can buy at 7-11 for 75 cents is going to make the citizens of SF skinnier.
Email to me awhile back.... will be inserted wherever appropriate...
Now the libs don’t want us to drink certain drinks so they’re banned...doesn’t matter where.
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While I understand the principle, fair market, consumer choice, etc., I still fail to grasp what the BFD is that someone won't be able to shell out an excessive charge for his soda when he can tote a cheaper one in to work with him all the same. The soda is only banned from the vending machines, not city property, buildings, etal.
But they are big on "organic" food. Lab chemicals BAD!
If the City of SF offices have refrigerators, the employees can bring their own soft drinks from home.
That’s what I do because the prices at my work for soft drinks in the vending machines are too high, IMO. I save money by bringing my own soda from home.
Or will Gavin “any twosome” Newsome ban city employees from bringing soft drinks on public property? Its for their own good, you know. And that soy milk tastes delicious on a warm summer day. /s
You can say that again! ;-)
I bet you can still get a slurpee in the Mayors office...
Newsom hasn’t banned possession of those products by city employees on city property - yet. Give him time. It’s for their own good.
Not to mention sodomy.
If I remember right there was a Coke commercial on TV in the 70s with a theme song about teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony. LOL
Exactly. That crap won’t sell well. Machines will disappear and prices will rise on the stuff people do buy, in order to compensate, which will in turn slow all sales.
A business killer...
RE: “Exactly. That crap won’t sell well. Machines will disappear and prices will rise on the stuff people do buy, in order to compensate, which will in turn slow all sales.
A business killer...”
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That’s how I see it — if the machines stay, something has to replace the sugared sodas. How about, oh, apple juice?
Funny thing about the fruit juices though — their ‘natural’ sugars do a very nice job of rotting young teeth. My stupid hippie cousin wrecked her two kids’ teeth back in the sixties, causing expensive dental work and a sharp warning from the dentist to stop assuming everything ‘natural’ was so great, especially when putting the juice in baby bottles and giving it to little kids when they are in their cribs, to help them go to sleep.
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
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So, Coke and Pepsi, how do you like your 60's friends now?
I am sure that the price is going to be something included in the contract for the machines. I would expect the prices to double or triple.
That's not what they mean by "organic." I'm just saying they aren't following their rules set up on their own terms.
Maybe they should replace the sodas with condoms.
I mean, if they’re so concerned about health, and everything.
Just saying ...
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