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September 24, 2005 12:03 AM
Broken: Red Bull signage in local Target
An anonymous reader writes:
I was at a Target recently and couldn't help noticing this one lone can of Red Bull, I bent down for further inspection and what did I find but an illegal can of everyone's favorite energy drink.
I snapped this photo and left the store quickly and quietly when I started receiving strange looks from the security officers...
Yeah, i'd say that's broken. But what the heck does it even mean?
Combolations, What's-Your-Face, you have the longest name ever.
mabye, they ilegalized red bull! being a teen who relies on an energy drink every morning, I might be doomed. but red bull is one of the worst energy drinks. try NOS, sobe andrenyline rush, sobe no fear, and monster(not lo carb. energy drinks couldn't possibly offer energy without sugar).
I'd say it's a typo in a database somewhere coupled with an idiotic stock clerk who didn't notice what the label actually said.
This is definetly broken. And better yet, it's pretty clear cut.
No nasty haggling with inane persons who don't know how to have fun
Simple.
Red Bull is nasty anyways.
If your gonna drink an energy drink, grab yourself a blue bottle of BAWLS Guarana (see website). mmmmmmm
What do you expect out of a country where the national language is defined by law not usage. Probably someone at the institute which defines the French langage decided that "Red Bull" was incompatible with the French Langage and some government person took it from there.
The fact that there is only one can would lead me to beleive that maybe there is a problem with the store carrying this product.
It's probably some variation of "not legal for resale" that got butchered when trying to be printed on a tiny label.
Good guess OMF. My guess was that there are product lines that are not legal in a given store/locality, e.g. alcohol, and somehow a label for such an item got printed out and put on. Still pretty stupid, though.
A variation, perhaps some things are not legal to be sold at certain times (i.e. alcohol again) and the combination of stupid naming in the database plus shelving the product in the wrong place results in this absurdity.
I guess Red Bull is banned in France because of the taurine in it? To put it in perspective, codeine is illegal in the US (I think, at least over-the-counter) but widely available elsewhere.
Yeah- this does seem broken- but to comment on a comment- how many over intellectualized clerks are stocking the shelves at target? r u one?
Yeah- this does seem broken- but to comment on a comment- how many over intellectualized clerks are stocking the shelves at target? r u one?
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woa, broken
Posted by: Unknown at September 24, 2005 12:48 AM