Marketing - A Humorous Look at Children and Chicken Nuggets
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If You Really Want To Learn About Marketing...
Have kids and listen to them if you really want to learn about brand recognition and marketing. If there's one thing I won't abide by in my house it's useless food items. Sure, I've been known to be a little lax on the "food rules" from time to time... (A brownie, for breakfast on a Saturday morning, why not? Have at it, kiddo!) However, I have a few things I simply refuse to buy:
Lunchables, (what they should call them is Marked-Up Junkables,) "Milk Flavoring Straws," (look, kid, I'll buy you every flavor of Nesquik they make, but I ain't buying you that,) Uncrustables... Seriously... you don't have time to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? That's just SAD. When I saw these dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets on sale at Jewel, though, I just had to have them. (For my daughter, of course!) I mean, after all, they were cheaper than the regular chicken nuggets.
And she loved 'em! We got three packs of them for something like five dollars and ended up going through them in a couple of weeks flat. And that, my friends, is where the pain could have really begun, because the next time I went to the store, guess what? They weren't on sale of course.
The regular chicken nuggets were, though, so I picked them up for the whole family and shrugged. Personally, I don't care what shape my chicken nuggets are. That afternoon I made my daughter her afternoon snack consisting of the non-dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and matchstick carrots. My daughter sits down at the table and says: "Hey, mom... what happened to the dinosaur chicken nuggets? These ones aren't dinosaurs!" I steel myself for the possibility of a major temper tantrum.
"We ate all those, sweetie. I just got these ones today. They're fresh."
My daughter takes a tiny bite... "Hey, mom, I get it! These are the egg shaped chicken nuggets! Cool!"
"Ah, yes... That's right! They're dinosaur egg shaped... I bought them just for you!"
"Aw, mommy, thank-you! You're the best mommy ever."
Aw, shucks... thanks, kid. You're a real riot.
Would I feed these to my child?
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Neat hub!
Keep on Hubbing!
I voted! :)
They didn't make dinasaur nuggets (that sounds weird) when my daughter was little, but now I'm observing her feeding a 2 year-old and it's a riot. I do remember, however, when Katie was little hearing a doctor say, "Don't force her to eat if she doesn't want it. Give her whatever she'll eat when she tells you she's hungry." I voted 'yes' on the chicken thing, but was wavering. I'm not 100% trusting of those factories and their ingredients.
lo0ol...... :D that's funny
keep it up
TripletMom: *grin* I know, it's universal... we've been having a lot of problems lately with adverstising "brain-soak," my daughter suddenly wants everything she sees on television. Thanks for coming by and taking the time to comment.
eovery: Thanks. I appreciate you taking the time to support and encourage me, happy hubbing!
quicksand: Yea! I love it when people use their democratic rights in a completely meaningless way.
druneric: I'm gonna be honest with you... anything that costs 3/$5.00's probably isn't going to be of great quality. (No offense Mr. Perdue.) I guess I rationalize it by thinking that it's healthier than eating at McDonald's and pairing it with things like matchstick carrots, apples, or yogurt. My daughter eats like you wouldn't believe, we've *never* had a problem finding something for her to eat, she never went through a picky stage like most toddlers do. Thanks for coming by and commenting / reading, I appreciate it!
Mezo: lol... you're funny, thanks... >;-) Thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment, I appreciate it.
Very cute hub! Thank goodness your daughter has a good imagination. I would never had thought that up so quick!
k@ri: Hehe, thanks, I find daily ways to appreciate her good sense of humor and tyke imagination, I appreciate you coming by and taking the time to read & comment!
Too funny! Loved your story! That kind of reminds me of a story my grandmother told me. When my mother was a child, she said she hated potatoes! So my grandmother would mash the potatoes for potato salad and tell her she made it WITHOUT potatoes. Her much older brothers would laugh at her across the table while she sat enjoying the salad.
DarleneMarie: Haha... OMG, that is too cute! Thanks for stopping by to read and comment, as always, love hearing from you.
Very good hub.Thank You !
That figures .. dinosaurs tasted like chicken - no wonder they were eaten to extinction lol
Excellent hub. You daughter has a great imagination.
PetMemorialWorld: *lol* Thanks, you have a fantastic imagination yourself!
Nicole,
Talking about relating when I read your article (now, times that by 6 kids....). lol Your daughter has the perfect attitude and great creativity. Thanks for sharing!
Beth100: Thanks! *smile* I think it's nice to remember as an adult sometimes that the things we think are going to be a huge battle aren't always so. It is just about the attitude, you know? Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, I appreciate it. Six kids, huh? You're a busy, busy lady!
Triplet Mom says:
8 months ago
This is hilarious, maybe because I have children. Are all kids really alike or what. Sounds like a discussion I have before maybe with slightly different wording.