Sunday, October 07, 2007

Mammon School of Math (or, "That's some insurance!")

So we received some junk mail offering to sell us some specialized life insurance, to pay our mortgage for us if it gets cloudy or something. Among the many benefits that we "may" receive, this one is my favorite:

"100 percent return of premiums if benefits unused during the term of policy."

All I can say is, that's some insurance.

On the other side of the ledger, I have a favorite brand of fiber pill, favorite because the pills are big and it's cheap. But the second best part is that it uses the side of the jar for a math lesson, showing the small pill competitor, at half a gram per pill, 100 pills per bottle, why, 50 grams!; the closest competitor, 1 gram per pill, 100 pills, 100 grams!; and the hometown favorite brand, 2 grams per pill, 90 pills, 180 grams (why not 100 pills, who knows).

Never mind that it's missing the price information; I consider them to be doing a true public service (beyond the less-than-obvious one of providing a product that works).

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