Toothpaste Madness
Written by Confusion support on January 9, 2008 – 9:06 pm -
I can barely stand buying a tube of toothpaste. I don’t understand what I am supposed to buy. When I was little there were only three choices: Regular Colgate, Regular Crest and Regular Auqafresh! I distinctly remember the arguments in elementary school about which was better, my Colgate, or their Crest, or this one girl’s Auqafresh! Now there are so many different varieties of each that any kind of argument would be nearly pointless and confusing as hell.
I stood for 15 minutes the other day in front of the toothpaste section. I couldn’t determine if I wanted my teeth whitened and minty fresh, done over with peroxide and baking soda, cleaned with tartar control, scraped with micro-crystals, sparkling fresh and whitened, protected by extra fluoride with cinnamon flavor, whitened over night with secret ingredients, treated with germ control, or simply cleaned with “great” regular flavor. Flavor!!? What? Am I supposed to eat the stuff?
I don’t understand what is best for me, or for anybody. Why did all these choices spring up over night?! At one point I got so confused I may have mistaken diaper rash cream and the toothpaste. I couldn’t tell. Both ended up in my hands at once, somehow.
By this time sweat was into my eyes and blurring my vision. I happened to be on a time schedule that day too. This was holding me up! The more I stared the more confused I got. Was Crest minty tarter control better than Colgate tarter plus whitening? What the hell is this….who understands any of this? I couldn’t even tell what price went with what toothpaste. Someone had slid the labels back and forth. It’s bad enough I can’t even understand the benefit of the different toothpastes, if there is any! Now I had to read the labels individually to get the best toothpaste for the money, because I didn’t know which price went with what or which toothpaste is best!
I ended up with something, feeling too dizzy to continue and slightly exhausted. I just put one in my cart. I got home and realized I ended up with some little kid’s Sesame Street themed bubblegum flavored plaque control paste for young teeth with an included tooth brush!. Oh well…it doesn’t taste too bad, but the toothbrush is a little small.
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January 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I know your pain. The decisions are too many for me also, so I go back to my original one even though I do not have as many teeth to brush.