If you happened to be drinking a SoBe Vitamin Water, and chances are you probably didn't, you may have missed the strange message that people all across were receiving on the inside lids of some SoBe drinks: "Help me. Trapped In Sobe Factory."
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That was the message that had people worried for potential workers that may have indeed been trapped in a SoBe factory, being forced to make awful vitamin water over and over again until someone actually enjoyed the drink.
The "pleas" were written in the same font that expiration dates are printed on, so that just gave people more reason to believe that perhaps this was a worker that was desperately trying to reach out to someone. Check out some of the bottle lids below.
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But not to worry, apparently SoBe prints messages like this under their lids all the time, kind of like Snapple prints "facts" under theirs. Of course SoBe, who is owned by PepsiCo, did not want to appear to look like an evil tyrant, so they had to clear the matter up fast.
""Hi there, we're sorry that our cap slogan caused you concern, that was certainly not our intention. These sayings are intended to give our consumers a little smile or pause for thought, not offense, while they enjoy their favorite SoBe beverage," Sobe stated.
Because nothing brings a smile to my face like potentially trapped factory workers.
"We are planning on removing this cap slogan from our current rotation, however, it will take a while for existing stock to run through the market," SoBe added.
So let's all breathe a sigh of relief, and continue to not purchase Sobe Vitamin Water.
Via Independent
That was the message that had people worried for potential workers that may have indeed been trapped in a SoBe factory, being forced to make awful vitamin water over and over again until someone actually enjoyed the drink.
The "pleas" were written in the same font that expiration dates are printed on, so that just gave people more reason to believe that perhaps this was a worker that was desperately trying to reach out to someone. Check out some of the bottle lids below.
But not to worry, apparently SoBe prints messages like this under their lids all the time, kind of like Snapple prints "facts" under theirs. Of course SoBe, who is owned by PepsiCo, did not want to appear to look like an evil tyrant, so they had to clear the matter up fast.
""Hi there, we're sorry that our cap slogan caused you concern, that was certainly not our intention. These sayings are intended to give our consumers a little smile or pause for thought, not offense, while they enjoy their favorite SoBe beverage," Sobe stated.
Because nothing brings a smile to my face like potentially trapped factory workers.
"We are planning on removing this cap slogan from our current rotation, however, it will take a while for existing stock to run through the market," SoBe added.
So let's all breathe a sigh of relief, and continue to not purchase Sobe Vitamin Water.
Via Independent