Dasani invents dry water
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So we've got a soda machine at work now like one of those coca cola machines that you can pick up to a billion flavors.
One of the flavors is "Dasani unflavored sparkling water".
Sooo the water comes from the tap, the CO2 comes from the CO2 tank. What exactly makes it Dasani?
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@coldandtired said in Dasani invents dry water:
@dangeRuss Nothing new there:
From 2004.
I wonder if we have a Dasani reverse osmosis filter in there.
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@dangeRuss That sounds expensive. I bet it is nothing special beyond carbonated water and a Dasani logo...
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@Nocha said in Dasani invents dry water:
@dangeRuss That sounds expensive. I bet it is nothing special beyond carbonated water and a Dasani logo...
The reverse osmosis filter? Not really. I bought one for my house for like $100. Still gotta install it though.
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@dangeRuss But if you leave that out you still have perfectly drinkable water from a machine with your branding that costs you ~$100 per unit less to make. And with the carbonation making it a little different to tap water, why would you bother with the fancy expensive thing anyway?
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@Nocha said in Dasani invents dry water:
@dangeRuss But if you leave that out you still have perfectly drinkable water from a machine with your branding that costs you ~$100 per unit less to make. And with the carbonation making it a little different to tap water, why would you bother with the fancy expensive thing anyway?
I'm willing to bet that the introduction of unfiltered particles into the machine would cause repair bills much higher than the filter costs. I mean we're in NY, home of the best tasting water in world, so the taste probably isn't that much different, but it is at least filtering out chrlorine and flouride.
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@dangeRuss said in Dasani invents dry water:
home of the best tasting water in world
Hey, everywhere I've been has had some GREAT tasting water.
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@dangeRuss I would take you up on that. I have never been to New York, but I doubt your water has enough particulates to cause a simple carbonation set up any issues. If the water is particularly hard, it might be an issue, but that can be managed with a cleaning/service schedule the customer pays for. Money saved on a filter, and a need for an aftercare service you can charge for...
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Dasani is as pure as water can get
It's what, a buck a gallon? And as pure as water can get, too.
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@Maciejasjmj said in Dasani invents dry water:
Dasani is as pure as water can get
It's what, a buck a gallon? And as pure as water can get, too.
Won't drinking distilled water kill your because it's missing the minerals?
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@Maciejasjmj said in Dasani invents dry water:
Dasani is as pure as water can get
It's what, a buck a gallon? And as pure as water can get, too.
Is there distilled water with sodium in it?
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@ben_lubar said in Dasani invents dry water:
@Maciejasjmj said in Dasani invents dry water:
Dasani is as pure as water can get
It's what, a buck a gallon? And as pure as water can get, too.
Is there distilled water with sodium in it?
sure, but it tends to be on fire at the time. maybe it would be better if we added a crystaline ionically bonded matrix of sodium and chlorine atoms?
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@Lorne-Kates said in Dasani invents dry water:
@dangeRuss said in Dasani invents dry water:
What exactly makes it Dasani?
Gullibility.
To be fair, they're not the ones whose product is literally "naive" spelled backwards...
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@dangeRuss I'm pretty sure soda machines pretty much always have filters. If they mixed the flavor syrup with unfiltered tap water, it'd taste strange, and the flavor would vary from place to place. They want it to taste the same everywhere, not influenced by whatever flavors the tap water might have.
And, sure, it makes the machine cost a little bit more, but those drinks have a huge profit margin already. The syrup costs very little, the CO2 costs very little, and the water costs very little. The most expensive part of it is usually the cup.
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@masonwheeler said in Dasani invents dry water:
@Lorne-Kates said in Dasani invents dry water:
@dangeRuss said in Dasani invents dry water:
What exactly makes it Dasani?
Gullibility.
To be fair, they're not the ones whose product is literally "naive" spelled backwards...
I never noticed that before!
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@anotherusername said in Dasani invents dry water:
@dangeRuss I'm pretty sure soda machines pretty much always have filters. If they mixed the flavor syrup with unfiltered tap water, it'd taste strange, and the flavor would vary from place to place. They want it to taste the same everywhere, not influenced by whatever flavors the tap water might have.
And, sure, it makes the machine cost a little bit more, but those drinks have a huge profit margin already. The syrup costs very little, the CO2 costs very little, and the water costs very little. The most expensive part of it is usually the cup.
Most fast food restaurants actually make very little money (or even actually lose money, especially with coupons) on their sandwiches. They make it up with the profit from the drinks. That's why the order-takers are trained to up-sell drinks (and desserts) so much.
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@dangeRuss said in Dasani invents dry water:
Won't drinking distilled water kill your because it's missing the minerals?
No. That's a myth. The amount of demineralized * ) water you'd have to drink to kill yourself is almost the same as the amount of "normal" water.
Several liters.
* ) The label "distilled" water is usually a misnomer / falsehood. You're buying demineralized water which was run through an ion-exchanger. Actual distilled water would be at least one degree of magnitude more expensive.
@anotherusername said in Dasani invents dry water:
And, sure, it makes the machine cost a little bit more, but those drinks have a huge profit margin already. The syrup costs very little, the CO2 costs very little, and the water costs very little. The most expensive part of it is usually the cup.
Which is also the reason why some McD's and Subway shops over here only hand you a cup which you then fill yourself and as often as you like.
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All items in soda machines are overpriced, there's nothing strange about doing the same with water.
Just make sure there are no free water taps nearby, or at all (if you're not legally required to have some), and if possible make sure it's in a place where people are not allowed to leave, and maybe even ban outside water (again, if your lawyers say it's OK). Bam, profit.
What? People do it all the time with food.
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@anonymous234 Also, jack up the salt on the fries, and delete the path once people are in the area. And charge for the restroom.
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@Yamikuronue said in Dasani invents dry water:
@anonymous234 Also, jack up the salt on the fries, and delete the path once people are in the area. And charge for the restroom.
Do the what?
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With the brand name Dasani on it, it can be sold, as opposed to giving you a free cup of water, you mooch.
I think they missed a bet though: they should brand the ice too, so they can put a price on that instead of giving it out for free.
I would suggest:
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Around here, bottled water ('mineral water') is usually tap water which has been polluted with extra minerals (because tap water is too clean). The companies in question are rarely secretive about this.
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@dangeRuss said in Dasani invents dry water:
@Yamikuronue said in Dasani invents dry water:
@anonymous234 Also, jack up the salt on the fries, and delete the path once people are in the area. And charge for the restroom.
Do the what?
If we're not talking Rollercoaster Tycoon, we could have made the path out of those metal movable
s that you often see at such events to make flexible queue systems. Same deal: you want the path to the exit? YOU CAN'T HAVE THE PATH.
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@Yamikuronue said in Dasani invents dry water:
@anonymous234 Also, jack up the salt on the fries, and delete the path once people are in the area. And charge for the restroom.
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@ben_lubar said in Dasani invents dry water:
@Yamikuronue said in Dasani invents dry water:
@anonymous234 Also, jack up the salt on the fries, and delete the path once people are in the area. And charge for the restroom.
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@PJH that is a thing of beauty. Hellish beauty, but beauty.
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@Arantor said in Dasani invents dry water:
@PJH that is a thing of beauty. Hellish beauty, but beauty.
Shame it can't be run on Windows
https://sites.google.com/site/edmarkovich2/whywindows95andwindows98wouldcrashafter49.7daysofuptime
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@PJH because GOG don't have a version of RCT or RCT2 that run on newer versions of Windows or anything.
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@Arantor said in Dasani invents dry water:
we could have made the path out of those metal movable s that you often see at such events to make flexible queue systems. Same deal: you want the path to the exit? YOU CAN'T HAVE THE PATH.
It only works until someone screams "Free KFC!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZeZjryEric&ab_channel=TomaszTVNEWS
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@ben_lubar said in Dasani invents dry water:
@Yamikuronue said in Dasani invents dry water:
@anonymous234 Also, jack up the salt on the fries, and delete the path once people are in the area. And charge for the restroom.
"Long"?
TIL Long = 3 pages printed. FWP...
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@Yamikuronue I'm pretty sure I don't remember there being an option to change the amount of salt on fries.
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@anotherusername said in Dasani invents dry water:
@Yamikuronue I'm pretty sure I don't remember there being an option to change the amount of salt on fries.
It's actually a well known LIFE HACK (TM ONE WEIRD TRICK OMG BBQ)
If you're ordering fries from a fast-food place like McD's, ask for "no salt". If they have a batch that's been sitting around a while, it'll already be salted. They'll need to make a fresh batch for you. Thus, you get fresh fries that haven't been sitting around forever.
You can then add salt packets if you want.
LIFEHACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@Lorne-Kates said in Dasani invents dry water:
ask for "no salt"
Strange around here they are always unsalted.
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@anotherusername said in Dasani invents dry water:
I'm pretty sure I don't remember there being an option to change the amount of salt on fries.
I believe it was in 3?
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In my country almost all bottled water is real mineral water that comes from a mountain.
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@Yamikuronue said in Dasani invents dry water:
And charge for the restroom.
And pay for substantially more cleaning supplies.
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@Yamikuronue said in Dasani invents dry water:
@anonymous234 Also, jack up the salt on the fries, and delete the path once people are in the area.
Way ahead of you:
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@da-Doctah said in Dasani invents dry water:
@Yamikuronue said in Dasani invents dry water:
@anonymous234 Also, jack up the salt on the fries, and delete the path once people are in the area.
Way ahead of you:
Not pictured: "Iced Drink Antidote Antidote - $2.00"
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@Lorne-Kates said in Dasani invents dry water:
If you're ordering fries from a fast-food place like McD's, ask for "no salt". If they have a batch that's been sitting around a while, it'll already be salted.
If your local McD's sees so little trade that the fries sit around for long enough to make a perceptible difference to their quality, there's probably a good reason for that. "Fresh" fries from a particularly bad McD's are not better enough to be worth waiting for.
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@flabdablet said in Dasani invents dry water:
"Fresh" fries from a particularly bad McD's are not better enough to be worth waiting for.
It's pretty hard to fuck up dropping frozen fries into hot grease and removing them when it dings.
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@anotherusername Kind of depends what else has been in the hot grease and for how long.
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