Beth
Pohlmeyer, of Proctor & Gamble, has written Robrob8.com an email
expressing her pleasure in being able to tell people how their product,
Pringles Potato Chips, are manufactured.
This
is the email, in full and unedited, received July 11 2001.
Hello, Rob.
I work in P&G Consumer Relations and have responsibility for the people who
answer email messages about P&G products. I'm writing to ask for your help.
Recently, a consumer got in touch to let us know about your "Did you ever wonder
what Pringles potato chips were made of?" article. While she understood the
article was written in fun, it had been passed to her by people who may not have
been as sure.
http://www.robrob8.com/you_wanted_to_know/pringles_potato_chips.htm
I checked out your site and think you have a great thing going -- lots of clever
"tongue-in-cheek" postings. I enjoyed your outrageous claim that ingredients
for Pringles come from a famous maker of french-fries. However, there are
enough facts mixed into many of your articles that we feel people may not fully
understand the Pringles article is a spoof.
I'm sure you can appreciate how important it is for us to create and maintain
trust in our products. We want the people who buy Pringles to be confident
that only fresh raw materials are used to make the dehydrated potato flake
ingredient. Since there are indications that your article may be misinterpreted as factual, we respectfully request that you remove it from your
site or clearly indicate that it is a spoof.
Thanks for your time. Wishing you success with your site!
Beth Pohlmeyer pohlmeyer.em@pg.com
Procter & Gamble Consumer Relations
I hope that
such a big company, that probably makes more than US$100,000.00 a year
(maybe even more than a million dollars a year!) decides to NOT go after
poor little Robrob8 for merely passing along a story that he was told
when he was little. Maybe they want Uncle John's address and they can go
after him instead. After all, he started it!
But, you
never know how Urban
Legends start, do you? For my part, this topic ends right here. I
don't need another problem, do I?
Robrob8
July 8 2008
ABC News
followed up this story (or rather copied it from my site) on
July 6 2008
on this page.
The story has also been passed on
to these channels:
http://www.jasonstonefitness.com/jason_stone_fitness/
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com
