[GalFisk] Unethical business practices

[GalFisk]

How does a well-known company use vegetables to trick their customers?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Was this in the 2020s? '10s? '00s?
Exact vegetable relevant?
Did the company provide a service? Sell a product?
Were the customers repeat customers? First-time customers? Would the company expect them to return as customers?

[GalFisk]

Was this in the 2020s? Yes. '10s? '00s? Probably.
Exact vegetable relevant? Yes.
Did the company provide a service? Sell a product?This.
Were the customers repeat customers? First-time customers? Both. Would the company expect them to return as customers? Yes.

[BitterLemonCurry]

Are they using this vegetable in an ad? a commercial? a logo? a brand or company name?
Are they producing something that is considered unhealthy? unethical? not eco-friendly?

[Sundowner64]

Does the company sell vegetables? other food? drinks?
Did they want to trick their customers into buying their stuff? buying more? buying different things? buying in larger packs? buying more often? buying additional products or services? upgrading?

[GalFisk]

Are they using this vegetable in an ad? a commercial? a logo? a brand or company name? No to all.
Are they producing something that is considered unhealthy? unethical? not eco-friendly? No to all.

Does the company sell vegetables? other food? drinks? No to all.
Did they want to trick their customers into buying their stuff? buying more? Only this. buying different things? buying in larger packs? buying more often? If it means buying more, yes. buying additional products or services? upgrading?

[BitterLemonCurry]

Are they comparing the product with a particular vegetable?

[GalFisk]

Are they comparing the product with a particular vegetable? You could put it this way, yes.

[BitterLemonCurry]

Is a proverb releavnt? A metaphor?
Is the vegetable in question relevantly: Healthy? Unhealthy? Cheap? Expensive? Seasonal? Durable? Perishable? Eco-Friendly?
Relevant in which country this happens? Are they doing this internationally?

[GalFisk]

Is a proverb releavnt? A metaphor? No to both.
Is the vegetable in question relevantly: Healthy? Unhealthy? Cheap? Expensive? Seasonal? Durable? Perishable? Eco-Friendly? Healthy, cheap, durable, eco-friendly, but it's not really relevant.
Relevant in which country this happens? No. Are they doing this internationally? Yes.

[BitterLemonCurry]

Are the vegetables potatoes? Carrots? Onions?

[GalFisk]

Are the vegetables potatoes? Carrots? Onions? No to all.

[Sundowner64]

Turnips? Beets? other root vegetables?
Beans? Peas?

[GalFisk]

Turnips? Beets? other root vegetables?
Beans? Peas? This.

[BalinTheDwarf]

Are they using actual peas? Just mentioning peas?
If actual peas: are they frozen? Fresh? In pods? Canned?
Is the weight of peas relevant? Their size?

[trebor2]

Homophones/near-homophones of "peas" relevant? Such as "pees", "peace", "appease", etc.? Something being "pea-sized" relevant?

Is the company most accurately associated with: tech? telecom? Sports/athletics? The arts? Literature? News? Household goods? Appliances? Paper towels/toilet paper? Clothing? Entertainment? Hardware/tools/construction? Games? Health/medical? Education?

[GalFisk]

Homophones/near-homophones of "peas" relevant? Such as "pees", "peace", "appease", etc.? No to all. Something being "pea-sized" relevant? Yes.

Is the company most accurately associated with: tech? telecom? Sports/athletics? The arts? Literature? News? Household goods? This is relevant. Appliances? Paper towels/toilet paper? Clothing? Entertainment? Hardware/tools/construction? Games? Health/medical? This is closest. Education?

[Biograd1]

Is it toothpaste? Do they say "a pea-sized amount of our toothpaste removes X amount of plaque", where "pea-sized" is somewhat subjective depending on which variety of peas you are talking about? Customers might think of petite peas, while the company actually is measuring by especially large peas? or even a variety, like snow or sugar snap peas, that come in a large pod?

[GalFisk]

Is it toothpaste? Yes, indeed. Do they say "a pea-sized amount of our toothpaste Yes. removes X amount of plaque", But no. where "pea-sized" is somewhat subjective depending on which variety of peas you are talking about? No, the subjectiveness of "pea-sized" is not relevant here. Customers might think of petite peas, while the company actually is measuring by especially large peas? or even a variety, like snow or sugar snap peas, that come in a large pod? So no to all these.

[Sundowner64]

Did they increase the size of the hole in the tube? so that people aiming to get out a pea-sized (i.e. spherical) piece of toothpaste now use much more than before?
Relevant that what ads often show as pea-sized amount on the toothbrush is actually much larger than a pea?

[GalFisk]

Did they increase the size of the hole in the tube? so that people aiming to get out a pea-sized (i.e. spherical) piece of toothpaste now use much more than before? No.
Relevant that what ads often show as pea-sized amount on the toothbrush is actually much larger than a pea? Not directly, but tangentially relevant.

[Sundowner64]

Is any advertising slogan or claim relevant? a commercial clip?
Does it mention a pea-sized amount of toothpaste?
Does it say a pea-sized amount of toothpaste is enough? while actually even less is needed?
Does the company advocate to use toothpaste for something different than brushing teeth?
Are we talking about toothpaste for adult humans? for children? for animals? special toothpaste for people with some medical condition?

[GalFisk]

Is any advertising slogan or claim relevant? Not advertising, but there is a relevant claim. a commercial clip? No.
Does it mention a pea-sized amount of toothpaste? Yes.
Does it say a pea-sized amount of toothpaste is enough? Yes, but there's more to it. while actually even less is needed? No, but explore.
Does the company advocate to use toothpaste for something different than brushing teeth? No.
Are we talking about toothpaste for adult humans? for children? Both. No to the rest. for animals? special toothpaste for people with some medical condition?

[Sundowner64]

Was the claim made by the company? by scientists? by doctors? by other people?
Does it recommend to use a pea-sized amount every time you brush your teeth? at least a pea-sized amount? at most a pea-sized amount? for adults? for children? for toddlers?
Does it recommend to brush teeth at least once a day? twice a day? three times a day?
Different types of toothpaste relevant? fluoridated?

[GalFisk]

Was the claim made by the company?This. by scientists? by doctors? by other people?
Does it recommend to use a pea-sized amount every time you brush your teeth? Yes. at least a pea-sized amount? No, but explore. at most a pea-sized amount? for adults? for children? This. for toddlers?
Does it recommend to brush teeth at least once a day? twice a day? three times a day? Irr.
Different types of toothpaste relevant? No. fluoridated?Yes, but probably irr.

[Sundowner64]

Is the idea that (small) children actually need less than a pea-sized amount, as their mouth and their teeth are smaller?

[GalFisk]

Is the idea that (small) children actually need less than a pea-sized amount, No. as their mouth and their teeth are smaller? This is on the right track.

[BalinTheDwarf]

Are different-sized peas relevant? Pea pods? Is it relevant that many children don't like peas?

[GalFisk]

Are different-sized peas relevant? Pea pods? Is it relevant that many children don't like peas? No to all.

[Sundowner64]

Is the "pea-size" claim used to trick people into: putting more toothpaste on the brush than needed? brushing teeth more often? using toothpaste at all? something different?
Is it used to market special toothpaste for children?

[GalFisk]

Is the "pea-size" claim used to trick people into: putting more toothpaste on the brush than needed? Yes - explore. brushing teeth more often? using toothpaste at all? something different?
Is it used to market special toothpaste for children? No to tll the rest.

[trebor2]

Do they use a pea in their branding? And maybe the image of a pea is larger than an actual pea?

Does the company just assume that people have no idea how big a pea actually is?

Does the company anticipate that kids will be squeezing out the toothpaste themselves? That their parents will be doing it?

Is The Princess and the Pea relevant? Is there a relevant tie-in with some movie or kids' show?

[GalFisk]

Do they use a pea in their branding? And maybe the image of a pea is larger than an actual pea? No to both.

Does the company just assume that people have no idea how big a pea actually is? No, they assume that people do know this.

Does the company anticipate that kids will be squeezing out the toothpaste themselves? That their parents will be doing it? This, but it'd still work if the kids did it.

Is The Princess and the Pea relevant? Is there a relevant tie-in with some movie or kids' show? No to both.

[Sundowner64]

So the idea is to make children use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste every time they brush their teeth? while actually less would be enough?

[GalFisk]

So the idea is to make children use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste every time they brush their teeth? while actually less would be enough? No, but close.

[BalinTheDwarf]

Is the idea that adults will think that children needing a pea-sized amount means adults will need to use more?

[GalFisk]

Is the idea that adults will think that children needing a pea-sized amount means adults will need to use more?

Exactly.

SPOILER:

A pea-sized amount of toothpaste is enough for anybody. By specifying that children should use this amount, they trick adults into using more.