I’m out with some pals, and we stop for pizza. One of said pals gets a soda. He’s not from Philly. In Philly, there’s a new(ish) tax on sugary drinks- $0.015 cents per ounce.
Pal: Do you guys do free refills here?
Pizza Shop Employee: Nah, soda tax killed that.
Pal: Oh yeah that’s a thing here. Oh well!
Me, internally: What a load of horse shit. Soda tax didn’t kill anything.
Me, internally: I used to work in a shop very much like this. Fountain drinks cost pennies to manufacture. Even with the tax, the shop brings in a huge profit margin.
Me, internally: They’re just taking part in the smear campaign that is ever-so-slightly lowering the profits of Coke and Pepsi.
Me, internally: Fuck all this
Me: Hey guys, you know what they said about the soda tax was bullshit, right?
Pals: mumblemumblenot-really-paying-attention
Me: of course nobody cares