Marketing...

You've seen them, haven't you?

Coke's newest gimmick to sell 20 oz bottles this summer...

Now, most normal people would think this was a cute idea.  They may even pick up an extra Coke if they happened to see a name they recognized while waiting in the check out line at the grocery store.

But I am not normal.

I can be psychotically mildly obsessive when it comes to these things.

Particularly when I have an extremely common name and STILL couldn't find one with my name.

Really, Coke?  REALLY?

Game on baby.  

GAME. 

ON.

Now, I'm not a crazy person. (Depending on who you ask) I did not make any special trips out to my local Walmart/Target just to look through the names. But, you know, if I happened to stop in to pick up, say, gum, I would take a quick peak.

And by take a peak, I mean strategically empty one compartment of the bin into a shopping cart and then load the contents of the second compartment into the one I just emptied, checking each one for my name. Finding nothing after hundreds of bottles.  

Zip. Zilch. Nada.

After hundreds.

But I did find quite a few that I could give away.

So I did.  

Randomly.

While they weren't home.

And had no idea they were coming....

At my sister's...

I picked some up for surprise Christmas gifts...

I found Tony...in diet... cause you know he's watching his waistline...

For my friend before she left for work...

I surprised the boy's friends with the retro Coke-A-Cola bedroom...

Youngest's School Psychologist from elementary school...

Randomly left one for a co-worker...

And you know what?

It made everyone's day. And they all now know I'm a certifiable nuts-O.

And after a few days, I got this random text from a different co-worker....

.....and it made my day too.

So how 'bout you?  

Who are you sharing a Coke with this summer?