The Perfect Consumer Product

The purchase was an accident. I'm not making excuses, but the labeling wasn't clear. I did wonder why they were wrapped in plastic. I wouldn’t have knowingly buy tissues infused with Vicks. Still, you have to hand it to the product developers. It's marketing at its most lethal.

Rather like the gift that keeps on giving, this is a product that perpetuates demand for itself. The need to blow your nose means you need a tissue, which in turn makes you sneeze, which means you need to blow your nose...You get the idea.

I tried these tissues three times. Each time, a sneeze ensued, and I had to use a real tissue, from a different box. But I don't like waste. I’ll to use the remainder for emergency mop-ups -- like when the cat has indigestion.