First-World Problems...

The modern world doesn't need a multi-week long gap between ordering a product and its use, especially when there are multiple suppliers for a single product!

Now, most of those are cut-rate Chinese knock-offs, so we can cheerfully eliminate a bunch of the options, but still...

So why does KitchenAid warn me weeks in advance of my need for a new water filter? Could there be some ulterior motive? Could it be that all they want is for their customers to use the KitchenAid subscription service so we unsuspecting folk buy their filters at a ridiculous price?

Say it ain't so!

I think refrigerator water filters are a great idea, but let us be honest...all they do is filter the water through activated charcoal, which is fine! It improves the taste of the water and is tremendously convenient ( and saves space).

Since I don't live in a Democrat hell-hole (wait...what? I do!), I am not particularly concerned with the quality of the tap water. It tastes okay, and I am one of those geeks who reads the fine print in the yearly mailing from the water company, so there isn't much to be worried about. I am not a Karen who runs terrified to the next village council meeting because the report says that there is 9.3 parts/trillion of fecal matter or 0.4 parts/quadrillion of trihalomethane.

Look up in the sky one day...see that large yellow orb? IT'S A NUCLEAR REACTOR!

Anyway, the nanny-ism of the message irritated me. I'll change the filter when I notice a degradation in the taste of the water. I don't need some marketing midwit to tell me when to buy something.

posted by CBD at 02:00 PM

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