April Fools

Hint hint…there is a contest to WIN at the bottom of this post!!!

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I thought I had successfully hid from any April Fools jokes today – but I was sadly mistaken!

(I giggled over Crystal & Stacy’s April Fools stories on their blogs!!)

I returned to my office from a meeting just after 11am to find a fabulous Turtles Egg left on my desk! I love chocolate, love Turtles, and love Easter…this kind gift got me excited. My coworker Joanna let me in on who the secret Bunny was.

I sent a quick email to my coworker Carole, on the other side of campus.

“Thanks for visiting Easter bunny. Have an amazing weekend!”

Carole smartly responded – “Just remember that the egg is not your lunch!  Have a great Easter!”

Hmm… “Oh…you know me too well…” I replied.

THEN…I continued to break into my surprise. I live by the motto – Eat Dessert First!

Inside the colorful bag was the egg wrapped in foil. I pulled it back and cautiously took a bite, expecting it to explode with filling. This was NOT what happened – it was a light, airy bite – my egg was HOLLOW!

The funny thing is – I still at this point – didn’t “realize” that I has been shorted. I’m sure I gave out a little grunt of disappointment and thought to myself – huh, good on Nestle for saving money on the filling and selling thousands of these eggs! I disposed of the trash and went on with my action steps.

THEN at about 1:30pm – my coworker Joanna made the comment of how awesome her egg was that she was enjoying!

I kind of smartly sneered, “Your hollow egg?”

“No, it has turtle filling!”

Mmm…the light bulb finally turned on and was shinning down on this blonde diva!

The wheels started turning inside my head, Nestle needs to know about this, I’m going to look on their website. Then Joanna said something like, “Maybe you should call and report this!”

I looked up with my sneaky grin. I grabbed the bag from the garbage, found a 800#, and dialed.

At this point – Joanna and Morgan were busting a gut watching me intently.

The Customer Service representative was amazing!

“Happy Easter” I exclaimed and giggled my way through my “April Fool’s” story to the lady attendant.

The fantastic woman informed me that she wanted to make this right for me. She explained that this will be reported to the Plant Manager – to explore where the problem happened on the assembly line. I could visualize it all happening – like a scene off the Undercover Boss (my new favorite TV show – watch snipets on YouTube.com OR if you’re in Canada visit the CTV website OR USA – visit the CBS website)! I gave her the bar code and stamped numbers on the bag.

While on the phone, my two supportive friends were sharing my experience with the growing crowd that stood outside of my office waiting for the verdict!

The conversation finished by me providing my mailing address. That’s right – in 10-14 business days, I will receive a COUPON for free products from Nestle!!

I will let you know what I receive – when it arrives ;)

After reflecting, I had to laugh that of all the people my friend Carole gave Eggs to – I received the one (or the only one that has reported to our group!) that was missing the goodness of the treat! I can only imagine if my friend Morgan would have received…he he…

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This calls for a CONTEST!

Please COMMENT below to win an Easter Prize (you KNOW it will be good – Chocolate (since I’m a MiniEggaholic), Starbucks gift card, etc), answer What would YOU have done if this Eggs-perience would have happened to you? and you will be entered to win!

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Get a friend to become a follower, they have to leave a comment saying you told them how inspirational I was (ha ha…) and made them follow my blog, and you will get 5 EXTRA entries!

DEADLINESaturday, April 3, 2010 & I’ll randomly select a winner on Easter Sunday.

Happy Easter,
Robyn

7 comments

  1. Well, today I probably would have not handled it well… Maybe a little crying like a baby and begging my bro to grab me a new one on his way home. But I like to think any other day I would have been a little disappointed but enjoyed the chocolate!

  2. Hey Robyn,

    I for one would have been extremely mad!! I too love a good dessert, and would have been extremely dissapointed. However, I am a true believer that if you do not reveal your April Fools trick before noon, you are the fool. So I don’t think I would have even thought that it was a trick.

  3. Robyn, How sad…! I would have been disappointed and the marketing major in me would have called the company as well, just to let them know about my experience. I however would most likely have went and bought some after work because once the craving is there it is hard to get rid of without tasting one of those delicious little turtles.

  4. Ha ha – Robyn; this post cracks me up! Of course; most of the do! Hope you had a wonderful Easter! See you soon – I probably would have went on with life; maybe went and got another!!!

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