‘I’ll die of dehydration earlier than I drink Dasani’: People mock Coca-Cola for sending unpopular bottled water to Texas amid disaster

The Coca-Cola firm donated a number of vehicles price of Dasani-branded water to Texans in want final week. People had been fast to mock the transfer, nevertheless, because the water is usually named one of many worst-tasting manufacturers within the nation.

In response to experiences, Coca-Cola despatched six vehicles’ price of water to Waco, Texas, in an effort to assist these within the state who’re at the moment struggling with out working water resulting from a winter storm that knocked out electrical energy, functioning pipes, and different infrastructure.

Although Waco publicly thanked Coca-Cola for sending the water, calling it a “good-hearted, compassionate” act of kindness and a “beneficiant reward” that “will all the time be remembered,” others took potshots on the firm for palming off the unpopular drink on thirsty Texans.

Dasani water tastes prefer it's been sitting in a water gun all day

— V Sivad (@KingSivad1017) February 20, 2021

Critically why is Dasani water so trash although? pic.twitter.com/Y313xIVh1g

— Mekka Don (@MekkaDonMusic) February 21, 2021

“I’ll die of dehydration earlier than I drink Dasani water,” joked one Twitter consumer, whereas one other claimed the melted snow Texans are at the moment utilizing for water “nonetheless tastes higher than Dasani.”

“This Dasani is so we are able to flush the bathrooms, proper?” questioned an anti-Dasani Texan, with one Dallas girl tweeting that she wouldn’t even use the bottled water “to take a bathe.”

Dasani has lengthy been the goal of bottled water jokes and criticism, with CheatSheet describing it as “one of many worst bottled water manufacturers you should buy,” and 21Ninety warning, “It received’t kill you in case you drink it, however it’s not the perfect.”

“Have you ever ever seen a very empty bottle of Dasani anyplace, ever, apart from possibly the end line at a 5k? No. And there’s a purpose for this,” wrote Mashed in its December record of worst bottled water manufacturers. “As a result of Dasani is the sort of water you solely need to drink till you’re not thirsty anymore.”

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