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Coke Float

// January 11th, 2005 // News // 2,648 views

“Everybody stand back….we’ve got a floater!”

According to IOL: Elias Radebe and two colleagues went to a Pretoria West mini market last week to buy lunch. He bought bread, chips and a 1,25 litre Coca-Cola and got a bit more than he bargained for.

According to the report, Radebe was about to open the bottle when he looked at it and said: ‘No man, what is that thing?’ Radebe said one of his colleagues thought the object floating at the top of the bottle was a condom, while the other believed the white object was a piece of plaster.

After taking the bottle back to the store, they suggested he called Coca-Cola to resolve the matter. Radebe claimed when he called and spoke to a public relations officer he was told that the company often found “things” inside bottles.

ABI spokesperson Michael Farr said: “We made an appointment to see him on Friday where we collected the bottle from him.” “It will be examined by our laboratories,” he said.

Farr said it took all consumer concerns seriously and viewed any complaint from a consumer as a matter of great concern. The odds against foreign objects becoming lodged in ABI’s packaging run into many millions to one. All returnable bottles are inspected electronically, using sophisticated light sources and camera technology before filling.”

Nasty, nasty, nasty!! There goes my appetite completely. Look closely at the enlarged picture and you tell me what you see. Enough to put you off the stuff forever. Gives new meaning to the term Coke Float.