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The Novelty Cracker in Search of Hot Females · 9 February 07
Back in America, a half-Japanese woman (from whom I am most directly descended) noted that Trader Joe's Wasabi Rice Cracker's used an unexpected Japanese symbol as their package logo:
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, she e-mailed them a query that included a hypothesis as to the intended meaning:
-----Original Message-----
From: [alice]
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 2:34 PM
To: Web Customer Relations
Subject: Trader Joe's General Feedback Form
Name: alice reshamwala
Your Trader Joe's: cary, nc
...
Comments: Your wasabi rice crackers are quite good, altho they could use a tinge more of wasabi. My (Japanese) mother and I would like to know why you use the symbol for "woman" on the wasabi package. Is it because you are targeting the "hot mamas"? or "hot babes"?
Just a question.
Sincerely,
alice reshamwala
To which they gamely replied:
Subject: RE: Trader Joe's General Feedback Form
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:07:25 -0800
From: "Web Customer Relations" <...@traderjoes.com>
To: [alice]
Hello Alice,
Thank you for your request. We will forward your comments about the crackers needing more Wasabi to our Buying Department for future consideration. The packaging design was made by our art department.
Although we cannot be sure of exactly the reason for the choice we
definitely like your reasons!
Thank you for your inquiry and thank you for shopping at Trader Joe's .
Kellye
Trader Joe's
Customer Relations
IN OTHER NEWS: It occurs to me that were I a full-blooded half-Japanese-white man, I might be tempted to rock out with other full-blooded half-Japanese-white people and form a band called "The Wasabi Crackers".
Alas, "The Rather Tan Half-Wasabi-Cracker's Pani Puri Coalition" lacks rhythmic bite.
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