From my wife, Sept 4, 2007:
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Dear Dial Corporation, First let me say I have used your products for years and am very satisfied. The reason I am writing today is to ask your help in solving a debate between my husband and myself. You see, before we got married he was in the habit of using a bar of soap to such an extent all that was left was a translucent sliver that was very difficult to use. After about ten or so of these "soap chicklets" were collected on the shower soap dish he claims he would ball them all up and consolidate into a usable ball of mixed matched soap debris.
After we got married four months ago, and I became the bath product dictator of our house, he used a bar of dial soap for the first time and noticed the indentations in the shape of the soap. He CLAIMS they are to place the "soap chicklet" onto the new bar, nestled ever so ergonomically into the shallow cove of soap, where the chicklet and the new bar can meld seamlessly into one. I told him it was so the bar of soap would contour to body parts while washing. Can you please advise if the reason for the shape of your soap having the shallow curve indented into it is for
1-- a more efficient and comfortable fit of the bar of soap over arms, legs and torso during washing,
2-- specifically designed for the assimilation of the little translucent sliver of soap that my husband has such a hard time letting go, that he must meld into a nice, fresh, clean bar of soap, or
3-- it is just shaped that way because that is how you want it.
I understand you have very limited time, so would certainly appreciate you taking a moment to provide some enlightenment on this matter so my husband and I can stop debating it. Of course, I know you will confirm that I am right, and I will be able to chide him and tease him relentlessly for our many happy years to come. I will also pass the correct answer onto all my girlfriends who have the same "chicklet" issues with their husbands, hopefully proving, once again, that the wife is ALWAYS right.
Warm regards,
Deborah M.
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They never responded to her letter other than to send us some coupons for a couple free bars of soap.
2 comments:
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I think you guys are giving Dial Corporation too much credit. I tend to think the indentation is to reduce the amount of soap they are packaging and help increase the bottom line for the company. I have noticed that the simple indentation causes the soap to be used up faster. Also, the indentation means there is less volume of soap in each bar which reduces the cost or production.
As far as the leftover soap pieces, I find them to be less lathery and somewhat messy and awkward to use. I know that most people I have talked to simply dispose of them.
As for the indentation forming to the contours if the skin, I have found using a Dial bar with the indentation does not really conform to anything other than my upper arm. I also found that trying to take advantage of the indentation only leaves me with a two halves of a bar very quickly. So I question if that really is the reason for the indentation either.
Dial is one of the few soaps I can use because of allergies. However, I do not like the indentation at all. I would have accepted a few cents increase per par than to have them mess up a good thing. I wish they would return to the normal shaped soap bars.
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