No coke at Democratic Convention

**witchcurlgirl** · August 27th, 2008, 12:19 PM

Oh, the sacrifices of corporate sponsorship. The Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center is officially a no Coke zone.

After Tuesday's festivities, a senior official helping to organize the convention shared an amusing anecdote: earlier in the day, volunteers who had been provided box lunches and soft drinks were prevented from entering the arena due to a rule banning outside food and drink.

Convention staff were upset; the vending operations at the arena weren't running and the volunteers needed something to eat during the day. So reps from the Pepsi Center were consulted and a rule was set: the volunteers could bring their lunches, with one exception -- absolutely no Coca Cola products would be permitted inside the Center.

Dem Convention At The Pepsi Center: A No Coke Zone

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**Grimmlok** · August 27th, 2008, 12:20 PM

Well of course no coke. It's not the pepsi center for nothin'

Why the hell is this even news? lol

**greysfang** · August 27th, 2008, 12:21 PM

WTF?! Who gives a shit?

**witchcurlgirl** · August 27th, 2008, 12:23 PM

^^ People that care that their entire country is owned by corporations....this is just a reminder of how much corporations interfere in every last detail of modern american life.

Next week we get the Repub infomercial brought to us by god knows which corporate money...and then we'll all complain about how the gov is run.....this is how it's run....

**DeChayz** · August 27th, 2008, 12:32 PM

And if they'd had it at a hotel ballroom, they could have any drink they wanted. They chose Pepsi Center, ergo they serve Pespi. Really not a crisis situation.

**chartreuse** · August 27th, 2008, 12:34 PM

sneak in your own soda. voila...problem solved. rules were made to be broken.

**Valley Doll** · August 27th, 2008, 12:36 PM

It's like when the Olympics were held in Atlanta back in 1996. Atlanta is the HQ for Coca-Cola and a Pepsi couldn't be found for miles. Such is the life surrounding corporate sponsorship.

**Grimmlok** · August 27th, 2008, 12:36 PM

I'll go protest at the Coke museum that i want pepsi available in it.

*DIVA! · August 27th, 2008, 12:41 PM

Goodness are we just throwing shit at the wall to see if it sticks or what?

**TheONe** · August 27th, 2008, 12:44 PM

Someone must have at least an 8-ball in that place....oh wait...they are talking about something else right...sorry

**greysfang** · August 27th, 2008, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by SSDiva

Goodness are we just throwing shit at the wall to see if it sticks or what?

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

We really need LynnieD's signature in this thread.

**witchcurlgirl** · August 27th, 2008, 12:48 PM

The whole campaign has been about lobbyist money, special interests, corporations getting rich at the expense of the workers, etc.

yes I realize that this isn't world ending news, I just thought it was a funny illustration of how corporations are entrenched in our lives.

This place is so nice and friendly today

**dolem** · August 27th, 2008, 12:57 PM

It's that way everywhere, I'm not surprised.

If you work at Nike and show up wearing anything that is from a competitor you are asked to go home and change. If you see someone that doesn't work there wearing Adidias shoes that person is seriously glared at. I've even heard stories of execs. wearing Rockport shoes and being sent home b/c Rockport is owned by Adidias. If you work at Nike you should buy Cole Haan, who is owned by Nike - at least that's how they look at it.