Pepsiman was the mascot of Pepsi in Japan in the mid 1990’s. He was a cool dude who would deliver a Pepsi to those in need of refreshment and I need him now!
I drink Pepsi, not Coke, and not Coffee - my morning jolt is delivered by an ice cold Pepsi - I know it’s not healthy but it’s a hard habit to break.
While I can find Coke seemingly everywhere in Japan finding a plain old, ordinary, non-diet Pepsi seems to be near impossible. There are only two locations that I can get Pepsi in my neighborhood - Carrefour and Costco.
Today I put the last can of Pepsi from Costco in the fridge and though that I’d better get some more so that I didn’t have withdrawals tomorrow morning. So I pedalled off to Carrefour only to find the Pepsi shelf empty, yes empty! Oh no! A stock person was nearby so I asked him in my best (read awful) Japanese if there was anymore Pepsi. His response in his best (read passable) English was that I needed to come back on the 20th - that’s five days from now!
So now I’m stuck and I have to go to Costco. Normally you need to psych yourself up for a visit to Costco. It’s almost always a madhouse, but I was desperate so off I went on my bike. I purchase three, count ‘em three, flats of Pepsi and arranged to have two of them delivered on Friday. I broke open the third flat and put all 24 cans of Pepsi in the back basket of my bike for the trek home. Did you know that 24 cans of Pepsi can really slow you down?
So I ask again, where is Pepsiman when you need him? My request is not huge, I just want my local Daily Yamazaki start stocking Pepsi….do you think he could come out of retirement to arrange that?
Photo Credit: Pepsinut.com
4 responses so far ↓
1 Nick Ramsay // Apr 18, 2008 at 4:31 pm
How unusual! I’ve never heard of a Pepsi addiction. Are there any withdrawal symptoms? It can’t be the caffeine you’re addicted to otherwise you’d happily drink Coke or coffee, so what do they put in Pepsi that drives you to such extreme measures as buying 72 cans in one go?
2 Shane // Apr 18, 2008 at 6:48 pm
It will last a while Nick and I’ll be sure to stock up gain before I am down to my last can this time!
You really don’t want to know the withdrawal symptoms….how do you do without your morning coffee or tea?
The extreme part was cycling home with 24 cans in the back basket on my bike - I almost lost a couple on some bumps along the way.
3 billywest // Apr 20, 2008 at 3:14 am
Shane, I too am a Pepsi person. I don’t hate Coke, but it’s just not Pepsi. Pepsi is what cola should be. I don’t drink it very much anymore, but still get a craving every now and then. Luckily, two vending machines in my neighborhood always have cans available. And, they’re the silver, vintage style to boot.
4 Shane // Apr 20, 2008 at 9:13 am
It’s comforting to know that I’m not alone but the vending machines in my area only carry Pepsi NEX - why bother?
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