Unable to attract even a single girl, frustrated man sues Axe
New Delhi. In what could prove to be a major marketing and legal embarrassment for Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), a 26-year-old man has filed a case against the FMCG company, which owns the Axe brand of men grooming products, for ‘cheating’ and causing him ‘mental suffering’. The plaintiff has cited his failure to attract any girl at all even though he’s been using Axe products for over seven years now. Axe advertisements suggest that the products help men in instantly attracting women.
Vaibhav Bedi, the petitioner, also surrendered all his used, unused and half-used deodorant sprays, perfume sticks and roll-ons, anti-perspirants, aftershaves, body washes, shampoos, and hair gels to the court, and demanded a laboratory test of the products and narcotics test of the brand managers of Axe. Vaibhav was pushed to take this step when his bai (maid) beat him with a broom when he tried to impress her by appearing naked in front of her after applying all the Axe products.
No girl ever asked Vaibhav to call her
“Where the F is the Axe effect? I’ve been waiting for it for over seven years. Right from my college to now in my office, no girl ever agreed to even go out for a tea or coffee with me, even though I’m sure they could smell my perfumes, deodorants and aftershaves. I always applied them in abundance to make sure the girls get turned on as they show in the television. Finally I thought I’d try to impress my lonely bai who had an ugly fight with her husband and was living alone for over a year. Axe effect my foot!” Vaibhav expressed his unhappiness.
Vaibhav claims that he had been using all the Axe products as per the company’s instructions even since he first bought them. He argued that if he couldn’t experience the Axe effect despite using the products as directed, either the company was making false claims or selling fake products.
“I had always stored them in cool and dry place, and kept them away from direct light or heat. I’d always use a ruler before applying the spray and make sure that the distance between the nozzle and my armpit was at least 15 centimeters. I’d do everything they told. I even beat up my 5-year-old nephew for coming near my closet, as they had instructed it to keep away from children’s reach. And yet, all I get is a broom beating from my ugly bai.” Vaibhav expressed his frustration.
Vaibhav claims that he had to do go a lot of mental suffering and public humiliation due to the lack of Axe effect and wants HUL to compensate him for this agony. An advocate in Karkardooma court, who happened to mistake Vaibhav for some deodorant vendor when he entered the court premises with all the bottles, has now offered to take up his case in the court. HUL has been served a legal notice in this regard.
HUL has officially declined to comment on the case citing the subject to be sub judice, but our sources inform that the company was worried over the possible outcomes of the case. The company might argue that Vaibhav was hopelessly unattractive and unintelligent and didn’t possess the bare minimum requirements for the Axe effect to take place. Officially HUL has not issued any statement, but legal experts believe that HUL could have tough time convincing the court.
“HUL might be tempted to take that line of argument, but it is very risky. There is no data to substantiate the supposition that unattractive and unintelligent men don’t attract women. In fact some of the best looking women have been known to marry and date absolutely ghoulish guys. I’d suggest that the company settles this issue out of court.” noted lawyer Ram Jhoothmalani said.
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From India, Madras
good one axsion
bhupeshcbe :What a "foolish act"???? Not worth it at all
indians dont need to compete with other nations, they ve enough competitions within themselves. a company says, they can be sued, if their products dont live upto the expectations, and a loyal customer, has taken them to court, for their failure, to live upto their words.
but, wat do we do? we just push it off, saying, not worth it
the problem with indians is, we accept mistakes and stick with the company than, question the system, wen the system, fails to deliver,
BUT, ITS OK
WE R ALL INDIANS "AFTERALL" :)
From India, Madras
bhupeshcbe :What a "foolish act"???? Not worth it at all
indians dont need to compete with other nations, they ve enough competitions within themselves. a company says, they can be sued, if their products dont live upto the expectations, and a loyal customer, has taken them to court, for their failure, to live upto their words.
but, wat do we do? we just push it off, saying, not worth it
the problem with indians is, we accept mistakes and stick with the company than, question the system, wen the system, fails to deliver,
BUT, ITS OK
WE R ALL INDIANS "AFTERALL" :)
From India, Madras
Dear All,
Whether the guy has done the right actions by laddering himself with AXE to attract the opposite sex is debatable-but by suing the Company he is definitely in the right direction. The Ads of most companies make such tall claims they need to be pulled up for the same. There is an add that claims that children grow taller if they drink their product- lot of hot air??
Regards,
Colonel Jude Mayne
From India, Bangalore
Whether the guy has done the right actions by laddering himself with AXE to attract the opposite sex is debatable-but by suing the Company he is definitely in the right direction. The Ads of most companies make such tall claims they need to be pulled up for the same. There is an add that claims that children grow taller if they drink their product- lot of hot air??
Regards,
Colonel Jude Mayne
From India, Bangalore
Now we have this agency(i forgot its name) which asks viewers to report any advertisement which is misleading... or making tall claims.... without yeilding desired results... Might as well complain to them..
regards
R.Murali
From India, Bangalore
regards
R.Murali
From India, Bangalore
vaibhav is not fool or stupid . he is a smartest person i feel.read carefully this whole story he was prepared for everything...stupid person cant do that..
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
dear all, i also like to add that the brand fair & lovely i just wish to know is there any one person person who become fair but still it is multi crore brand
From India, Vadodara
From India, Vadodara
Hey Good Comedy but fake... Please read full news here
Unable to attract even a single girl, frustrated man sues Axe | Faking News
Regards,
G
From India, Madras
Unable to attract even a single girl, frustrated man sues Axe | Faking News
Regards,
G
From India, Madras
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