I never wanted to "teach the world to sing"

As I was replacing the roll of paper towels, I began to muse about brand loyalty. For years, I would only use Scott paper towels. They were so ingrained in my family that we did not even call paper towels "paper towels," we called them "Scott Towels." My Mom still calls them that. I think what happened was My Sweetie kept showing up with Bounty paper towels and I got tired of complaining, because who is going to nag when someone else is going to the grocery store? Then one day I went to the grocery store, bought the Scott brand and found I did not like them as well. Who knew? I don't even remember what toilet tissue I used to use (probably Scott! - I just know it wasn't Charmin. I HATE Charmin) but now I must have Kleenex Cottonelle. And speaking of branding, I still call facial tissue "kleenex," and I only buy Kleenex brand "kleenex." The funny thing about that is, I only buy Kleenex brand because I like their artwork better than the other people. My Kleenex has to match my stuff.
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On the other hand, some brand loyalty is permanent. I will ALWAYS be a Pepsi girl. Coke is too fizzy, has a funky texture and doesn't taste quite right. I LOVE my Pepsi, although my intake has changed drastically over the years. I went from gallons of regular Pepsi to gallons of Diet Pepsi, to just one decaf Diet Pepsi a day, although sometimes I have two. But it still has to be Pepsi. I will drink diet Coke if I absolutely have to (like in a hotel room), but I do not want to give them my money. I even make sure not to buy their bottled water. Coke people are so overly righteous, I have to be that way too. My own best friend will order a Coke at a restaurant and if they say, "We have Pepsi," she will say, "Make it a tea." Of course this is also the girl who buys Chevy and is anti-Ford, so she's obviously just clueless. But she is very young. Everyone knows Ford is better than Chevy.