There’s one drawback to eating Cheetos Puffs that concerns me. I reached out to Frito-Lay, the manufacturers, to see if there’s a solution…
Dear Cheese Puffers:
I’ve been a big Cheetos Cheese Puffs nibbler for years. Because I eat so many of them, my fingers turn yellowy-orange and I’m wondering if people think I have jaundice. Is there a name for this condition — like Puffadermis? Winter isn’t as bad because I can wear gloves, but summers can be embarrassing. What do you suggest?
Perhaps you could develop an ingredient such as edible Teflon that would prevent the funky color from sticking to fingers. M&M’s figured out how to get their candy to melt in your mouth not on your hands, why can’t you guys figure out how to get the skin staining stuff to stick to your palate instead of your fingers? Are you working on this?
I’m sure you all can’t resist snacking at work, especially since your employees can probably eat all the Puffs they want for free. Are there yellowy-orange fingerprints on everything in sight around your office?
Cheetos stains my fingos!
A Consumer Affairs Representative responded with:
Thank you for contacting Frito-Lay. Your comments are important to us, so we appreciate your sharing them with us.
Our continued success depends on providing you with consistently great experiences and great-tasting snacks, so feedback like yours is greatly appreciated.
Please enjoy the enclosed with our compliments. We consider you a valued consumer and hope you will continue to enjoy our many fine snack products.
We always are pleased to hear from our consumers and thank you again for contacting Frito-Lay. Should you have additional questions or comments, please call us (phone number and hours of operation followed).
Final Thoughts: I wonder if Cheetos customer service sends out pre-written form responses to cut down on replacing keyboards, which become much harder to type on once the yellowy-orange stuff starts covering the letters. It was thoughtful to enclose two coupons good for 55¢ off the purchase of any Frito-Lay product. At least on the day those are redeemed there’s no chance I’ll be feeling blue.
Do you have Cheese Puffadermis?
Yellow-oranging of fingers or hands may or may not affect all snackers due to a variety of factors, including but not limited to: skin color, number of Puffs touched, technique used to grab Puffs ranging from fingers to handfuls, lighting conditions and volume of saliva output from finger licking. If discoloration of the fingers isn’t resolved by hand-washing, consult a skin pigmentation professional immediately.
Check out the highly interactive and entertaining Cheetos website and see what kind of lasting impression Puffs and their other products make on you. Plus, a good way to see what kind of impression customer service makes, no matter how cheesy your inquiry, is to Write The Company.
