Let's get one thing straight: I love the samples! When I was 12, I had a drawer full of perfume samples that I had conned out of the fragrance ladies at the local Belk. ("What sixth grader wouldn't want to wear Shalimar?") Now that I'm older, my sampling habits have broaden to include awesome stuff like chewing gum.
My latest gum sample was Mad Croc Energy Gum. Sort of like the forbidden love child of Red Bull and Big League Chew, Mad Croc is exceeded in its caffeination only by its size. According to the directions, you need to chew two pieces of the rectangular peppermint gum for the full Mad Croc benefits to take effect.
But let me tell you, two pieces is a whole lot of gum. I felt like a cow chewing cud or a redneck from my high school masticating on a wad of chaw in chemistry class.
The odd thing was that as soon as the caffeine kicked in, I felt a lot less self-conscious about my gum smacking, which could be problematic in public. Another word to the wise: don't eat the Mad Croc before a meal if you are planning on being hungry. Like cigarettes or coffee, Croc gum leaves you full and a bit twitchy.