Jason picked up a plastic water bottle and filled it to the rim with water. He put a ketchup sachet in it and closed it up.

Jason approached his girlfriend Lola and said, "If you can solve how this works, I will give you a dollar."

Jason said, "down" and the sachet of ketchup suddenly went down. Then he said, "up" and it went up. Then he said, "down", and when it was halfway down, he said, "stay" and it stayed.

How did Jason manage to do this?