Aluminum foil glurge

[RobertMadewell]

I got this in my email from my cousin. I couldn't stop laughing about it. It's amazing what one will discover if one only takes the time to look at something.

Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, "Press here to lock end". Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a generic brand of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box of Saran wrap and it had one too! I can't count the number of times the Saran warp roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up.

I'm sharing this with my friends that did not know this. If you all ready know this, delete this message and don't e-mail me and make me feel dumber than I already feel. If you didn't know this, e-mail me and let me know so I won't feel so dumb.

I hope I'm not the only person that didn't know about this."

[Savonarola]

It's amazing what one will discover if one only takes the time to look at something.

What is equally amazing at times is the apparent utter lack of initiative people are willing to take to solve a simple problem like the roll being yanked out of the box. This solution is rather obvious: we are all familiar with wheels and axles. Even if the box didn't have the tabs, one could easily jury-rig something that would be effective.

If only we had some subject in school that taught students to make careful observations and think critically about solving problems...