Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Do your job. But don't do it too well.

We all want things to do what they should do. They're programmed to do just that. But there's comes a time when you wish things didn't do their job so well. Last night, I found myself stabbing away at my pot of frozen yogurt with a spoon like an angry yogurt-deprived child, wishing my fridge didn't freeze my pot of yogurt rock-hard that I end up with a bent spoon and a frozen hand.

And then there's the commercial packaging. Yes we do want our food to be properly sealed in their packages for hygiene reasons but with the time ticking by in the morning as I try to run to my bus stop on time, I do NOT have time to struggle over opening a WELL SEALED ham packet. See the story goes like this:

9.25am: Sniffle opens the fridge door
9.26am: Sniffle tries to open the packet of ham
9.27am: Sniffle struggles with opening the packet of ham
9.28am: Sniffle is still struggling
9.29am: Sniffle gets scissors and stabs the packet and makes a mess
9.35am: Sniffle has to run to the bus stop thanks to the stupid ham packaging.

Be careful what you wish for. It might just come true..with a little twist that makes you wish you never wished for it.

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