WHY in the world do people release products without first testing them out? From toasters to hairbrushes to dvd players. I can name numerous things I've purchased over the years that seem fine when you buy them, but when you get it home and use it a couple times you realize it is a piece of junk and that whoever manufactured it never actually had people test it out. And the sad thing is, most of the things I find wrong with these products are only very minor problems that could've easily been fixed!
An example of one of these shit-listed items is a toaster I had. Reasonably priced and nice in appearance it seemed like the perfect toaster for me. After all, I just needed it to toast my bread... really any toaster would do, right? Wrong. When I tried to use it, a regular sized piece of bread wouldn't fit in it! You had to stuff it in! Then when it was done toasting it couldn't pop up because it would get stuck down inside. So you had to try and get it out without burning yourself, eventually ripping little pieces of the top off until you finally end up turning the toaster upside down over the sink and shaking it out. And you could just forget about toasting a delicious piece of sourdough! There's no way in hell you could stuff one of those in! Your only option would be to put your two pieces in long ways, wait until it pops up, then flip them over and toast the other side... resulting in an inevitably overly toasted middle and one side colder then the other so the butter you put on it doesn't melt properly. Even sadder still is that this is not the only toaster that I've seen do this. In fact... most toasters are made too small. After all, adding a couple inches to the length would require more materials, which would cost more. And it's all about makin' the big bucks you know? Anyway, I decided I was fed up so I went to buy a new toaster that I knew would easily fit a piece of bread. Amongst the tiny toasters there was a lone toaster. An Oster toaster... with extra long slots and extra awesomeness, and it is now my new prized possession. It even fits the extra long pieces from a loaf of sourdough. The toaster of all toasters!
***If you too suffer from Tiny Toaster Depression (TTD), don't be ashamed. Seek help. You can find the solution to your problems right here. Don't wait another minute.***
Return next week for shit-listed Item #2: Curly Brush from Hell
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