Rotten engineering, number umpteen-squinchy and ninety-three

[fpb]

Hey, stupid!
No, I don't mean you. I mean that guy.
Yes, the guy who designed these so-called airtight plastic food containers.
Yes, you.
Tell me, stupid. What is the one thing you do not do when you design an airtight plastic food container?
When you design an airtight plastic food container, what is the ONE thing among all others you DAMN WELL MAKE SURE YOU DON'T DO?
Wrong.
I'll give you a hint.
You don'leave minuscule grooves and ridges and unreachable corners where the food can pile up and become effectively impossible to wash off, even with a lot of manual washing.
And if you do, then you don't make your containers out of clear plastic, so that the unwashable food remain will show as an ugly black line all over the groove.

Comments

[inverarity.livejournal.com]

I dunno, if the container is going to trap food residue, I'd rather be able to see it than be unaware that I've got a bacterial culture growing...

[fpb.livejournal.com]

That last sentence was a failed attempt at cynicism. You're absolutely right.