Friday, April 04, 2008

It bothers me

It bothers me that someone has decided the most appropriate way to package, sell and display sandwiches is within a triangular container. It bothers me that they experimented with various sizes of containment and felt a three sided configuration would offer both the maximum degree of presentation and the minimum consumption of space. It bothers me that this was somebody's life, researching, developing, creating these boxes, dismissing all varieties of cubes, rhomboids and trapeziums from the equation. It bothers me that there are those out there still refining the solution, still improving the design with the integration of cardboard with plastic, with the addition of easy-peel tabs that crack open the box with minimal ease. I don't know why this bothers me, I just know that it bothers me.