Thursday, September 22, 2005

Semi-Meaningful Tasks HURT!

what if it was your job to perform small semi-meaningful tasks that caused some pain and/or discomfort? like, what if it was your job to put keys on keyrings, or clasp and unclasp gold necklaces... (you know those circular hooks with the little barb sticking out). what if it was your job to see how many times a lighter would provide a flame, or just start pull start lawn mowers. like, thats all you did. pull start lawn mowers...all day. you know, we can invent everything in the world, but instead of just inventing new stuff - why not spend time improving what we have? i'd love beer in a bottle, without the somewhat painful job of opening it. maybe i'm a big panzy, but instead of creating a new dispenser for beer (like the party ball), why not make regular 12 oz. bottles easier to open? i mean, when you get up to 32 oz., it's a screwcap. now, why make that size easier to open? i mean, you'd have to go through several painful 12 oz. bottlecap openings to equal the far easier task of simply unscrewing a much larger 32 oz. personally, i think that by making the much bigger bottle even EASIER to open, it promotes alcoholism. but no, instead of making a domestic bottlecap thay doesn't scrape your skin all up, they'll invent some sort of new device to dispense beer into (like a new 11 oz. bottle, or a ceramic lemur coffee mug). here's another question: why does coffee have to be so hot? i mean, is that absolutely necessary? couldn't it be just a little cooler? does it have to be 4000 degrees, with the power to melt your skin off? now, instead of making even more varieties of coffee (like lattes, cappachinos, mochas), why not just make regular coffee a little less hot? i know, i could get iced coffee... but that's just it - i don't want iced coffee. i want regular coffee that isn't hotter than freaking lava. i don't know if i've mentioned this before, but i like the little warning i see on the side of to-go coffee cups. it says "Warning: The Product You Are About To Enjoy Is Extremely Hot". that's not exactly true. you're not ABOUT to enjoy it, you're ABOUT to burn your tongue like an idiot. now, it should say "Warning: The Product You Are About To Enjoy Is Too Hot To Physically Consume Right Now. Wait A Little While So You Don't Burn The Piss Out Of Yourself.". now, that would be a great warning.

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