Tupperware Makes Me Crazy
Posted on 19 February 2010
There are several things in life that make me crazy. Lint, static, nylons, strapless bras, and dust to name a few; but none of them compare to the crazy making that Tupperware has in my life.
I have two large drawers in my kitchen that are completely devoted to Tupperware and Tupperware lids. There are also some distant cousins that live in these drawers that hail from the Ziploc family line.
One drawer is for lids, the other for bottoms.
There may only be 3 or 4 complete pairs on any given day; and that’s a VERY GOOD Tupperware day at my house.
It is a test of mental agility to wake up in the morning and complete the ‘do any of these lids and bottoms go together?’ skill test while still bleary eyed and in a semi-conscious state. Eating a well rounded breakfast, getting dressed for work, and brushing your teeth are all requirements you should complete prior to finding a Tupperware container to hold your lunch.
Tip: DO NOT force a lid on even if you think it SHOULD go on. This can result in minestrone soup down the front of your suit and all over the kitchen which will make you very grumpy AND late for work.
Is there an age-old feud between the lids and the bottoms that I just don’t know about? That despite their interlocking abilities, they HATE each other?
This seems to be the only rational explanation to why lids and bottoms never stay together.
Ever single day I think about throwing away all the pieces that don’t match up, but I can’t risk it. What if all of the sudden the missing lids make their way back home only to find that their mate has been tossed into the dumpster the day before?
I’m a busy woman. I don’t have time to rummage through the dumpster to retrieve the discarded mates. Until there is a better solution, I will have two kitchen drawers clogged up with useless pieces of plastic that cause me endless frustration.
Has anyone overcome the Tupperware feud? If so, HOW?!
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Well, I often just put them away with the lids already on, especially little ones whose lids are prone to falling to the bottom of the pile. Takes a little more room if they stack better without lids, but rather less frustrating.
Hmm…that is a good idea. I will have to see if I have the room to implement this. Unfortunately there aren’t many mates left!
There aren’t many mates left? You mean you have tupperware that doesn’t even have a lid? Why?? You really have gone crazy.
I have the same problem when I try to clean up at the in-laws. I go quietly insane every time I have to pack up left-overs there.
At our place, my wife has dedicated actual cupboard space to our Tupperware, etc. Bottoms are typically stacked inside each other, and lids stacked on top of that. Even though there is some rummaging for a match, it’s more than often very quick, since lids and bottoms are right together.
So, don’t feel bad, DL – Tupperware can very easily make us ALL crazy. But it is just plastic, so we can’t let it beat us!
You are right! It is just plastic, I won’t let it beat me anymore. Thanks.
I always keep the tops and bottoms together too so that I can minimize my morning frustrations!