There are people in this world who deserve special recognition and often they go unrewarded and anonymous. These people make our lives easier and in the case of my example here, less messy as well.
My choice for the unheralded award of excellence goes to the fellow (or gal) who discovered the immense value of have one lid size for different size cups. OMG (texting speak) how brilliant, I can have a Tall, Grande or Venti cup of coffee with the same lid. I can even have small, medium, large or x-large soda again with the same lid. In my cafeteria at work I can get three sizes of soup, all with the same lid. How gr8 (more texting speak) is that? Will the inventiveness of mankind never end?
Make light of it if you will, but this is a big deal, perhaps even environmentally correct. I know for sure that not having to figure out if I have the right lid and no longer standing in a store embarrassed trying to fit the wrong lid on my cup of soda with the result of spilling its contents down my shirt quiets the stress in my life.
So hats off to the lid guy (or gal) and to others who make us less stressful. The rubber garlic peeler, the vacuum packed jar lid popper, the edgeless can opener and above all microwave popcorn all deserve kudos as well.
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