I was recently working at a client’s home, organizing her office area and I needed rubber bands. She had none in her house! How is that possible? I use rubber bands all the time. They work so much better than those dreaded plastic chip clips that ultimately break. They help keep tissue paper that is rolled up nice and neat so it doesn’t come undone. I use it on the lid of jars to help me grab ahold of it to better to get the tough top pried off.
I don’t even pay for my rubber bands! You go to the bakery to get your weekly desserts……….they close the box with rubber bands! You get the daily paper delivered to your house……..held closed tight with a rubber band! Buy some shoes over the internet, the box is kept closed with you guessed it…..rubber bands! So how is it possible that my client has no rubber bands in her home?
My stash of rubber bands are always at the ready. I have started looping them on the handle of my cookie jar. May not look neat but I know exactly where they are stored, and when you are holding what ever you have closed with one hand, I simply grab a rubber band with the other. They work so much better than the other invention of the paperclip. It can be bent and prodded to do what you need them for, but that can’t be stretched and wrapped like my beloved rubber band.
Who ever invented the rubber band should get the equivalent of the Oscar for home and office. Don’t you agree?
