On 3/27/2012 10:12 PM, sf wrote:
> Those were the olden days. I only see twist ties on dollar store
> items these days. I don't know what they use now is called, but think
> of those plastic "hand cuffs" you see the police cuff detainees with
> on TV and it's a smaller version of that. I have to use kitchen
> scissors to remove them. It takes both hands to close the scissors
> and it's hard to cut anyway. I always worry that I'm creating a dull
> spot on them when I do it.


It's true that I haven't bought an OXO utensil in a while, just because
I haven't needed anything in a while. When I was buying utensils, things
were available in both twist-tie and handcuff packaging, with handcuff
definitely more prevalent among the high-end implements. Still, it
wasn't so hard to tell if something was unbalanced/poorly
designed/flimsy. For example, OXO ladles are awful, and you can tell
just by looking at the angle of the bowl.