Everyday Things You’re Probably Using The Wrong Way
Beer
How you’re using it: Just drinking it.
Look, beer can do anything! It really can! Don’t just drink it—use it to marinate meat, to help nourish those brown spots of grass on your lawn, or to polish gold or wooden furniture. Beer is the everyman hero that can do everything.
Elevators
How you’re using it: Like a civilian.
Need to get to the top in a hurry? There’s a built-in hack to every elevator, put in place so emergency services can get to the upper floors faster. It goes like this: get on the elevator, but don’t punch your floor button. Hold the “door close” button down until the doors close. Continue holding the door close button, and now hold the floor number you’d like to get to. The elevator will zoom straight to that floor without making any stops along the way.
Chinese Takeout Containers
How you’re using it: Eating out of a box.
These cartons aren’t just for storing your food. They easily unfold to become makeshift plates. Then, they easily fold back up to store your sweet and sour chicken or what have for another day. So practical.
Two-Sided Eraser
How you’re using it: Have no clue which is for which
Most of us have used multi-colored erasers all in our school time without even realizing the significance of the colors. When you see an eraser with two colors, remember the blue part is used for INK pens! To get rid of stray ink marks, used the BLUE part of the eraser.
Soda Can Opener
How you’re using it: Just to open the can
When you pop open the can of your favorite soda, do not pull that metallic part off (like I do). Instead, use it to hold the straw. The large hole on the can cap is for your straw to enter. The hole keeps the straw in place as you sip on your favorite aerated drink.
Printer Cartridges
How you’re using it: Thinking it’s empty when it’s not.
Without going into the evil machinations of the printer-ink-computer-manufacturer industrial complex, we can tell you just how wrong you’ve been about the amount of ink left in your computer cartridge. Often, your computer will relay that there’s no ink remaining when there is still enough to get the job done. All you have to do to get that extra mile is remove the cartridge and use a paper clip to pop the reset button on the bottom—your computer will reevaluate the cartridge’s content and you’re good to go.
Tiny Hole In Airplane Windows
How you’re using it: Probably have no clue again right?
Every single time I would get an opportunity to sit on the window side of the plane, the tiny hole on the window would drive me crazy. I even once asked the air stewardess what the use of such a hole is. It cannot be a design flaw, right? She calmly explained that inside and outside pressure while flying is regulated with a tiny hole on your plane window.
How you’re using it: Too much in the wrong places!
First, you’re using way too much toothpaste: just a dab will do. Second, you’re not supposed to rinse after spitting out. There is actual science behind this. Last: Toothpaste is great for cleaning your car’s headlights or getting that persistent onion/garlic smell off your hands after cooking. Try it!
Colorful Bread Tags
How you’re using it: Decorations perhaps?
They’re not an ornament, they’re there to let you know exactly how fresh the bread is. Pay attention to their colors, as they’re indicative of the day they were delivered. The colors are already organized in alphabetical order, as in “Black, Green, Red, White, Yellow”, and they each correspond to the day of the week, as in, “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
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