Well, my youngest child saw me opening a can recently and yelled “THAT’S how you use it?!” They had apparently been holding it horizontally and thinking the can opener sucked.
In their defense, some models of horizontally held can openers look very similar to the vertical ones and it takes me a few attempts until I figure out I’m holding it wrong… No can opener I’ve used worked by suction though
They most certainly learned to use one of those top-cutting types rather then the vertical cutters. Completely different tool and I can see how that would be confusing.
That’s so weird to me; whereabouts are you from? I’m in California and just looked through my cans and maybe 10% of them have pull tabs. Apparently we have the jank can tech here haha
Big Can Opener is keeping the US down apparently! Really interesting to find these differences, have a great day and a nice time opening your more convenient cans!
It’s certainly to do with the fact that nobody wants to pay for new machinery when the old ones still work. As things break, I should think that we’ll see more items use pull tabs. FWIW Europe is way ahead of North America on this.
Well, my youngest child saw me opening a can recently and yelled “THAT’S how you use it?!” They had apparently been holding it horizontally and thinking the can opener sucked.
How old are they? If they are 4 that’s cute, if they are 24 I’m concerned for their safety.
In their defense, some models of horizontally held can openers look very similar to the vertical ones and it takes me a few attempts until I figure out I’m holding it wrong… No can opener I’ve used worked by suction though
They most certainly learned to use one of those top-cutting types rather then the vertical cutters. Completely different tool and I can see how that would be confusing.
I haven’t seen a can that needs an opener in decades. I don’t even think I have an opener.
Do you not buy canned goods? Most everything we get needs an opener: veggies, beans, tomato paste/sauce, basically nothing has a pull tab.
All my cans have pull tabs. I just checked: tomato, chickpeas, beans…
Not one can without a pull tab.
That’s so weird to me; whereabouts are you from? I’m in California and just looked through my cans and maybe 10% of them have pull tabs. Apparently we have the jank can tech here haha
I’m in the Netherlands. I thought globalized supply chains would keep our canned produce in sync, but apparently I thought wrong!
I wonder if it’s some weird patent issue.
Big Can Opener is keeping the US down apparently! Really interesting to find these differences, have a great day and a nice time opening your more convenient cans!
It’s certainly to do with the fact that nobody wants to pay for new machinery when the old ones still work. As things break, I should think that we’ll see more items use pull tabs. FWIW Europe is way ahead of North America on this.
Having to use a can opener is really a North American thing. The rest of the world moved past that long ago.
Hah yeah that feels right…
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