#9: The Convenience of Plastic
There are some inventions that simply should not exist. Take these pre-cut lemon slices, for example. Why do these exist? Is it really that tough to buy individual lemons and cut them into slices at home? This product is solving a problem that doesn’t exist for most people. On top of this product’s unnecessary existence is the completely wild use of plastic packaging.
If you look closely, you can see that each slice of lemon is wrapped in its own plastic packaging. We’re assuming the lemon slices are individually packaged to preserve freshness. Do you know what else can preserve freshness? The skin of a lemon. You can cut a lemon into slices when you need one. We promise it only takes a few seconds.