Ya know how sometimes you do an accessory swap night thing with your girlfriends - like getting rid of that favorite belt from college that’s never ever gonna fit you again or that “lovely” faux silk scarf your hubby let the kids pick out for Mother’s Day when they were in 3rd grade? How about a Tupperware rescue swap? Everyone brings their strays & then see if there are any matches? Of course this would require several bottles of wine & a BIG recycling bin for the end of the party where the no match pieces would go (hidden under glass wine bottles) Someone might go home with something nice they could use & we’d all feel so much better about saving the planet!
Can we at least briefly acknowledge the other Tupperware horror? It doesn't dry in the dishwasher. So, 11 hours after it has run to completion, you dutifully unload the dishwasher (by yourself, imagining how much your family will silently appreciate your saintly sacrifice) and put everything away ... except the f***ing Tupperware because IT IS STILL WET!
Tupperware is mocking us at every turn. When we have destroyed ourselves, they will co-own the planet with the roaches.
But I am a certified professional organizer, which means that, what I do for a living, is bear witness to the trauma of consumption, and try to help people find the ways to be kinder to themselves than they are to their stuff. Their mental health and sanity are more important to me than I want extraneous tupperware to be to them <3
I did recycle/toss all the remaining non-Rubbermaid-brand containers in the house a few years back and got a matching set. The current problems are: 1) we don't have enough tops for our fave small square containers and 2) my sister keeps giving us cute new containers that DON'T NEST.
My father was a bit crazed in this matter--every time he saw a new & shiny collection of containers, he would buy a whole set--from Rubbermaid to Lock 'n' Lock to beautiful glass stacking containers---and then he'd move the previous set to a box in the garage. (This usually happened when my mom was out of the house for the day...)
Yes!!! I get hit in the head almost daily and like you I often avoid the Tupperware cupboard ! 😂 I actually got convinced to sell Tupperware years ago. I had gigantic bags of Tupperware that I stored in my small Apt and still have a lot of it! I was not the best salesperson! ‘Do you want to buy one of these? I’m not sure what it does???’
I have the same problem. I have limited cabinet and drawer space in my condo. My half bath also serves as the laundry room and includes some cabinet that are impossibly difficult to reach OVER the washer and dryer. That's the location of my Tupperware. It's ugly and scary and extremely soul-sucking every time I open those cabinets. Don't even ask about the assortment of other stuff that resides there--
Try this Jane: Throw all of it in your recycling bin and get a few pieces of corningware (tempered glass storage containers). All that plastic is bad for you anyway—it gets into your food water and anything else you consume.
I just threw all my Tupperware away. I, too, was being bombarded with angry containers each time I opened the cupboard over the extractor fan. I got a big lawn bag and it all went into it. Big space now for Kitchenaid machine, Instant Pot and a couple of small electrics. Counter looks clear, I feel good and I haven’t missed any of it yet. Yet.
Ya know how sometimes you do an accessory swap night thing with your girlfriends - like getting rid of that favorite belt from college that’s never ever gonna fit you again or that “lovely” faux silk scarf your hubby let the kids pick out for Mother’s Day when they were in 3rd grade? How about a Tupperware rescue swap? Everyone brings their strays & then see if there are any matches? Of course this would require several bottles of wine & a BIG recycling bin for the end of the party where the no match pieces would go (hidden under glass wine bottles) Someone might go home with something nice they could use & we’d all feel so much better about saving the planet!
Can we at least briefly acknowledge the other Tupperware horror? It doesn't dry in the dishwasher. So, 11 hours after it has run to completion, you dutifully unload the dishwasher (by yourself, imagining how much your family will silently appreciate your saintly sacrifice) and put everything away ... except the f***ing Tupperware because IT IS STILL WET!
Tupperware is mocking us at every turn. When we have destroyed ourselves, they will co-own the planet with the roaches.
I do not have a tupperware problem.
But I am a certified professional organizer, which means that, what I do for a living, is bear witness to the trauma of consumption, and try to help people find the ways to be kinder to themselves than they are to their stuff. Their mental health and sanity are more important to me than I want extraneous tupperware to be to them <3
I did recycle/toss all the remaining non-Rubbermaid-brand containers in the house a few years back and got a matching set. The current problems are: 1) we don't have enough tops for our fave small square containers and 2) my sister keeps giving us cute new containers that DON'T NEST.
My father was a bit crazed in this matter--every time he saw a new & shiny collection of containers, he would buy a whole set--from Rubbermaid to Lock 'n' Lock to beautiful glass stacking containers---and then he'd move the previous set to a box in the garage. (This usually happened when my mom was out of the house for the day...)
Hysterical, and accurate, as always.
Yes!!! I get hit in the head almost daily and like you I often avoid the Tupperware cupboard ! 😂 I actually got convinced to sell Tupperware years ago. I had gigantic bags of Tupperware that I stored in my small Apt and still have a lot of it! I was not the best salesperson! ‘Do you want to buy one of these? I’m not sure what it does???’
I have the same problem. I have limited cabinet and drawer space in my condo. My half bath also serves as the laundry room and includes some cabinet that are impossibly difficult to reach OVER the washer and dryer. That's the location of my Tupperware. It's ugly and scary and extremely soul-sucking every time I open those cabinets. Don't even ask about the assortment of other stuff that resides there--
Try this Jane: Throw all of it in your recycling bin and get a few pieces of corningware (tempered glass storage containers). All that plastic is bad for you anyway—it gets into your food water and anything else you consume.
I just threw all my Tupperware away. I, too, was being bombarded with angry containers each time I opened the cupboard over the extractor fan. I got a big lawn bag and it all went into it. Big space now for Kitchenaid machine, Instant Pot and a couple of small electrics. Counter looks clear, I feel good and I haven’t missed any of it yet. Yet.