{"id":803,"date":"2013-03-08T12:33:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2013-07-07T18:41:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T23:41:17","slug":"the-opposite-of-multi-tasking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=803","title":{"rendered":"The opposite of multi-tasking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Wrongest Product Award nominee<\/p>\n

We\u2019re all in favor of multifunction products, as in having one product that can do many things, thus saving material as well as, perhaps, precious space in micro apartments. Think of a day-bed or a camera-smartphone. But this thing<\/a>, a \u201cBreakfast Sandwich Maker\u201d by Hamilton Beach, strikes us as almost the opposite: many products \u2013 albeit stacked \u2013 to do one just thing. And probably not well.\"breakfastsandwichmaker\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My favorite reader comment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Another $30 countertop appliance that I will inevitably purchase, use 5 times and leave it in a state of utter neglect in the bowels of my cabinets, and bitch about how it does nothing but collect dust and take up space for a minimum of two years. At that point it may be brought out to the back, shot, and buried.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Found on hiConsumption.com<\/a> (which looks to be an appropriately named treasure trove for Worst Product Award nominations!) via Gizmodo<\/a><\/p>\n

Previous Wrongest Product Award nominations<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The <\/i>Wrongest Product Awards<\/i><\/a> will go to those products (and their designers) that embody the least amount of redeeming value while incurring the use of unnecessary, often gratuitous, materials or energy.<\/i><\/p>\n

How is this relevant to EcoOptimism, you might ask? Easy \u2013 it shows how extraneous so many products are, often in a \u201cwhat-were-they-thinking\u201d sense.<\/i><\/p>\n

Nominations are open. Send yours to ImNotBuyinIt (at) EcoOptimism.com.<\/i><\/p>\n

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