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The Five Stages of Tupperware Grief
So you can throw out your food another day
Dinner’s come to an end, and there’s some food leftover. It may be quinoa or steamed broccoli; perhaps an extra serving of stroganoff. It doesn’t matter how the story begins, though, because it always ends the same.
Stage 1: Denial
You open the cupboard and begin the hunt for an appropriately sized container and its matching lid. This is no simple task, but your experience eventually helps you find the right Tupperware. You pick it up and observe the faded, opaque ring of red around the perimeter, a remnant of the last time you “stored” spaghetti. It’s okay. It’s been washed.
I’ll eat these leftovers, you tell yourself. I’m definitely not going to throw them away.
Welcome to Tupperware denial. You are selling yourself a lie.
I know. This time is different. It was good stroganoff. You’ll eat it for lunch tomorrow.
Sure you will.
You seal the lid and it makes that satisfying click, sealing in all the goodness. Placing it in the fridge, you’re almost blind to five similar containers of varying vintages. The new leftovers are stored front and center for easy access, since you’ll obviously be eating them tomorrow.
