Product no. 22: Kitchen paper, Toilet tissue


Product purchased: January 2005
Product seller: K-Supermarket, Espoo
Product price: Kitchen 1.85 Euro, Toilet 3.65 Euro
Product manufacturer/brand: Georgia-Pacific Finland Oy, Nokian Paperi


Paper for kitchen and for toilet is a necessity.
You are buying food in a supermarket. You also bought some paper. Having packaged everything else into your sacks, you still have the paper rolls there, lying on the counter, you plan to carry those separately. You'd like to grasp the rolls, but there is a problem, you can't find the grip. You are not sure in which corner or edge it is. There are four probable edges. Even worse, the grip is not even symmetric to the edge, it is a bit aside. - You are in a hurry to go home. You have a kid with you and he/she is crying. Typically it takes anything between 1 and 5 seconds to get hold of the grip. Having e.g. 4 rolls, it typically accumulates to 15 seconds of time before you are clear on the grips and have the rolls arranged for carrying.
Sometimes it happens you determine that the grip is simply not provided at all in this product, and you end up carrying the roll with a pinch grip. What is the Design in here after all?
There is a grip. But there is no marking for it for you to find. It is a common problem, also for some other manufacturers. You are wondering what means Royal in this product.
Without spending a penny more, the manufacturer could mark the grip with a stripe. You'd easily spot the grip.
A sample of papers was bought:
Left, top to bottom:
1. Lotus Royal - Toilet tissue - grip location: shorter edge, with offset
2. Serla Toilet - Toilet tissue - grip location: shorter edge, with offset
3. Pirkka WC-paperi - Toilet tissue - grip location: top
Right, top to bottom:
4. Lotus Emilia Design - Kitchen paper - grip location: shorter edge, with offset
5. Lotus Emilia - Kitchen paper - grip location: top
Center, on the rear ground:
6. Luonnonystävän Talouspaperi - Kitchen paper - grip location: top
7. Serla Talouspaperi - Kitchen paper - grip location: shorter edge, with offset
8. Pirkka Talouspaperi - Kitchen paper - grip location: shorter edge, with offset
Curiosly enough, this pair of products, with the same brand, with the same look and feel, and almost the same name, has a different grip arrangement. Even if you intended to always buy the same brand, it's easy to make a mistake, and you are lost.



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