Washing Hands

Last year Sun, maker of dish washing soap tablets, introduced a soluble wrapper around their tablets. The idea behind this is that you don't need to wash your hands after you've tried to open the wrapper and placed the tablet in the dishwasher. This seems like a nice innovation, because who likes to wash their hands needlessly?

However, what happens in a normal dishwasher filling scenario is that you have a stack of dirty plates and cutlery and put them in the machine. This will get your hands dirty, at least that's what happens to me. Then, because you do not want to soil the cardboard container of the tablets, you wash and dry your hands. Now, unless you've found a way to dry your hands completely, there is bound to be some moisture left on your hands. This is where Sun's research is faulty, because the tablet wrapper immediately begins to dissolve, leaving you with a mucky feeling on you're hands. This results in an extra hand washing, so the intended effect of the special wrappers is undone by the fact that it's special.

This is a useless innovation,

Zaaf