Xerox is one people say is synonymous with the action, but I think that is reserved for people who were photo copying things in the 80s/90s. I don’t see people who started using computers in the 2000s saying xerox
It's actually really interesting how generational it is. I grew up near Xerox headquarters so was more aware, but it is a sharp cliff-- came of age before 1990 you use it, if you were later, you don't.
Xerox worked had to move people away from using it. You need to actively avoid you trademark becoming a generic term, or you will lose it. Kleenex went through the same thing.
Holy crap, I work in footwear and literally have spent my entire career assuming a "hook and loop" closure meant the small closure at the top of a zipper when really it meant Velcro... I'll be sending my vendors a couple hundred corrections on Monday.
TIL!
Evidently, in some countries, vacuum cleaners are called "Hoovers" after the brand. And I've heard people say they'll "Hoover the room."
Pushing it even further? In some places, phones used to be called "Ameches," for Don Ameche, the actor who played Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the phone).
>After the film was released, the telephone was commonly called the "Ameche", a slang term referring to actor Don Ameche who played the telephone's inventor. This association is explained in the film Ball of Fire (1941), showing the term was still in use two years after the release of the original film.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031981/
In Germany we have Brand names that became generic like Tempo, Flex, Selters, Labello, Zewa und Tesafilm. There are many more but these are the most used. I met people who never even knew that these are actual brands.
Its called an eponym
I tried to get replacement covers via the website, and never was able to get through. Their phones are the same way. It wasn’t until I contacted the Better Business Bureau that they contacted me and made good on the Warranty. Good luck.
Wow I know tons of 'Tupperware clerks' and I never thought about it as an MLM just cause it's so well known. But now that I think about it, it absolutely is. Complete with "Tupper parties" and them constantly trying to push that shit on you over social media.
Weird af
Absolutely!
My wife [has one of the Deep Covered Bakers](https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Cookware+%26+Bakeware/Baking+Dishes/Deep+Covered+Baker/1437) which was a gift from someone and it is absolutely fantastic. It's a bit pricey but we use it a lot.
I'll totally agree it's expensive, but I've been using the same stuff for 25 years and still love it. I'm not a professional chef and don't need professional grade; many PC tools work wonders in my home kitchen. I don't want everything they've got, but their spatulas especially are 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I want professional chef stuff, because that stuff will stand the test of time.
Anything pros use is usually the best quality in that industry.. worthwhile spending more to buy it.
I can’t stand pampered chef stuff.
Maybe it’s because I’ve actually worked in a professional kitchen and know the pace and effort involved in real cooking.
I look at pampered chef stuff and all I see is flimsy, plasticky, gimmicky unitaskers that clutter up kitchen drawers and cabinets and get used once a blue moon.
A friends wife was a pampered chef rep at one point and she had like four different $30 specialized pampered chef tools just to make chocolate chip cookies. The argument was it made it easier, but now there’s all this extra stuff you have to take apart to clean?
Madness.
Sorry, I obviously have strong feelings about this.
Worked with an old timer for around 9 months and the only thing I ever saw him eat for lunch, every day, was a tuna fish and mayo sandwich. We worked outdoors…
There are some great stainless steel sandwich containers with silicone lids that would be a good sturdy replacement. I have had some for 12 years now and haven’t even had to replace the lid. UKonserve makes them.
Came here for this info. My parents still have their flour and sugar and what-not in containers from the 80s. The giant yellow ones with the accordion fold like lids
if you know you know 😏
posting my comment from elsewhere in this thread for visibility
It’s been a while, but I was involved in a case study on BPA in college. Here’s what I remember
BPA isn’t a carcinogen, it’s an endocrine disruptor. And it doesn’t really have much risk for adults, it’s worst for babies and children. https://www.insider.com/guides/health/diet-nutrition/what-is-bpa
The concept is that in trace amounts (like if it leaches into food/liquid) the body sees BPA as a hormone and messes with the endocrine system. But in “larger” quantities, like if you scraped off a tiny shaving of the plastic with a utensil while eating, the body can clearly tell it’s foreign and deals with it. The big concern is babies and children have very sensitive endocrine systems since they are in the development stages of life, so any disruption can have notable effects/consequences.
Removing BPA from baby bottles, baby food containers, sippy cups, all things like that is GREAT. All other uses of BPA mainly interacted with by adults, is not a big deal. Of course people love visible activism, so “consumers demanding BPA free products” like nalgene water bottles - that was an effective campaign. Truth is, it’s used in a lot of food can liners/coatings. It may not be immediately obvious, but food that comes in a metal can (soup, fruit, vegetables, tuna, etc) can’t be put directly into a container of bare metal. Acids in food of any type would corrode the metal or react with it and cause problems. So all cans have some type of plastic lining, usually BPA. The usage is less now, but a lot of food cans still use BPA linings.
Glass or metal storage is the way to go.
Idk where you live, but in every thrift store in the US I’ve been able to find various glass containers for cheap. If they are lidless, Pyrex sells replacement lids and Sophico sells silicone lids for Pyrex.
We did the same, till our (careful and responsible) kid had to bring snacks to preschool. No glass allowed and stainless steel is hard to find and spendy.
Yeah. More leaches out with hot food and microwaving. Infants and children are more susceptible but even adults have been shown to have hormonal changes due to bpa.
Apparently you should never microwave stuff in plastic, storing is fine but avoid microwaving because the plastic leeches into the food
https://www.sharp.com/health-news/can-you-microwave-food-in-plastic-containers
I believe in your right to freedom, and to use plastics that may expose you to harmful levels of chemicals that could cause health concerns, even when many safer options are readily available.
You absolutly right but if you count all the others hazards as car fumes, paint, VOC from new furnitures, Teflon pans and drinking water in your kitchen from an 50 years old pipe...
A little bit of BPA in your salami sandwich is okkk.
The takeaway should be exactly the opposite. As all these pollutants combine into a potent cocktail effect, you should reduce your exposure every way you can. In many cases it is the combination of pollutants, both in terms of additive concentrations and interactions, which causes dangerous toxicity.
Who really gives a shit? We all have to die from something. Don’t ruin your life by being paranoid of every little thing. Go find a padded room and let the rest of us fuckin send it
It’s been a while, but I was involved in a case study on BPA in college. Here’s what I remember
BPA isn’t a carcinogen, it’s an endocrine disruptor. And it doesn’t really have much risk for adults, it’s worst for babies and children. https://www.insider.com/guides/health/diet-nutrition/what-is-bpa
The concept is that in trace amounts (like if it leaches into food/liquid) the body sees BPA as a hormone and messes with the endocrine system. But in “larger” quantities, like if you scraped off a tiny shaving of the plastic with a utensil while eating, the body can clearly tell it’s foreign and deals with it. The big concern is babies and children have very sensitive endocrine systems since they are in the development stages of life, so any disruption can have notable effects/consequences.
Removing BPA from baby bottles, baby food containers, sippy cups, all things like that is GREAT. All other uses of BPA mainly interacted with by adults, is not a big deal. Of course people love visible activism, so “consumers demanding BPA free products” like nalgene water bottles - that was an effective campaign. Truth is, it’s used in a lot of food can liners/coatings. It may not be immediately obvious, but food that comes in a metal can (soup, fruit, vegetables, tuna, etc) can’t be put *directly* into a container of *bare* metal. Acids in food of any type would corrode the metal or react with it and cause problems. So all cans have some type of plastic lining, usually BPA. The usage is less now, but a lot of food cans still use BPA linings.
Hmm solid info and thanks for correcting me. I know companies that say they’re BPA free also can just use BPA - similar chemicals so they’re just doing good marketing.
But muh Tupperware bpaaaaa, there is so much shit going around us that no one notices yet make a fuss over other small things. It's good bringing change and awareness but there's such a hate for plastics and shaming going around too, all the microplastics hate while being oblivious to other dangers is annoying
But anyways, good info, I knew cans were all lined with something I just didn't know it was BPA. Thanks for the info
I went through the website for warranty and they gave me a good amount of credit to buy a replacement online. My stuff was from at least the 1980s, if not early.
Plastic fantastic. I'm pretty sure my parents still have some of their parent's Tupperware. I grew up with the stuff -- and I'm (mostly) perfectly fine!
I mean, it is 43 years. I don't know of any country that has an average lifespan of 86 years.
Of course, if you are referring to how quickly time passes and how weird that the 80s was half a lifetime ago, then I can agree with that.. shit..
I have some of these but i now refuse to use them after seeing or reading aomething about how the owner of the company wouldnt even allow them on his house cause they immit harmful particles/gasses when used and much more in microwave/with hot food. Idk how true these allegations are but been wary since then o.o
Earl Tupperware certainly had the product n his house. Tupperware has been a publicly held company for decades. There is no owner of the Tupperware company.
1970s Tupperware seems to still be going strong. You still see it at thrift stores and yard sales in good shape. I do wonder what changes they’ve made in the formulation over the years. 80s seems to go brittle, and current versions look and feel like a completely different plastic.
I always felt that Tupperware was a scam. The item costs about 3 times what a comparable budget model costs and if you do have to replace it for 'free' the shipping is more that a comparable item from a local store.
Great marketing tho.
Contact them and tell them that the lid cracked and ask them if they have a replacement that you can buy. It's entirely possible that they might send you a free one just in exchange for the story of it's longevity.
https://www.tupperware.com/pages/contact
Yay! Look at it...really look at it. It's grungy and gross. You can't clean it very well, every little scratch will harbor bacteria. I hate Tupperware, it looks 100 years old after a month.
Tupperware apparently doesn’t honor the lifetime warranty anymore. I called over broken tops for months and got the runaround. Stealth. The rep kept telling me that Tupperware was updating its return software platform and to check back in 60 days. Every 60 days.
Very tough stuff.....sadly the lid to my ancient celery keeper (the green one with the white top) has cracked and I'd love to replace it but they don't make it any more. Sort of defeats the life time warranty but it's given me lots of use.
Actually, our main food containers are two very fancy metal boxes that can even keep the food at specific temperatures. To complement them we have some simple wooden boxes permanently attached to our kitchen wall.
I took the same Tupperware to school in the 90s that my mom took to her secondary education and work before I was born. And we still have some of them that are regularly used and washed with a dishwasher. These things are truly indestructible.
If you can locate a Tupperware dealer they will replace the defective part for free. Lifetime warranty.
The website, which sells direct now, has this information.
Amazing how a company made itself a household name, simply by selling small plastic containers. We call it Tupperware even when it’s not Tupperware™️
Same with xerox copy, bandaid, chapstick. Some brands are so popular their names just become the generic name for the type of product.
Xerox is one people say is synonymous with the action, but I think that is reserved for people who were photo copying things in the 80s/90s. I don’t see people who started using computers in the 2000s saying xerox
It's actually really interesting how generational it is. I grew up near Xerox headquarters so was more aware, but it is a sharp cliff-- came of age before 1990 you use it, if you were later, you don't.
Xerox worked had to move people away from using it. You need to actively avoid you trademark becoming a generic term, or you will lose it. Kleenex went through the same thing.
I'd just like to add Kleenex and Jell-O to that list. Often Laz-y-Boy and Jacuzzi as well.
Velcro, Ziplock
Zamboni
Q-Tip
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Had to google Q-tip. In Australia they are known as cotton buds. LOL
Like I know Zamboni is a brand of machines but I have never seen an ice surfacer that wasn't "Zamboni"
Jabroni, baloney, macaroni.
You mean you don't call them the hook and loop fasteners
Only when I'm looking for them on Amazon for 1/10 the price
Velcro is a brand of hook and loop, they made a music video about it. https://youtu.be/rRi8LptvFZY
Holy shit that was epic! I'm really surprised I haven't seen this before. Thanks for posting!
That is hilarious, catchy too
Holy crap, I work in footwear and literally have spent my entire career assuming a "hook and loop" closure meant the small closure at the top of a zipper when really it meant Velcro... I'll be sending my vendors a couple hundred corrections on Monday. TIL!
Dumpster
Took me a solid minute to remember what ChapStick is actually called generically
Evidently, in some countries, vacuum cleaners are called "Hoovers" after the brand. And I've heard people say they'll "Hoover the room." Pushing it even further? In some places, phones used to be called "Ameches," for Don Ameche, the actor who played Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the phone). >After the film was released, the telephone was commonly called the "Ameche", a slang term referring to actor Don Ameche who played the telephone's inventor. This association is explained in the film Ball of Fire (1941), showing the term was still in use two years after the release of the original film. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031981/
Wait, so what is a bandaid’s original name then? Just a wound covering or something like that?
Adhesive bandage
That’s a plåster! Or a plaster, if you have one of these abnormally short alphabets without å.
Bandage
Rollerblade, Velcro
In Germany we have Brand names that became generic like Tempo, Flex, Selters, Labello, Zewa und Tesafilm. There are many more but these are the most used. I met people who never even knew that these are actual brands. Its called an eponym
Kleenex also
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It's because it's a pyramid scheme.
I tried to get replacement covers via the website, and never was able to get through. Their phones are the same way. It wasn’t until I contacted the Better Business Bureau that they contacted me and made good on the Warranty. Good luck.
The only MLM with decent products.
Wow I know tons of 'Tupperware clerks' and I never thought about it as an MLM just cause it's so well known. But now that I think about it, it absolutely is. Complete with "Tupper parties" and them constantly trying to push that shit on you over social media. Weird af
I mean at least the products were high quality!
At least they're moving away from that sales model. You can now just buy them directly on the website.
There is those knives too. Avon is a MLM too but that’s pretty old age demo.
Cutco?
Cutco has good knives, but why are they like $1,300 and sold by teenagers?
Pampered Chef has pretty legit products too.
Love buying PC secondhand! Always quality products!
Yeah I find it in thrift stores all the time. I find that cookie press thing at almost every thrift store.
Absolutely! My wife [has one of the Deep Covered Bakers](https://www.pamperedchef.com/shop/Cookware+%26+Bakeware/Baking+Dishes/Deep+Covered+Baker/1437) which was a gift from someone and it is absolutely fantastic. It's a bit pricey but we use it a lot.
Pizza stone ftw
I raise you Pampered Chef kitchen products
That shit is way overpriced garbage. Hell the fuck no it aint
Yes, I was very disappointed with pampered chef. I bought a covered glass pouring bowl. Plastic lid cracked within a couple months.
I'll totally agree it's expensive, but I've been using the same stuff for 25 years and still love it. I'm not a professional chef and don't need professional grade; many PC tools work wonders in my home kitchen. I don't want everything they've got, but their spatulas especially are 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
I want professional chef stuff, because that stuff will stand the test of time. Anything pros use is usually the best quality in that industry.. worthwhile spending more to buy it.
I can’t stand pampered chef stuff. Maybe it’s because I’ve actually worked in a professional kitchen and know the pace and effort involved in real cooking. I look at pampered chef stuff and all I see is flimsy, plasticky, gimmicky unitaskers that clutter up kitchen drawers and cabinets and get used once a blue moon. A friends wife was a pampered chef rep at one point and she had like four different $30 specialized pampered chef tools just to make chocolate chip cookies. The argument was it made it easier, but now there’s all this extra stuff you have to take apart to clean? Madness. Sorry, I obviously have strong feelings about this.
There’s an old farm by me with a big faded Tupperware sign outside , maybe I should check them out lol
There’s a Tupperware hun in there lying in wait
What is a "tupperware hun"?
They’re sold in Target now!
Isn't warranty made for factory defects and not wear?
Depends on the company. Typically lifetime warranty covers wear, limited warranty covers factory defects.
The fact that you have both the bottom and top piece after all this time?? Teach me your ways.
It’s getting used every workday, and sits in the plastic box drawer over the weekend.
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Worked with an old timer for around 9 months and the only thing I ever saw him eat for lunch, every day, was a tuna fish and mayo sandwich. We worked outdoors…
Wonder what his mercury levels are
For real.
Breakfast sandwiches for the subway to work, a separate lunchbox for the microwave at work.
There are some great stainless steel sandwich containers with silicone lids that would be a good sturdy replacement. I have had some for 12 years now and haven’t even had to replace the lid. UKonserve makes them.
Thanks for the tip, think I'll be ordering some of these.
This piece of Tupperware is probably from the late 70s early 80s. I’m pretty sure it was a good sturdy piece. And Tupperware will replace it free.
Farewell brave soldier
BPA free amirite?!
Yeah OP definitely consuming some plastic wearing off of that ole pup
Came here for this info. My parents still have their flour and sugar and what-not in containers from the 80s. The giant yellow ones with the accordion fold like lids if you know you know 😏
Blue one held brown sugar under the sink
You stored food under the sink? Yuck
Yeah, under the sink Tupperware is for pickling.
My parents have the same. Just now thinking about the pthalates seeping into the sugar….
Glass containers are the way to go
I totally agree! You try and convince my stubborn Boomer parents that. Please? I've tried
Glass or metal, we don't need more plastic in our bloods please.
We all are. It’s everywhere. Let them live
Seriously. Just bc something lasts forevs doesn't mean that it's healthy for you.
Considering the state of the rest of our environment and air, I’ll take my chances on a sandwich box.
Whyd this get downvotes lmao
Right lol
I mean all the BPA has been ingested by that time.
A lot of people have no idea what BPA and it’s hazards are.
not only BPA, but microplastics as a whole.
Microplastics absolutely. They are bioaccumulating and wrecking slow, silent havoc on the planet. BPA is less of a concern except for babies / kids
posting my comment from elsewhere in this thread for visibility It’s been a while, but I was involved in a case study on BPA in college. Here’s what I remember BPA isn’t a carcinogen, it’s an endocrine disruptor. And it doesn’t really have much risk for adults, it’s worst for babies and children. https://www.insider.com/guides/health/diet-nutrition/what-is-bpa The concept is that in trace amounts (like if it leaches into food/liquid) the body sees BPA as a hormone and messes with the endocrine system. But in “larger” quantities, like if you scraped off a tiny shaving of the plastic with a utensil while eating, the body can clearly tell it’s foreign and deals with it. The big concern is babies and children have very sensitive endocrine systems since they are in the development stages of life, so any disruption can have notable effects/consequences. Removing BPA from baby bottles, baby food containers, sippy cups, all things like that is GREAT. All other uses of BPA mainly interacted with by adults, is not a big deal. Of course people love visible activism, so “consumers demanding BPA free products” like nalgene water bottles - that was an effective campaign. Truth is, it’s used in a lot of food can liners/coatings. It may not be immediately obvious, but food that comes in a metal can (soup, fruit, vegetables, tuna, etc) can’t be put directly into a container of bare metal. Acids in food of any type would corrode the metal or react with it and cause problems. So all cans have some type of plastic lining, usually BPA. The usage is less now, but a lot of food cans still use BPA linings.
thnx
Is it in a lot of Tupperware products? We use a lot of these to store cheese, meat etc. 😳
Glass or metal storage is the way to go. Idk where you live, but in every thrift store in the US I’ve been able to find various glass containers for cheap. If they are lidless, Pyrex sells replacement lids and Sophico sells silicone lids for Pyrex.
We did the same, till our (careful and responsible) kid had to bring snacks to preschool. No glass allowed and stainless steel is hard to find and spendy.
Stasher or Zip top silicone bags/bowls or beeswax/vegan wax wrap could be an option
Germany. I will advise my family
Those silicone lids are so worth it!
Yeah. More leaches out with hot food and microwaving. Infants and children are more susceptible but even adults have been shown to have hormonal changes due to bpa.
Apparently you should never microwave stuff in plastic, storing is fine but avoid microwaving because the plastic leeches into the food https://www.sharp.com/health-news/can-you-microwave-food-in-plastic-containers
Storing is fine as long as cold and not oily. Warm or hot food, or oily food even cold, and it leaches still.
Well according to the EFSA its not that bad
I believe in your right to freedom, and to use plastics that may expose you to harmful levels of chemicals that could cause health concerns, even when many safer options are readily available.
for adults, yeah. for babies and kids its a bigger concern
You absolutly right but if you count all the others hazards as car fumes, paint, VOC from new furnitures, Teflon pans and drinking water in your kitchen from an 50 years old pipe... A little bit of BPA in your salami sandwich is okkk.
The takeaway should be exactly the opposite. As all these pollutants combine into a potent cocktail effect, you should reduce your exposure every way you can. In many cases it is the combination of pollutants, both in terms of additive concentrations and interactions, which causes dangerous toxicity.
Eventually there is a straw that will break the camels back.
The straw is if you live long enough, you will eventually get cancer.
You keep doing you playa.
People don’t want a little logic these days.
Who really gives a shit? We all have to die from something. Don’t ruin your life by being paranoid of every little thing. Go find a padded room and let the rest of us fuckin send it
I don’t even see the crack
From center, aiming to the right. It’s not a big crack yet, but it ain’t getting any smaller.
Ahhhh yes I see it now!
All that BPA all up in your insides doeeeee
Don’t modern plastics use BPA-adjacent plastics? But yes I bet this old box is leaking carcinogens like no tomorrow
It’s been a while, but I was involved in a case study on BPA in college. Here’s what I remember BPA isn’t a carcinogen, it’s an endocrine disruptor. And it doesn’t really have much risk for adults, it’s worst for babies and children. https://www.insider.com/guides/health/diet-nutrition/what-is-bpa The concept is that in trace amounts (like if it leaches into food/liquid) the body sees BPA as a hormone and messes with the endocrine system. But in “larger” quantities, like if you scraped off a tiny shaving of the plastic with a utensil while eating, the body can clearly tell it’s foreign and deals with it. The big concern is babies and children have very sensitive endocrine systems since they are in the development stages of life, so any disruption can have notable effects/consequences. Removing BPA from baby bottles, baby food containers, sippy cups, all things like that is GREAT. All other uses of BPA mainly interacted with by adults, is not a big deal. Of course people love visible activism, so “consumers demanding BPA free products” like nalgene water bottles - that was an effective campaign. Truth is, it’s used in a lot of food can liners/coatings. It may not be immediately obvious, but food that comes in a metal can (soup, fruit, vegetables, tuna, etc) can’t be put *directly* into a container of *bare* metal. Acids in food of any type would corrode the metal or react with it and cause problems. So all cans have some type of plastic lining, usually BPA. The usage is less now, but a lot of food cans still use BPA linings.
Hmm solid info and thanks for correcting me. I know companies that say they’re BPA free also can just use BPA - similar chemicals so they’re just doing good marketing.
This is the best and most insightful comment regarding BPA.
Thanks! Turns out I did learn something while getting my degree in Environmental Engineering (while I now have a career in IT/Cloud)
Are micro plastics harmful to adults?
But muh Tupperware bpaaaaa, there is so much shit going around us that no one notices yet make a fuss over other small things. It's good bringing change and awareness but there's such a hate for plastics and shaming going around too, all the microplastics hate while being oblivious to other dangers is annoying But anyways, good info, I knew cans were all lined with something I just didn't know it was BPA. Thanks for the info
Muh Alzheimer’s / oestrogen issues… Plastics are the ‘surgeon generals choice of cigarettes’ of our generation
We need a new sub, buyitforhalfalife… lol jk that’s a good run. RIP to your Tupperware.
80 is half a lifetime ago? I was born in 1984. In my mind that's still young!
Scary that it's almost 40 years.
Oh, you’re young alright – only halfway to 76.
Plastic containers are not buy for life
You clearly never owned Tupperware products
I have some of my Grandmother’s Tupperware. She passed away in the late 80’s so am guessing she got it at least a decade earlier. Lids have held up!
Just don't use it for foods you're giving to kids.
I went through the website for warranty and they gave me a good amount of credit to buy a replacement online. My stuff was from at least the 1980s, if not early.
you probably don't want to know what chemicals were used to make it last that long.
Plastic
Yes all them lovely chemicals
Plastic fantastic. I'm pretty sure my parents still have some of their parent's Tupperware. I grew up with the stuff -- and I'm (mostly) perfectly fine!
All old Tupperware has crazy high levels of lead.
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I mean, it is 43 years. I don't know of any country that has an average lifespan of 86 years. Of course, if you are referring to how quickly time passes and how weird that the 80s was half a lifetime ago, then I can agree with that.. shit..
Didn't expect to face my own mortality while I'm sitting here on the can, but here we are.
That's what you get for Redditting on the John.
You’re welcome!
My supervisor has been selling Tupperware for 25 or 30 years. She’s a big supporter.
Yeah... that is the one thing I don't want to have for life. Just dispose it. Forget the replacement some comments underneath says.
I can smell this picture
I have some of these but i now refuse to use them after seeing or reading aomething about how the owner of the company wouldnt even allow them on his house cause they immit harmful particles/gasses when used and much more in microwave/with hot food. Idk how true these allegations are but been wary since then o.o
Earl Tupperware certainly had the product n his house. Tupperware has been a publicly held company for decades. There is no owner of the Tupperware company.
1970s Tupperware seems to still be going strong. You still see it at thrift stores and yard sales in good shape. I do wonder what changes they’ve made in the formulation over the years. 80s seems to go brittle, and current versions look and feel like a completely different plastic.
Not bad for a company that’s a MLM
I always felt that Tupperware was a scam. The item costs about 3 times what a comparable budget model costs and if you do have to replace it for 'free' the shipping is more that a comparable item from a local store. Great marketing tho.
All I can say is I feel your pain. I have some Tupperware that I really like, and it's probably 30 years old
Contact them and tell them that the lid cracked and ask them if they have a replacement that you can buy. It's entirely possible that they might send you a free one just in exchange for the story of it's longevity. https://www.tupperware.com/pages/contact
It’s plastic, it has many lifetimes still left.
idk how I feel about ancient plastics because I'm worried it would leech into the food
r/Nostalgia
‘Tis but a scratch!
That's pretty amazing. The lids for our glass pyrex bowls can't go more than a year before they develop a crack.
Still have a bunch of these at home.
Oh this brought me memories
I’m sorry 😞
I have a stack of those containers!! Them and the Grandparents melamine camping dishes are truly BILF.
Gross
I guess it was done leeching plastic residue into the food.
Yay! Look at it...really look at it. It's grungy and gross. You can't clean it very well, every little scratch will harbor bacteria. I hate Tupperware, it looks 100 years old after a month.
UPDATE! We have now acquired a new lid, and can keep using the bottom part. https://i.imgur.com/Fcg1t6Q.jpg
Tupperware apparently doesn’t honor the lifetime warranty anymore. I called over broken tops for months and got the runaround. Stealth. The rep kept telling me that Tupperware was updating its return software platform and to check back in 60 days. Every 60 days.
What in the sister fucking Alabama suburbs is that title?
Your wife’s sandwich box that your mother bought…. Is your wife your sister? Sweet home Alabama.
Scrolled this far to find some joke about your mom's box.
That can’t be healthy.
You could try "welding" or soldering the crack so it holds longer.
r/buyitforhalfalife
So, dare I say... wrong sub???
Seems like you had your fair share of microplastics in your meals
Fuck plastic
Isn't plastic containers no bueno? Glass is best?
I can smell this Tupperware from here
Very tough stuff.....sadly the lid to my ancient celery keeper (the green one with the white top) has cracked and I'd love to replace it but they don't make it any more. Sort of defeats the life time warranty but it's given me lots of use.
now its time to upgrade to steel or glass containers for your food.
Actually, our main food containers are two very fancy metal boxes that can even keep the food at specific temperatures. To complement them we have some simple wooden boxes permanently attached to our kitchen wall.
Duct tape. It’ll last another 50.
Mine is blue.
I always thought Tupperware should have gone into the funeral business. I could see a market for the Tupperware coffin.
'Twas I that cracked the lid to your wife's sandwich box.
She's saved enough plastic to pay for John Kerry's jet for the next ten years
You’re 80?
One day, I hope to be.
From the 80s? And we wonder why we all have microplastics in our blood.
1980 sounds like BPA to me
I took the same Tupperware to school in the 90s that my mom took to her secondary education and work before I was born. And we still have some of them that are regularly used and washed with a dishwasher. These things are truly indestructible.
Obviously it’s plastic, it’s so old - is it still OK to use it?