BC versus AC...
If you bought products made after COVID, did you notice the quality was less than what they were before COVID? It's across the board and I'll start with paper towels. I used to think the thinnest napkins and paper towels could be found in Chinese restaurants. Not so anymore. The towels in dispenser at the highway service plaza are so thin now, they melt in your wet hands as you pull them. It takes a few extra towels to dry your hands.Paper cups from Publix market... I've been using them for years and after COVID the cups were leaking right near the bottom. It took a few months before they corrected the quality control. Now, the cups don't leak but the price went from $2.00 packs and are $4.50
Scorpion brand was one company popular for making model aircraft Electronic Speed Controls (ESC's) but they had a failure rate more than 50% after COVID. They will replace a defective unit under warrantee, but the cost of repairing a crashed model helicopter (or airplane) isn't covered. Many of us switched to other (more expensive) brands with assurance of less failures.
I'm sure lots of cars manufactured right after COVID are having a higher rate of defects.
That said, maybe it's important to confirm the manufactured date of the products you are buying to be before COVID (BC) or after COVID (AC)
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Paper towels and paper napkins in a Chinese restaurant?
That kinds rhymes with Steely Dan's album Pretzel Logic.
Cloth towels?
Been there with laundry, soap, bleach, dryer.
Nothing to gain.
Many of my clients are a hour drive so I pee before leaving.
Next suggestion?
Don't make it a funnel and 4 feet of garden hose. I knew a trucker who had no time for crowded rest stops.
$6 lunch at the local Chinese restaurant, included a drink and desert. Many of my coworkers would go there.
They closed business since COVID.
Speaking of class...
My home was built during the beginning phase of COVID...in the back of my mind, I still worry about the appliances and air conditioning units...could possibly have problems in the future.
So far, the electrical panel for my home has been recalled...all it took was a slight fix by the electrician..
Hopefully, no more problems...will arise.
You slipped in there Chat...
My reply was meant to the one above you.
Batteries charged, I'm headed to the flying field!
Perhaps that's also true for other products as businesses aim to meet environmental demands. I wonder how long it will take to go back to the days where items could be repaired, rather than making them flimsier and necessarily disposable if so much as a screw comes loose.
Over here people are encouraged to bring their own cup with a lid when purchasing a beverage from a cafe, or vendor. Customers who don't wash ther cups are often refused service due to cross contamination issues, however.
I carry a lightweight, quick drying towel in my bag for either drying my hands, or swings and slides in the park when the need arises.
Generally speaking, I don't buy a lot of stuff. When I do, I aim for re-used and recycled for most things and I make things last, upcycle and recycle once they're in my possession.
So, no, I haven't noticed the diminishing quality of stuff from before covid, but I have noticed that trend since the middle of the last century.
We own cars that are classics that we can work on. Of course, have to keep up maintenance. New cars cost the price of a house, are no maintenance and guarantee a dealer repairs. Will they make 30 years? 20?
I buy only Scott TP. Once it was always the same. Now it is still 1000 sheets but a crap shoot what texture. One time package is industrial sand paper. One time is soft. Once is quilted. Sheesh..can you keep it one way? And why not?
Covid was an excuse to jack up prices. If people whined..ok...same price..less of it then. I noticed Bubba's bagels shrunk. I use a paper plate til bad, then to cat plate. And the bagel halves overhung. Then fit nicely. Now they went back to overhang. At least one company isn't holding us hostage.
The dollar stores are good at flim, flam. Paper products one can read through. Tiny bottles or watered down. Fragrances that smell nice in the bottle and fade in 5 minutes or less. But, hey..it's cheap!
Or maybe cotton and cocoa bean production have been affected by climate change. I think they both require a lot of water and labour.
Or maybe companies are introducing short term and shit ways of reducing their carbon footprint for appearances sake.
There might be many factors involved in maintaining productivity and profit.
It's my understanding manufacturers cannot arbitrarily make changes.
They need to relabel "New & Improved" or similar to let the consumer know the product (however slight) is different.
I believe sugar is more expensive than flour, so I wonder why a manufacturer would add more sugar to their cake mix.