My lettuce is green, thanks anyway

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Now I've been doing a lot of shows and events. Thus, I hear about a lot of interesting products and services from various vendors during them. And at one show recently, one woman was singing the praises of a - wait for it - lettuce knife. Yup, that's right. She was telling everyone who walked by her booth about how wonderful this knife was. Because ever since she started using this modern marvel, her lettuce now lasts for two whole weeks in her fridge! Crisp, fresh, green lettuce, ready for her to eat. Okay, I don't know about anyone else. However, all I could think was "What was she doing to her lettuce before she got this knife?!"  Let's face it, my lettuce lasts at least two weeks in the fridge and I don't use anything unusual. Nope, sorry, I've never plunked down good money for a special knife that cuts only lettuce. And I've never noticed my lettuce getting overly brown or disgusting. Yet, how many times in life have you known someone to do this - find a solution to a problem, where there wasn't a problem in the first place? Yeah, simple almost always is the answer to all of the questions in life. Do we really need the newest, latest, greatest whatever? Or are things working just fine right now how we've always done it? Sometimes something wonderful can be found where we don't expect it. And sometimes we throw away something good just because it's old. And sometimes what looks like a problem really isn't. So think twice the next time you are offered a solution to a problem you didn't even know you had.

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