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Sandwiches. I make cut out shapes for my daughters lunch. Ham sandwiches, cheese sandwiches..whatever filling she likes. I use my scissors to cut and mould a different shape everyday. A heart, a circle, sometimes even a Roblox character if I can. A knife, a little difficult to navigate the curves..shape cutters, where can I even store them? But scissors..my favourite utensil! I can’t explain how much easier it is, you really have to try it yourself! Even the crusts..it’s so much easier. When she gets to school all her friends say “Luna let me see your sandwich today!” This has become her ‘thing’. I love it! It gives her excitement, thrill and actually it makes her eat her lunch! (She can be a fussy madam)

Meat. Another thing i use my scissors for. Cutting off the fat, and throwing the remaining meat straight in the pan. Absolute piece of cake. Bloody love it. Anyway, it makes my life so much easier, for some reason my knives just don’t do the trick. It’s either that or I’m very dodgy at food preparation. Which, if it were true, is relatively sad because I enjoy it. Who even knows at this point.

Sandwiches. Sorry had to come back to the sandwiches quickly. Honestly give it a try.

Food packaging. You know when the food packing says “tear here” or “open here”. You try to grip it, and it just doesn’t happen? Like, you really try to pull it and it’s fully stuck. Then you finally get a good grip, you think life has just come together in that moment..you pull it, with all your strength, and THE WHOLE PACKAGE RIPS OPEN WRONG. How does that even happen? The level of disrespect this plastic food packaging has just inflicted on me is ridiculous. It’s really not ok. So last time, when I opened my bag of sweets, and was forced to watch them tumble onto the floor..I decided enough was enough. From now on, I am using scissors. No if’s, or but’s. Scissors only, nice clean cut. All my precious food still in tact.

Label tags. Do I even need to say anything? Those stubborn tags, you try so hard to pull them apart so you can open your item..and it just doesn’t work. I kid you not, last time I was so determined to do this, I somehow managed to smack my partner in the face. I was able to break the tag, just at the expense of my partners face. Sorry hun. Hey, don’t blame me. Blame the tag. After that he banned me from trying to open anything near him, or anyone else. He went out and bought me a new pack of scissors. Snip snip.

Sandwiches. Yeah I know I’ve mentioned sandwich shapes but seriously go try it with your scissors, it’s so therapeutic.

Chocolate bars. I’ve got a big family. Lots of nieces and nephews. So, at some point..the kids end up wanting the same chocolate bar. It’s the last one. They both MUST have it, because it’s suddenly their favourite. So, to make it fair they share it. BUT, when you take it out the wrapper, and try to break it in half, one side is ALWAYS bigger than the other. That’s where the scissors come in. Nice clean cut right down the middle, with the wrapper still on! It’s genius! No one can complain.

Herbs. This, right here is a life saver. We already know by previous admission I’m quack at cutting with a knife. Grab the curly parsley, get your scissors and boom. Cut it up! I’m telling you, this is so much easier than trying to chef it up with a knife. If you can do it with a knife, and get it into lovely small pieces; then I truly envy you. But I’m not Gordon Ramsey, so I’ll stick to my scissors.

Sandwiches. Listen, if at this point you still haven’t tried to make some really cool shapes with your scissors and sandwiches, then it’s really awkward. So yeah, scissors are the best. Now go make a sandwich.

-shelby.m.c