I like sandwiches. I tend to choose places like Schlotzsky's Deli, Subway, and Quiznos than a Burger King or KFC.

So when I go grocery shopping, some of the few guaranteed items on my mental list are fixin's like wheat bread, cold cuts, and cheese. Personally speaking, most other condiments are superfluous. My tastes are simple and consequently cheap. All the better to afford the music and anime I wish I could buy.

Anyway, I'm standing in front of the processed meat section last night, wondering what animal flesh to consume over the next two weeks. Scanning, scanning, scanning...boom! there's the Danish ham I want. Scanning, scanning, scanning...boom! there's the smoked chicken breast I liked last time. Scanning, scanning, scanning...boom! that looks like a good turkey variety pack...eh...oh. It isn't resealable. I see.

One of the convergent miracles of technology is the Zip-Lock plastic bag sealing system. We get the perfect kind of perishable food container...it's transparent, lightweight, inexpensive, impermeable...and resealable so we can use them over again and then keep the contents fresh much longer. Store two baggies of roast beef in the fridge, one ziplocked and the other left open, and the roast beef in the ziplocked baggy will taste better and last longer than the open-aired baggy. Perfect for cold cuts especially since they often have juices packed in the meat and those juices stay in the packaging. This liquid won't evaporate away (or spill over your drinks below) and the product won't dry out.

Additionally, the simple convienience of being able to use the original food packaging cannot be overstated. Buy the product, take it home, keep it chilled, use it, put it back. Nice and easy. Cookingly clueless single guys silently rejoice around the world.

So...why the hell do some coldcut companies still sell packages that don't reseal? Is it really THAT cheaper to not invest in a resealing system for your products? Do you enjoy the thought of thousands of frustrated bachelors trying to figure out a way to save their food from the Dustbin of Dehydration? I've tried using chip clips, paper clips, placing heavier items on top of the packaging...none of it works nearly as well or as efficient as a ziplock. To compensate, we have to eat the product quicker, upsetting our meal plans.

"Deli-sliced" packaging is a particularly egregious offender. The best meat, consigned to live out it's life in a sub-par and unworthy container which will only hasten the meat's decline.

It's time we stood up to this simple-minded aggression! It's time we said "NO!" to obsolete packaging and "YES!" to convienience! It's time we let the world know we will not let this poor user interface design stand! We need to take the initiative and fight back against these callous companies who refuse to acknowledge the idiocy of their packaging! Refuse, resist! Fight! Fight! Fight! Ziplock! Ziplock! Ziplock!

*cue wild cheering*

Now, if you don't mind me, I'm going home for lunch.