::Tupperware dan saya::

Dulu masa kecik-kecik, saya selalu tengok orang buat Parti Tupperware kat rumah lama kami.

Masa tu kami duduk rumah flat je.

Jadi banyak lah rumah yang kami pergi, dijemput orang.

Kami, budak-budak akan leka bermain masak-masak dengan Tupperware (free gift) mak kami.

Yang mak-mak pula bukan main concentrate kat tukang cakap. (consultant)

Lepas parti, nampak mak bawa barang Tupperware yang dibeli.

Balik simpan dalam cabinet khasnya.

Mak memang suka barang Tupperware.

Senang dan cantik katanya.

Mula-mula saya terfikir, kan banyak bekas plastik murah.

Guna je lah. Saya tengok rumah orang lain pakai bekas ice cream je.

Kenapa nak Tupperware juga?

Saya selalu dengar dialog mak dan jiran.

Jiran: tu hah, habis seat kereta kena kari. nak kena cuci.

Mak: kenapa? macam mana boleh kena kari?

Jiran: masak kari semalam, letak kat Tipuware (bekas plastik ice-cream), lepas tu bawa pergi rumah kakak kat Kajang sana. Tumpah. Tutup tak rapat.

Mak: ooo..ye ke.

Jiran: tu dah susah nak sental kusyen kereta tu.

Mak: Kan senang pakai Tupperware. Memanglah mahal. Tapi dari kena sental kusyen tu. Aku bawa sampai Bentong pun tak pernah tumpah kari aku.

Dan, saya mula sedar kegunaan Tupperware, dan membesar bersama Tupperware.

Mula-mula, saya membelinya melalui orang. Sampailah mak mertua mengajak saya join Tupperware.

Mak mertua saya kenalkan saya dengan abang Salleh dan isterinya.

Saya join sebab nak bantu mak mertua saya, dan fikir dapat beli Tupperware pada harga dealer.

Tapi bila tengok kesungguhan abang Salleh dan mak mertua yang bagi sokongan.

Tambah lagi restu suami dan mak sendiri.

Saya nekad melangkah bersama Tupperware.

Selepas mengalami satu kegagalan yang besar.

Tupperware memujuk hati supaya tidak pandang cerita lama dan terus bergerak ke hadapan.

Sekarang.

Saya berbangga bila Tupperware bersama saya.

Dan berbangga dengan pencapaian saya walaupun tidak besar.

Mungkin tahun ni.

Doakan ye.

;-p

::Tupperware and History::

In the 1940's a Chemical Engineer called Earl Tupper was working for DuPont.

As we know, DuPont is at the forefront of many innovative products and a holder of numerous household patents.

So, while working for DuPont, doing his various experiment using the byproducts of petroleum, Earl Tupper stumbled on the formula for making plastic products which were moldable and safe for use as food containers. He worked on many items including food storage and also for tea sets like jugs and mugs.

He also used his knowledge on design to come up with the round classic seals which were airtight and liquid tight.

He modeled this seal after the lid of paint can. If you ever see the lid of paint can and compare it with Tupperware classic seal, you will see what I mean. These plastic items were called Tupperware after his name.

Nevertheless, even though the products were great and good at keeping food from getting stale or liquid from spilling while traveling, they sat on the shelves of the supermarket gathering dust. No one knew about them or how to use them correctly.

Enter Brownie Wise, a marketing genius who was one of the first door-to-door sales persons back then in post-war America. Suddenly, Earl Tupper found that Ms. Wise was bringing in a lot of more sales than other salesmen in Tupperware Inc. So asking her secret, he found that she made successful sales through home parties.

The parties were fun, full of silly games, with demonstration on how to use the products correctly. As well as innovative ways to use the items. Why would you need a tiny container for? For your pills, jewelry or your brooches. Or, do you know that your camera films could be stored in our airtight containers so that they would not turn moldy easily?

Things like that.

The parties were a great socializing platform when Post-War America needed much entertainment by using as little money as possible.

As a result, Mr. Tupper pulled all the products off the stores' shelves and made Tupperware available solely through home parties. So, the rest they say is, ""History".

Tupperware Brands Inc. is based in Orlando, Florida. There used to be a Tupperware Museum there but it now closed to the public.