Where Did My Kitchen Tools Disappear To?

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around participants sharing their experiences with losing kitchen tools, particularly during shows and events. Various participants express their frustrations and possible reasons for the disappearances, along with personal anecdotes related to the issue.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant mentions losing three tools at shows and suspects a past hostess has two of them.
  • Another participant shares their experience of noticing two missing items that they never took to shows.
  • One user speculates that items might have been lost during a move.
  • Another participant reflects on the possibility of items being taken home by mistake after team meetings.
  • One participant humorously attributes their forgetfulness to peri-menopause and shares a strategy of marking products with item numbers and prices.
  • Another participant mentions their own forgetfulness due to lack of sleep from having a baby and considers labeling their items.
  • A participant discusses the effectiveness of using a Sharpie to mark items, noting that it lasts through hand washing.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the reasons for losing kitchen tools, with no clear consensus on a single cause or solution emerging from the discussion.

Contextual Notes

Participants share personal experiences related to the challenges of keeping track of kitchen tools in various settings, including shows and team meetings.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants who frequently participate in shows and may face similar challenges with managing their kitchen tools could find these shared experiences relevant.

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chefkathy
In the past month, I have lost three things at shows--Mix N Chop, Large Turner, and my Small Mix N Scraper! Ugh!

I think a past hostess has the first two and she is supposed to be getting them back to me. But I have NO idea where I lost the scraper. Bummer!
 
That is a bummer!!! :(I just noticed 2 things missing from my kitchen. What is weird is that they are past products and I never take them to shows so I don't know what's become of them!
 
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maybe they got lost in moving?
 
The weird thing is that I've used them since I've moved. It's my nylon turner and small nylon turner. Maybe my dishwasher ate them. Or... more likely now that I think of it... they might have been used during one of my team meetings and gone home with someone by mistake...
 
Deb, I hate leaving things at shows...and I always tell the host that I WILL be leaving something, so just call me when you find it -- it's a running joke.

I blame it on peri-menopause (I was so glad when my ob-gyn told me that it's a normal thing that happens when you go thru this stage of your life. I thought I was in early alzheimers!!)

Anyway, I started marking all of my products with the item # and price. It helps the guests who look at it at the show and it helps my host realize that it's mine and not hers.

Hope that helps!
 
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Well, I can blame my "forgetfulness" on my lack of sleep/having a baby at home. I just won't tell anyone that he sleeps through the night. :DI have a label maker, so maybe everything will be labeled soon. LOLOLOLOL!
 
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Deb, I hate leaving things at shows...and I always tell the host that I WILL be leaving something, so just call me when you find it -- it's a running joke.

I blame it on peri-menopause (I was so glad when my ob-gyn told me that it's a normal thing that happens when you go thru this stage of your life. I thought I was in early alzheimers!!)

Anyway, I started marking all of my products with the item # and price. It helps the guests who look at it at the show and it helps my host realize that it's mine and not hers.

Hope that helps!

How do you mark them that it doesn't wash off?
 
My Sharpie seems to last for a while...I hand wash things at the host's home and have only had to re-mark a few items so far.
 
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Thanks for the awesome tip! I plan on passing it on to my team.
Sheila in Kansas
 

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