i love my tiffin

So what is a tiffin? Here is the wikipedia definition:

Tiffin carriers or dabbas are a kind of lunch box used widely in India for tiffin meals. They were also used in Singapore and Malaysia during the 1950s-60s. Normally they come in two to three-tiers. Tiffin carriers are opened by unlocking a small catch on either side of the handle, then removing it. In the Indian city of Mumbai there is a complex low-tech (but astonishingly efficient) system of delivering dabbas to city office-workers from their suburban homes by delivery teams known as dabbawallahs.

So the latest craze is going green. I’m all for it. C and I have been on this kick ever since coming back from Seattle and seeing the Kims being super green, we were inspired to pitch in and do our part in saving mother earth. Well more like, slowing down the process of killing mother earth =). So after we saw the Oprah show, which C made me watch, showcasing the super awesome tiffin case, we immediately wanted one. It would go great with our earth friendly, re-usable cloth grocery bags which I also use as my lunch bag. I went online and searched on Amazon and read reviews saying that the one on Amazon was no good!!! Saying that it was poorly built. So I soon found om-goods.com on one of my blogs I read talking about this very tiffin case.

I ordered the tiffin carrier and it was in my hands within a week. I ordered the 4 tier tiffin carrier ($20) which has a 4 bowls and 3 dishes that separate each bowl from each other. The plate between each bowl is ingenious. It’s there to protect the bottom part of the bowl, which would be on top when stacked, from getting wet or gunk on from whatever was below it. AND you can use the dishes as small plates!

So I’m at work, showing off my new tiffin carrier, being green and trendy, than than one of the clasps rod that was holding it in place had come loose! I was mad. I felt like my world was coming to an end cause I just spent $20 on this carrier and another $10 for shipping. So I emailed om-goods.com saying what the problem was and I’d be thankful if they can help me out some how. They responded immediately within that day, with an email saying they’d replace my carrier for free! and it was being shipped right a way. I was blown away by the great customer service, and the fast response. That kind of service is hard to come by, except for Apple. So now i have 2 – 4 tier tiffin carriers, so I’m pretty happy. Woot!

I love my tiffin, and I love om-goods.com. So everyone, go there and order one, these things are amazing. Super useful. Steel is better than plastic ware since it doesn’t stain, retain smell when you put stinky stuff in it like kim chi, and it’s easier to clean. They’ve also go 2, 3, and 4 tier tiffins.

Here are a few things I would do to totally mod this thing.

Add a plastic bowl as one level for microwaving things. I find that it sucks to not be able to just pop the thing in the microwave.

Add a Velcro strap or slot on top or side for your forks and spoons. That would be nice to just have everything all together.

Sell a caring case WITH freezer packs built into the case. That’d be awesome to keep things cool inside. Maybe even make it so that it keeps warmth inside so you can go both ways.

f* the kindle and the authors guild

I’m sorry but I have to say this cause it angers me. Kindle is a great product. Hands down the best current e-book out on the market. The newest version came out with a built in feature to read the ebooks to you whenever you didn’t feel like reading. So essentially your ebooks would become audiobooks. What amazing feature for the lazy, and most of all the sight impaired.

Because of dumb-bums like Authurs Guild whining about the copyright issues, the ebook reading out loud feature was crippled! What about the sight impaired people who want’s to read the book and their is no audio version? ever thought about that? Paper is dying format, and it should just die. It’s wasting trees, and creating trash which is further polluting the earth. Most of the books written today anyways is probably a shitty book anyways, so who gives a damn about your stupid copyright. Ok, I’m just ranting. Copyright is important but this audio feature thing on kindle is so stupid. What about computer? they can read any format you throw at it, even e-books… should we cripple our computers to? Should we rob the impaired of fairness and equality in life to enjoy already poorly written books?

Authors Guild, please… wake up and smell the technology. Move into the future and embrace the change and quit being greedy trying to squeeze every dime out of everyone.

I still love the kindle, but crippling this feature has now stopped me from purchasing one.