“Probably designed by an engineer”

The remaining spool of floss. (Photo by the so-called “old guy” with the dreaded and utterly reprehensible Nikon D100 with flash.)

Six months ago,when I first patronized QDental, I was warned of impending periodontal disease, and that I should floss my teeth every day.
“Except the floss I use breaks and disintegrates every time I use it,” I said.
“Have you tried Glide®?” they asked.
Okay, buy Glide dental floss. Comes spooled in a small plastic container; about 500 feet.
Works pretty good — thank ya, QDental — so far I’ve used it almost every night before brushing my teeth and going to bed.
Except at the end, when the dispenser becomes unmanageable and the floss won’t dispense. It locks up solid and refuses to disgorge, even with pliers.
Get tools; take apart dispenser and throw out everything but the spool. Use scissors to cut floss.
Last night new dispenser; no problems expected — back to flossing ease.
Except the floss refuses to dispense.
Get tools; take apart entire dispenser and toss everything but the spool (pictured). Use scissors to cut floss.
“For cryin’ out loud!” I say. “The mere act of dispensing dental floss turns into a three-hour project!”
“Musta been designed by an engineer,” Linda says.

RE: “‘Old guy’ with the dreaded and utterly reprehensible Nikon D100.......” —My macho, blowhard brother-from-Boston, who is 13 years younger than me, calls me “the old guy” as a put-down (I also am the oldest). I also am loudly excoriated by all my siblings for preferring a professional camera (like the Nikon D100) instead of a point-and-shoot. This is because I long ago sold photos to nationally published magazines.

“Linda” is my wife of 41 years.

My loudmouthed macho brother-from-Boston was trained as an engineer, and noisily claims superiority. I majored in History, so am therefore vastly inferior. —Engineers are supposedly superior beings.