I know there are probably some of you out there that are in the market for new furniture. Maybe even kitchen furniture. Kitchen furniture as in a table and chairs. For your family to eat dinner at every night.
And maybe your family consists of some young children. Or maybe you’d like to have some young children someday.
And maybe you can’t decide whether to get a round table or an oval table. And maybe you can’t decide whether you want to be able to seat 4 people or 6 people. So maybe you think you’re going to be very clever and go for the the model that has an extension leaf. A round table for 4 . . . or an oval table for six with just the insert of a leaf!
Very versatile. You’re SO clever.
(not really my table, but a reasonable facsimile, in a very bland kitchen, from a furniture store catalog, with some oddly placed props)
But then you DO have 2 young children. And a roomy kitchen. So you decide to put the extension leaf in your table and enjoy a nice oval configuration.
BUT . . .
Every time one of those young children spill their glass of juice at dinner time, it will spread out all over your very clever, leaf inserted, oval table. Making a big mess of everything ON the table. But then. THEN! The juice will also run down into the gaps where the extension leaf is and drip down onto the floor. Which will result in, not only a floor mop up, BUT, it will also result in a complete table dismantling in order to wipe juice-that-dries-very-sticky from in between the leaf gaps and from the underside of the table itself.
And it also results in the person that has to dismantle and wipe down said table, time and time and time again, to eventually blow a gasket. And maybe even let out a primal scream of sheer and utter repeat dismantling frustration. Which may or may not make the other people she lives with laugh. Out loud. Quite uncontrollably. And maybe it would become the big joke of the week in their house.
So, if you’re thinking about buying a kitchen table – do yourself a favor and don’t get the one with the leaf insert. It’s not that clever after all.
You’re welcome.
6 Responses to “A Public Service Announcement”
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December 3rd, 2009 at 4:19 am
Wow! Way to much work for me. I think I’ll stick to my dinky one piece table. Lol Thanks for the heads up and I’m sure the other women will be praising you to.
xoxo
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:10 am
I have a dining room table with the middle insert also, and I can honestly tell you that I have naver taken the middle out when any-thing has spilled in it, I figure if I cant see it then its no there!!!!!
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
man that sucks. my table is ruined more from my son getting puffy paint on it and my husband using it as a saw horse
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
amazing. i never would have thought of that. you have the smarts.
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:39 pm
so, make them sit on the floor to eat. eventually, they’ll grow up and become teenagers which means they will be able to eat without spilling. hopefully. oh, ok, fine. forget it. they don’t eat without spilling. ever.
December 4th, 2009 at 7:46 am
We had an oval table for a long time. Although it didn’t have a leaf, it was still a pain because my kids would sit on top of it at either end and cause it to tip over. Like a teeter-totter.