A toaster ---- is a toaster --- is a toaster...... right?
WRONG!!
As you know I am the last person on earth to be judgmental, but looking at one's choice of toaster tells volumes about a person -- their financial status, their taste, their focus on the environment, their value of time and so on.
Is their choice a stainless or molded plastic toaster; an on counter or under counter toaster; a four slot or basic two slice toaster? You SEE what I mean!
I must admit I can't advance to the next level of any friendship without checking out a person's choice in quality for their toaster. I just can't!
One rule of thumb I have is this -- if a person's counter top toaster is not visible on a counter top then I move on.
Once spotted, I do a quick evaluation by using
THE TELL-TALE TWELVE TOASTER TEST
1. STYLE
2. COLOR
3. SLOTS - NUMBER
4. SLOTS - LENGTH, WIDTH, ADJUSTABILITY
5. CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
6. WATTAGE OR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
7. CANCEL OR ON/OFF BUTTON
8. WARMING RACK
9. REHEAT BUTTON
10. DEFROST BUTTON
11. EASE OF CRUMB REMOVAL
12. EFFICIENTY OF CORD STORAGE
Size is not the only thing that matters!
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