A couple days ago, I went to the kitchen to make my daily breakfast—a milk, OJ, spinach, banana, avocado, oatmeal, honey smoothie. (Don’t hate until you try it…it tastes like a banana milkshake!) I got the milk out and poured it into the blender. All of a sudden, milk started pouring out of the bottom of the blender. I knew immediately what the problem was.
I dumped the milk into another cup and unscrewed the bottom of the blender. I was right: the gasket was ripped. Darn it.
I now had a mess to clean up. Plus, it meant I wouldn’t be getting my usual breakfast. (I love routine, so this is not good.) Something so small, something virtually invisible would seem to be of little importance. But without this small, rubber ring, the blender is worthless. Most people probably don’t even know that blender gaskets exist. I know from experience that many people don’t know how it functions; I’ve had to clean up messes before when the gasket was accidentally placed under, not over, the blender blade.
This little object must be placed in the exact right spot, it must be cinched down with the exact right pressure, or the blender is useless.
Who knew that something so easily overlooked could be so vital?