It Was The Best Of Timers, It Was The Worst Of Timers
Long time ago, we bought some kitchen timers from Ikea. We liked them. They were simple, rugged, and worked well. At some point, we acquired another timer, a rip-off of sorts, which was almost but not entirely the same, different in several annoying ways. So when our last of the old Ikea timers died, we went out and picked up some new ones, happy that some things stayed the same. Except they didn't. Turned out our memories had been playing tricks on us, and the "rip-off" timer was actually the redesigned Fantast timer. The changes were small, and one might think change aversion was the deeper issue. But if that was the case, half a year of use would surely make us get used to them. Instead, they annoy me every time I use them. In just a few changes, they have gone from the best timers to the worst. Well, not technically the worst, they still work, but they have changed from objects I like to use to objects I dislike. What were the changes? The alarm beep changed, bec