Comments on: The Junior Mints Slot Conspiracy http://candyaddict.com/blog/2005/11/11/the-junior-mints-slot-conspiracy/ Candy news, views, and reviews. All the candy that's fit to eat, and some that isn't. All candy, all the time. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:48:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: realthirtysomething http://candyaddict.com/blog/2005/11/11/the-junior-mints-slot-conspiracy/comment-page-1/#comment-241 realthirtysomething Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:35:40 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/2005/11/11/the-junior-mints-slot-conspiracy/#comment-241 My own experience with the tab/slot closure system of the Junior Mints box has been less than satisfactory. Not just because of the "which end to open?" confusion, but because the design of the tab itself is flawed--it doesn't keep the box closed very securely. I've learned the hard way that if I get a box of Junior Mints at the movie theater, and I don't finish it, I can't stash it in my purse for the trip home. Why not? Because if there is any chance that the box might tip over from a vertical position to a horizontal position, I will risk having the delicious, very refreshing candies spill into that netherworld at the bottom of my purse (a.k.a. the Bermuda triangle). This has happened to me a couple of times, and one of those times, I didn't manage to find all of the stray mints--and it was summer, and those renegade mints ended up melting at the bottom of the purse. Not pretty! It would be great if the Junior Mints box had a more rational design: put the tab at only ONE end of the box, and make the tab itself more of a rectangular shape--and longer, so it won't slip out of the slot so easily. My own experience with the tab/slot closure system of the Junior Mints box has been less than satisfactory. Not just because of the “which end to open?” confusion, but because the design of the tab itself is flawed–it doesn’t keep the box closed very securely.

I’ve learned the hard way that if I get a box of Junior Mints at the movie theater, and I don’t finish it, I can’t stash it in my purse for the trip home. Why not? Because if there is any chance that the box might tip over from a vertical position to a horizontal position, I will risk having the delicious, very refreshing candies spill into that netherworld at the bottom of my purse (a.k.a. the Bermuda triangle).

This has happened to me a couple of times, and one of those times, I didn’t manage to find all of the stray mints–and it was summer, and those renegade mints ended up melting at the bottom of the purse. Not pretty! It would be great if the Junior Mints box had a more rational design: put the tab at only ONE end of the box, and make the tab itself more of a rectangular shape–and longer, so it won’t slip out of the slot so easily.

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