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I save sauce packets, ketchup portions, and condiments I will never use
Condiment hoarding is resource-preservation behaviour. The tiny packets represent free optionality — they cost nothing and might be useful. Discarding them feels wasteful even when keeping them serves no function. The drawer of accumulated sauce packets is a physical monument to optimism that never expires.
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The fast food chain Heinz estimates it produces over 11 billion ketchup packets per year — the majority of which are never opened.
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