Cut Off Tags–End Clutter
March 5th, 2008Okay, this might be nit picky but it is a ‘thing’ of mine. Everything we buy has a tag on it. Look at this towel. I always cut off the tags that come on towels. When drying my hands or using a body towel I dislike the feel of the rough tag.
Cut off the tag with a pair of scissors
•Look how much better the towel looks. I didn’t fold it so you could see it with the tag cut off.
•Now there isn’t a front and a back so the towel doesn’t have to be folded a certain way as there are no tags sticking out.
I was helping my daughter change sheets on the bed and there was a big ole whopping tag on the sheet. I asked if we could please cut it off and my son-in-law (tounge in cheek) said “but it says on the tag do not cut off under penalty of the law”. But if you read further it states it can be cut off by the consumer. (People actually used to believe there was a penalty and left them on because they thought they were breaking the law if they did cut them off. Finally the manufacture changed the labels to say except by the consumer it could be cut off). I never thought it made sense that they couldn’t be removed. I knew there were no tag police.
If you do cut them off, label the tag with a permanate marker with the name of the item it was cut off from. You may need to know how to care for the product later.
It is just another way to simplify life and get rid of clutter to cut off tags. I know it is a little thing, but there you have it. Oh, have you purchased an extension cord lately? Those tags are huge and they sure do stick out. It has good information on it but after using cords for a grundle of years I think I know not to throw it in water and not to do all the other things they say not to do. I don’t know about you but I don’t want white tags on brown cords (or on white ones for that matter) that draw attention to the floor. I don’t want people looking at my plugs).
How about you? Do you cut your tags off things? What is your reason for cutting them off? Inquiring minds want to know.