EATING IS SO hard. It’s like some obstacles are purposely put there to stop us enjoying it.

But worry not. Have a problem? Somebody out there has found a solution.

1. Problem: Your organic cream-cheese and onion bagel gets squished in your bag

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Solution: Nick an old CD-ROM stack from the office supplies and enjoy plump doughy carbs all year round

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2. You aren’t sure when enough pizza is enough

Solution: Allow this ingenious paper plate to be your guiding light.

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3. You’re on the Special K diet but your flakes go soggy in the milk before you can finish

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Solution: Double bowl that rice and wheat. Can also apply to biscuit dilemmas.

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4. You bought too much fast food to carry and the bags have NO HANDLES and spill all the chips

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Solution: This piece of cardboard that deserves a Nobel peace prize for serving its purpose in life and so much more.

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5. You get up from your seat for FIVE minutes in the canteen or kitchen and some absolute vulture attacks

Solution: Leave a mess, without leaving a mess. Being known as the office pig is better than having to bring your lunch elsewhere.

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6. You have to eat at your keyboard and it’s now an abomination. A food graveyard. A place where hope and hygiene go to die

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Solution: A keyboard NAPKIN of course. Take our money, all of it.

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7. You got a big pizza but you have to keep that box upright and it’s ridiculously awkward

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Solution: Campaign for every single pizza place in Ireland to supply these.

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There’s much to be learned here. We could write a thesis on the art of convenient pizza consumption.

8. It’s raining, you just bought a coffee, and now you must juggle like you’ve never juggled before to avoid spilling it on your beige chinos

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Solution: The coffee-holder brolly. Look and FEEL cool as you dash around with this fashion-forward gem.

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Or simply obtain a splash stick to avoid a traumatising coffee puddle on the lid.

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9. You bought a fancy lunch to have at your desk but there’s no more clean cutlery left

Solution: Dig in with your hands, or purchase these inspired pen-lids to be the envy of all your workmates.

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10. Your co-workers keep robbing your lunch because it looks so nice

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Solution: Mouldy bags. They won’t suspect a thing.

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11. Your face when eating large, messy, masses of drippy gooey food is not as appealing as you’d like

Solution: A napkin with a delicate little clean face on it is your only saviour here, you animal.

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