Rectangulosis

“Rectangulosis”

n. An annoying condition that is either discovered or may occur when THROWING rectangular ITEMS to the SHELF, if HOLES are narrow and/or adjacent ITEMS are spaced tightly, where a corner will have snagged as an ITEM or handful of ITEMS were slid into the HOLE, creating a false, diagonal back surface, and which makes it necessary to withdraw sometimes significant amounts of PRODUCT, often realign its neighbors, and try again to insert them flush and square.

NOTE: Typical offenders are things like Jell-o®, spaghetti, and aluminum foil, but no tightly packed rectangular packages are immune.

One tip for quickly and easily straightening the irregular or jagged sides of a HOLE: cut off a flap from a CARDBOARD CASE otherwise destined for the BALER and use it as a “paddle” to gently push things into alignment.