Anonymous
Post 01/18/2019 16:20     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fifty-year old here!!

“Tupperware” is the name of an actual brand@.
Like Honda is the name brand of a vehicle, Avon is the name of a beauty brand + Scott is the name of a company that manufactures toilet tissue, etc.

Since most people now use Rubbermaid or other brands of plastic storage ware, they should be referred to as the objects that they are.

Not a brand name (even though Tupperware did pave the way!)

You wouldn’t call a maxi-pad a “Kotex” would you?

I am guilty of doing this however.
I call a tissue a “Kleenex.”
Lol.






Your prescriptivism is both weird and unfounded. People use brand names generically all the time, and have been for some time, to the point that some have lost their trademarked status. Have you ever used any of the following terms generically? -- Aspirin, Astroturf, Scotch Tape, Velcro, Band-Aid, Frisbee, Bubble Wrap, Hula Hoop, JetSki, Google, Onesies, Popsicle, Realtor, Styrofoam, Taser, Tarmac, Escalator, Teleprompter, Trampoline....etc.


+1

Fifty-year old PP here.

Thank you.
I stand corrected.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 20:42     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fifty-year old here!!

“Tupperware” is the name of an actual brand@.
Like Honda is the name brand of a vehicle, Avon is the name of a beauty brand + Scott is the name of a company that manufactures toilet tissue, etc.

Since most people now use Rubbermaid or other brands of plastic storage ware, they should be referred to as the objects that they are.

Not a brand name (even though Tupperware did pave the way!)

You wouldn’t call a maxi-pad a “Kotex” would you?

I am guilty of doing this however.
I call a tissue a “Kleenex.”
Lol.


Your prescriptivism is both weird and unfounded. People use brand names generically all the time, and have been for some time, to the point that some have lost their trademarked status. Have you ever used any of the following terms generically? -- Aspirin, Astroturf, Scotch Tape, Velcro, Band-Aid, Frisbee, Bubble Wrap, Hula Hoop, JetSki, Google, Onesies, Popsicle, Realtor, Styrofoam, Taser, Tarmac, Escalator, Teleprompter, Trampoline....etc.


+1

Fifty-year old PP here.

Thank you.
I stand corrected.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 14:14     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
Yes, someone gave you a gift. IF they are in need, you give them a food gift.

Return it clean and empty.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 13:58     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
Anonymous wrote:Fifty-year old here!!

“Tupperware” is the name of an actual brand@.
Like Honda is the name brand of a vehicle, Avon is the name of a beauty brand + Scott is the name of a company that manufactures toilet tissue, etc.

Since most people now use Rubbermaid or other brands of plastic storage ware, they should be referred to as the objects that they are.

Not a brand name (even though Tupperware did pave the way!)

You wouldn’t call a maxi-pad a “Kotex” would you?

I am guilty of doing this however.
I call a tissue a “Kleenex.”
Lol.


We know.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 13:48     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you are a South Asian Woman above aged 60, you wouldn't dream of it All others, cleaned and dried with a big thank you.


Ha! my South Asian mom would never return an empty Tupperware! As a result, I have a hard time doing it. I feel really guilty.


My 60+ South Asian mom never returned Tupperware with food in it. She just returned it clean like everyone else.


OMG, my mom and her friends would get into this endless cycle of gifting each other curries or sweets. ENd the madness!

Just goes to prove there are low achievers in every community.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 13:17     Subject: Re:Do you return Tupperware empty?
Anonymous wrote:This is why when I take someone a meal I always say no need to return the tupperwear.


Yep, I always give them the "take and toss" Tupperware or foil containers and tell them not to return it.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 13:16     Subject: Re:Do you return Tupperware empty?
This is why when I take someone a meal I always say no need to return the tupperwear.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 13:13     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
Anonymous wrote:Fifty-year old here!!

“Tupperware” is the name of an actual brand@.
Like Honda is the name brand of a vehicle, Avon is the name of a beauty brand + Scott is the name of a company that manufactures toilet tissue, etc.

Since most people now use Rubbermaid or other brands of plastic storage ware, they should be referred to as the objects that they are.

Not a brand name (even though Tupperware did pave the way!)

You wouldn’t call a maxi-pad a “Kotex” would you?

I am guilty of doing this however.
I call a tissue a “Kleenex.”
Lol.


Are you a trademark lawyer with a specific interest in preventing marks from becoming generic?
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 13:06     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
Anonymous wrote:Fifty-year old here!!

“Tupperware” is the name of an actual brand@.
Like Honda is the name brand of a vehicle, Avon is the name of a beauty brand + Scott is the name of a company that manufactures toilet tissue, etc.

Since most people now use Rubbermaid or other brands of plastic storage ware, they should be referred to as the objects that they are.

Not a brand name (even though Tupperware did pave the way!)

You wouldn’t call a maxi-pad a “Kotex” would you?

I am guilty of doing this however.
I call a tissue a “Kleenex.”
Lol.


Your prescriptivism is both weird and unfounded. People use brand names generically all the time, and have been for some time, to the point that some have lost their trademarked status. Have you ever used any of the following terms generically? -- Aspirin, Astroturf, Scotch Tape, Velcro, Band-Aid, Frisbee, Bubble Wrap, Hula Hoop, JetSki, Google, Onesies, Popsicle, Realtor, Styrofoam, Taser, Tarmac, Escalator, Teleprompter, Trampoline....etc.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 13:04     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
for me, clean and empty. feel free to bring me food when i need it later on, but if i brought you something when you were sick or injured, i'd fee bad if you went out of your way to do something for me, like i had burdened you instead of lightening your load.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2019 11:13     Subject: Do you return Tupperware empty?
clean and empty