Story of two springs
There are at least 6-7 pairs of scissors in my house. I am not sure why we need so many of them. May be some of them belonged to my ex-flatmates. I don't even remember buying few among the rest. I guess we still don't have enough of them as I saw an altogether new pair in a drawer. My wife says that she probably got it from the school stationary and forgot to return it back before the start of the vacation. The new pair has something novel about it which caught my immediate attention. There is a retractable cantilever spring between the two handles. Once deployed, it helps in automatically opening up the blades ensuring a little less effort by our fingers while using the scissor. A wonderful micro-innovation for customer delight. I took some time to contemplate about the design of this additional feature which is something that users don't usually expect from a pair of scissor. At times, new additional features in an everyday thing do not go down well with users who