The problem
Charging cables slide off the desk and end up behind it.
The fixThe Cable Keeper
The cable on your desk is not in charge.
Shop the fixThe Inconvenience Store · Est. whenever
Life’s weird little problems, solved.
For the tiny daily annoyances you have learned to live with. You should not have to. We find useful things that make life work a little better.
Small problem solving✳
Useful, not just weird✳
Suspiciously practical✳
The evidence locker / 001✳
Useful Things for Everyday Life.
Every fix on this shelf started as a complaint — practical products, chosen because they solve something.
Browse by inconvenience
A Little Something for Every Little Problem.
Everyday essentials, sorted by what actually goes wrong.
01
Home & LivingThe lid that will not turn, the drawer without a spare centimetre, the hook that keeps ending up on the floor.
3 products
02
Everyday ComfortSore knees after twenty minutes of weeding, a desk chair that ends the day in your shoulders, a bag strap that digs in by noon.
1 product
03
Life on the MoveA wet umbrella with nowhere to live, a boot that turns into a rummage bin, a cable that has to be re-plugged at every desk you sit at.
2 products
04
The Other StuffThe things that did not fit the other three shelves, and turned out to be the ones people ask about most.
Nothing yet
The solution / 002
Small Problems.
Thoughtful Fixes.
No strength, no rubber glove, no running the lid under hot water first.
- No strength needed
- Fits every lid
- Grips, never slips
Meet the fix
$18.00Grip, meet lid
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01
Small caps Jam jars, nail varnish, anything the band can fold around.
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02
Stubborn lids The tapered edge seats once and turns — no second attempt.
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03
Wide jars Stretches over pasta sauce and pickled everything.
This week in small disasters
The trouble board, by the day.
What tends to go wrong, and when.
Mon
9
Today
- The lid that will not turn.Wet hands, smooth glass, no grip.
- The coffee goes cold before the first email ends.
Tue
10
- The cable that slides behind the desk overnight.Every single night.
Wed
11
- The umbrella drips through the whole boot.Wet floor by Thursday.
Thu
12
Fri
13
- The hook lets go of the coat at six.Always on the way out.
Sat
14
- Twenty minutes of weeding, two days of sore knees.Arithmetic, not effort.
Sun
15
- The evening hunt for the thing you put somewhere safe.
It is Mon 9 Nov on the board clock — this week runs on Europe/London time.
Our working theory
It’s not a big
problem.
Until it happens
every single day.
A jar that won’t open. A cable that has chosen chaos. An umbrella with no place to live. The world is full of tiny design failures. We take them a little too seriously, so you don’t have to.
Meet the Point of ViewA Little Stop.
A Big Difference.
Curated Solutionsfor Everyday Problems
A Friendly Spacefor Curious Minds
Small Fixes,Big Peace of Mind
A HappierEveryday Life
Field notes / things we’ve noticed
Notes on Making Life Easier.
Small observations. Big ideas.
Gardening shouldn’t require a recovery day.
Kneeling on paving puts roughly four times your body weight through each kneecap. A centimetre of foam changes the arithmetic.
The cable on your desk is not in charge.
Why charging cables always fall behind the desk, and the twelve-centimetre band where the fix has to work.
Why is opening a jar a test of character?
A short investigation into stubborn lids, slippery hands, and why the same jar defeats the same person twice a week.
The Problem-ish standard