Can You Eat Potato Chips Without Greasy Fingers?

A possible solution

Story and Photo by Danya Henninger

You know the feeling - it happens to most of us with desk jobs, usually around 2:30 or 3 PM. To productively make it through another hour at the computer, you need a little pick-me-up. It could be the apple that’s been sitting in the fridge for two weeks, or a candy bar and the impending post-sugar crash it will bring. Or, there’s the option of small bag of potato chips - not the most vitamin-packed food, to be sure, and not for the sodium-averse, but one that usually clocks in under 200 calories. Not a bad choice.

Except for one thing: how can you keep clicking and typing when each time you place a salty bite in your mouth, your fingers become covered with chip grease? After experiencing this scenario one too many times, we put out a call for help: “Can someone invent a way to eat potato chips at your desk without getting greasy fingers?”

Judging from the stream of replies that followed, this is a relatively common conundrum. Snack-savvy folks across the 'net proposed using tongs, chopsticks or even tweezers to transport potato pieces from bag to tongue. Others suggested an intern could be hired to place chips in your mouth for you. Or you could dump the chips out on a plate and bend over to slurp them up, bemused glances from coworkers be damned.

What do you think? How do you deal with the greasy-finger dilemma (or, if you’re into Cheetos, the possibly-even-graver situation of orange-coated fingers)? Let us know your brilliant solutions - office workers of the world will thank you.