Great Inventions of Our Time: The Easy Button by Staples

Of all the inventions of our day, there is one that stands a step above the others.  It makes life easier and more rewarding and all at the touch of a button.  It’s cheap, easy to operate, and doesn’t use much energy.  It has single-handedly revolutionized the way Americans think and work in all aspects of their lives.  This invention is the Easy Button.  

The original concept of the Easy Button was a marketing campaign by Staples, the office supply superstore.  But once they realized what an effect this idea would have on the lives of all Americans, they set out to make the idea a reality.  Soon came the first working model of the Easy Button.  Though primitive in construction and operation, this original model was the starting point for something great.  It was tested and perfected until the one we see today came about and was put into mass production for nationwide distribution.  

The Easy Button is a simple piece of technology.  Most great inventions are simple, after all; fire, the wheel, nuclear energy, all simple.  It is comprised of a large red button on which is written “easy” in bold, white, lower-case letters.  This button is set in a silver body which contains the two AA batteries that power this great machine as well as its speaker.  When depressed, this button causes the speaker to emit, in a resounding and satisfied voice, “That was easy.”