Around the house

We needed to install one of those hand-held shower gadgets in the bathroom that my mother-in-law uses. We found a nice-looking Waterpik^® product, one that requires no tools for installation.
It did, however, require several sharp implements to get the unit out of its plastic armor. After a few minutes of muttering about the genetic evilness of the packaging engineers, I had the pieces ready for installation. The unit has three parts: a bracket with a pivot ball  that connects to the shower pipe, a hose, and the shower head itself.
In some humid factory in Asia, someone's boss said, in whatever language was being used, "Put these little paper tabs at each end of this hose."

And, put them they did.
Second only to washers, my father's favorite accessory to any project was Teflon tape. He's been gone for more than three years and we still haven't used up his supply.

Best company name ever, sadly, no longer in business

Upon testing, I discovered that it worked fine once, then made a loud groaning noise and no water to came out. It worked fine again on a retest. We now just need to remember to tell the home health aide and others that the shower works every other time.