The Bread Clip Hack That Will Stop You From Unplugging The Wrong Cord Ever Again

The next time you finish a bag of English muffins or bagels, refrain from throwing out the bread clip. This small piece of plastic that is used to keep the bread's bag closed can be repurposed into a helpful organizational tool in the kitchen and beyond. According to a YouTube video by Drew and Jonathan Scott from "Property Brothers," you can use them to label your cords. This will ensure you will never unplug the wrong cord ever again. 

We all know how annoying it can be when you go to unplug the air fryer to make room for the electric kettle, only to unplug the microwave instead. This creates a reboot, forcing you to change the time on the display screen and generally slowing you down as you work in the kitchen. To avoid that annoyance, the Scott brothers recommend saving enough bread clips until you can label each cord. This will help keep your cords organized and let you see which one is which at a glance. Here is a closer look into how this simple hack works.

To pull off this easy hack for organizing cords, all you will need is a permanent marker. Grab your bread clip and label it with an appliance or gadget's name using a permanent marker. Then, using the slit down the clip's middle, pop it onto its designated cord. This will allow you to see which appliance is plugged in at a glance, ensuring you will never unplug the wrong one by accident again. However, you don't have to label each cord if you don't want to. Instead, just focus on flagging the one you want to avoid unplugging, such as a sous vide that is currently being used or an upscale crock pot that needs reprogramming every time you unplug it.

You can also use this hack in all rooms of the house. For example, it's a great DIY idea to organize your office, which has gadgets like chargers, air filters, and hundreds of different wires connected to computer screens. For even faster identification, you can consider color coding your system. Bread clips typically come in five different colors — blue, green, red, white, and yellow — with each color representing a different day of the week the bread was baked. You can utilize this in different ways. For example, use the red clips for cords you never want to unplug and green clips for the cord you don't mind unplugging to make space for another appliance or gadget.