Ziplok
It’s sad to see so much unkindness on this thread. So, some of you don’t see the plates as important, the OP obviously does. There’s no need to be unkind about it to her.
OP did ask "Am I Being Unreasonable?". There are two simple answers to that and a multitude of others in between depending on how one understood the question. Was it serious? Was it jokey? Was the OP upset or not (some thought yes, some thought no? Without a clue such as a winky emoji or a depressed one people are not "being unkind" by answering what was asked in whatever way the opening post "hit" them.
It's all very well coming back after a good number of answers, many of which you don't like, to say you're enjoying the attention amused by the answers. And it's all very well for other people to judge answers they don't like as unkind when they haven't a clue why those answers arose.
I think the opening post being left to anyone and everyone's interpretation was either unfair or a bit of a mistake. I've certainly learned from this to say so if I'm kidding about something.
Which all goes to show how useful emojis are and also the forum titles on Gransnet. Chat might possibly have been more appropriate for something meant to be light-hearted.
Communication is difficult when it's not face to face. Straightforwardness is not necessarily unkindness.
. I see it as a trivial issue. A good job we're all different.