When eating lunch at my desk in the office I'll be squeezing some ketchup packets out onto my sandwich wrapper so that I can dip my fries in the ketchup, and eventually, without fail, one of them will shoot out at an angle or velocity I'm not expecting and end up on my clothing. I've tried ripping bigger gashes into the packet, and while that does tend to fix the problem, it means I'm usually getting ketchup all over my fingers.
What's the best way to avoid this?
Since you specifically reference your office in your dilemma, keep some scissors at your desk and snip a larger hole in the top of the packet instead of tearing a small hole
Larger hole = less pressure = less risk of "extreme velocities"
Carry something like this with you:
(with a rubberband holding it shut, of course). You can get it out quickly and use it anytime, and you'll probably end up using it for other things as well. :)
Pinch just below the torn opening with two fingers, so that your fingers are controlling the direction the catsup is going -- ideally, downward. This works for me.
