What are some mundane inventions, that, after years of taking them for granted, at some point saved your bacon?

Seat belts for vehicles.
Public wash rooms.

Ziploc seals save a lot of bacon.

You’ll never fully appreciate Glad Press ‘n’ Seal until you can’t shower without it.

(Anyone who’s ever had a port, PICC, or ostomy will understand).

Gunpowder

Chef.
He almost burnt the bacon at breakfast this morning & that saved him from being fired.

The funeral business.

This industry is generally reviled for what can be high, unnecessary costs. But, you get an appreciation when you lose a loved one.

If there were no funeral business, try to imagine what you’d do when you get that phone call. The deceased person’s body is at a morgue; how would you transport it, and to where? You really need someone who’s equipped to collect the body and handle the burial or cremation. These are the most basic end-of-life services, and someone professional needs to perform them.

Your loved one doesn’t need a fancy coffin and a funeral parade. That person does need to be moved and interred in a dignified, lawful manner.

smoke alarms, car alarms, microchips on dogs, GPS, cell phones.

shoes

and pants.

Find My iPhone

Invention of wheel

Smoke alarms.
I went to bed after doing the dishes, forgetting I had put an iron skillet over a burner.

Telephone and 911.

My fave film, cling wrap, saved my bacon on more occasions than I care to recall, exactly.

Central air and heat.

Tampons are one of my favorite inventions. Allowed me to swim and dance, and be normal for an entire week every month that I wouldn’t have been for 46 years in they hadn’t been invented and safe.