Green bags of puffy, coconut-flavored corn crisps, widely known as Kuai Kuai, are part of many Taiwanese people’s childhood memories. Interestingly, we still see them a lot when we grow up. These days, they are not seen as food but as good-luck charms that ensure technology functions properly.
Kuai Kuai, whose name means ‘behave’ or ‘be good’ in both Mandarin and Taiwanese, became a symbolic tech whisperer that could keep electronics in line.
Nobody is entirely sure when this practice came along, nor who started it. The “legend” of Kuai Kuai grew and developed organically, and different people from different industries have put their own interpretations on how they think the bags ought to be used.
友善讓你懂｜解說：
乖乖是很多台灣人的成長記憶，但很多人買乖乖不是來吃的，而是來保平安，這個祕密現在連國際媒體BBC都知道了。
很多行業，尤其是大量依賴機器的行業，都會放一包乖乖在機器上，表示要讓機器「乖乖」，機器就可以正常運作，不會出差錯，在科技業、製造業，甚至醫療業，我們都常常可以看到一包綠色乖乖，放在機器上頭。
有趣的是，沒有人知道這個「習俗」從何而來，更不知道誰先開始。乖乖的「傳奇」，就這樣自然發展起來，變成一個專屬於台灣的現象。就連乖乖的製造商都不知道為什麼，但他們也樂見自己的產品，有了屬於自己的故事。
輕鬆帶著走｜學習：
Come along是一個非常常用的動詞片語，意思是「來到」、「出現」
例如：Three buses come along at the same time. 三輛公車同時出現
Come along也可以當作「發展」、「進展」
例如：The work was coming along quite well. 工作進展得相當順利
本篇其他相關單字：
- function 運作
- symbolic 象徵的
- organic 有機的
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