So he worked on his invention from 1915 to 1928. He spent 13 years working on his invention, and all the while everyone rejected his idea. Years of hearing people say, "You are wasting your time. No one will ever want sliced bread." 13 years. Still, Rohwedder kept working on his bread slicer -- because he knew it was a good idea.
I admire people who keep on creating something in spite of opposition. It takes character to keep plugging away when everyone says you are wrong. It can be a long, lonely wait -- waiting for the world to catch up with you when you know you have a good idea. Every day our lives are affected by people who either created or improved something. We will never know the names of most of these people.
Bakeries are now required to have polution controls on their ovens to get rid of the offensive "Volatile Organic Compounds".
I predict that soon we will be buying our daily bread from China like everything else we need to live.