Give 'em the hook

Many have speculated upon what the sak hook is actually good for.  Well, actually, the hook's full title is multi-purpose hook.  So we are now discussing a tool with multiple purposes or functions.  However, Crumby has found only one use for the hook to date.  Can you say, zipper tab retrieval?

That's right.  Many may be similar to Crumby, possessing zippers with tabs that are prone to stray way  too far south.  There it goes, down so far south that the end of the tab is buried under the fabric, and almost irretrievable.

What if a person was out in public with a zipper tab lodged at the southern extremities of the secesh hinterland? And then some little girl ran up.  Look Mommy, that old man's pants are unzipped?

Goodness!

But if that old man has his hook handy, he can quickly rectify the situation as is depicted in the simulation above.