If you find shaking the salt and pepper pots at meal time a right old chore then a solution is at hand, by means of the Movers and Shakers Salt and Pepper pot.
Yes as crazy as it sounds you no longer need to shake the salt out your self, simply pull the rip cord and the pot will shake itself sprinkling your food with the flavouring of your choice.
You get the super silly pots from Amazon for $34.99 *crazy*.