It's that issue again, those irritations that make life a misery. Like the difficult wrappings on such things as CDs and DVDs. I think I've mentioned this before elsewhere on this blog. These things are supposed to have a tag on them which you're supposed to pull and it allows the cellophane to tear and then release the wrapping. Not just those items, but the packet that teabags come in, particularly P.G. Tips. Then I have to ask, why is there cellophane on these packets in the first place? Is it a security thing, or what? But if you must have it, why make it so annoyingly difficult to remove?
Tops on bottles and jars: why do some have to be so difficult to open? Not every one you ever buy, but the occasional one which needs all your brute force to get it to twist open. Jars of marmalade, jam, and those ready-made sauces for pasta, bolognaise or whatever. You can put the car into a door jamb or something similar and that can often help, but usually if you use a sharp object like a knife to prick the cap it often releases the vacuum that keeps the product fresh and then the cap comes of easily. But what an ordeal to get the thing open! Does it really have to be that difficult to get into the product? They put a safety seal on these products, a central circle that you can see if it's been tampered with. Then there's those pump action bottles which hand-washing soap comes in. They are locked and your have to push the mechanism down and twist to get it to open. No always successfully.
In a lot of ways they are attempting to make packaging less wasteful. Why does toothpaste have to come in a box? Is it to protect the tube inside? Those ready meals that come in a nice little aluminium tray ready to pop in the oven or microwave might be convenient, but the clear cellophane that it's covered in can be another annoying thing to have to deal with. When the product is cooked, for example, a lasagne, you take it out of the oven carefully, making sure you don't burn yourself in the process, but then you have to peel back the cellophane. Not always easy because it's hot, there's never a nice little tab to pull to draw it back, so you have to use a knife to cut the cellophane and then tear off this covering, which never comes off in one nice clean piece, you always get several bits that get left on the container and are difficult to remove completely.
What about those drinks that come in little cardboard packets and with a straw attached? Usually sold for children, no doubt for school packed lunches. They can be a real problem to open. You need a pair of sharp scissors to penetrate the cardboard package, they give you a little tab which you have to cut, and impossible to tear with your fingers and then you have to stab the little hole with the straw, which never works, so the straw ends up bent and useless. Usually the straw is attached to the package with sticky tape and it's virtually impossible to remove. Just plain crazy pack design.
Tops on bottles and jars: why do some have to be so difficult to open? Not every one you ever buy, but the occasional one which needs all your brute force to get it to twist open. Jars of marmalade, jam, and those ready-made sauces for pasta, bolognaise or whatever. You can put the car into a door jamb or something similar and that can often help, but usually if you use a sharp object like a knife to prick the cap it often releases the vacuum that keeps the product fresh and then the cap comes of easily. But what an ordeal to get the thing open! Does it really have to be that difficult to get into the product? They put a safety seal on these products, a central circle that you can see if it's been tampered with. Then there's those pump action bottles which hand-washing soap comes in. They are locked and your have to push the mechanism down and twist to get it to open. No always successfully.
In a lot of ways they are attempting to make packaging less wasteful. Why does toothpaste have to come in a box? Is it to protect the tube inside? Those ready meals that come in a nice little aluminium tray ready to pop in the oven or microwave might be convenient, but the clear cellophane that it's covered in can be another annoying thing to have to deal with. When the product is cooked, for example, a lasagne, you take it out of the oven carefully, making sure you don't burn yourself in the process, but then you have to peel back the cellophane. Not always easy because it's hot, there's never a nice little tab to pull to draw it back, so you have to use a knife to cut the cellophane and then tear off this covering, which never comes off in one nice clean piece, you always get several bits that get left on the container and are difficult to remove completely.
What about those drinks that come in little cardboard packets and with a straw attached? Usually sold for children, no doubt for school packed lunches. They can be a real problem to open. You need a pair of sharp scissors to penetrate the cardboard package, they give you a little tab which you have to cut, and impossible to tear with your fingers and then you have to stab the little hole with the straw, which never works, so the straw ends up bent and useless. Usually the straw is attached to the package with sticky tape and it's virtually impossible to remove. Just plain crazy pack design.
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