Opening packaging materials these days is not always easy. That’s because many people are thieves and scoundrels, and manufacturers are trying to thwart them. If you’ve tried to open one of those intractable hard plastic tombs that enclose toys and power cords and batteries, you know what I mean.
Food is another area where we are being kept from our objectives. Mine was drinking some juice yesterday. I bought a bottle of Apple and Eve Juice
. It’s a good product line; I like it a lot. But every time I try to open one of the bottles, I’m THWARTED!! THWARTED, I say!
My hands are big and strong and nimble. I’m not physically-challenged. I’m also smart enough to know which direction to turn the lid. But the lid will not turn. NEVER.
Do you hear me, Apple and Eve? Nev-AH!!!!!
I try smacking it and twisting it while it’s under cold water. I try those rubbery gripper thingies.
The only way I can open the bottles is with the underside of the throw rug by the front door. Indeed.
Yesterday I did that. The lid turned. Dandy. But the bottle was very full, and since I was kneeling on the floor, holding the throw rug and the bottle, when I turned the lid – scrooooch – and it finally opened, juice came out. On the rug backing and on the floor and on me.
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Please!! Stop making packages unnecessarily hard to open.
Oh how true. Grrrrrr.
Christmas time opening kid’s toys what a nightmare. The child is screaming to play with their toy, I am armed with scissors, knives and a bottle of Valium for my nerves just to get the package open before a toddler throws a total hissy fit!!!!!!
While trying to quickly, but carefully remove the toys I glance at the Valium thinking, “Should I or shouldn’t I ………… ?”
I glance back at the child with his lower lip beginning to quiver and I return a fleeting glance back to the Valium, once again the question runs through my mind, “Should I or shouldn’t I ………… ?” but then a brief moment of sanity returns, “No what would his parent’s think if I should dare. Damn you conscience why do you always get in the way!”
So onwards I embark with my weapons of choice to extricate the toys from their packaging’s vice like grip. Finally I get the first one out, but he doesn’t want that toy he wants one of the other toys that is still embedded in the package. Nooooooooooo!
Moral of the story before wrapping children’s parcels – it is best to open the toy’s packaging first and remove all torturous devices which immobilise the toy, it just may save your sanity. I thought I was smart I had anticipated the “No battery tantrum”, but my pre-emptive plan was still thwarted.
By the way I would have been very disappointed if you hadn’t have split the Apple and Eve. It had to happen – you know it did. It would have happened to me
Hi! You’ve left my first comment! Thank you!! And LOL — that’s so true about the toys! *waves*