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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIs it *just* me (I don't think so) or are wrappers/"safeguards" really really irritating?!1
Wrappers, every individual food item or other-than-food-item - every danged item individually wrapped -
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Is it *just* me (I don't think so) or are wrappers/"safeguards" really really irritating?!1 (Original Post)
UTUSN
Jan 2017
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MrPurple
(985 posts)1. like this?
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" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Skittles
(153,169 posts)5. that cracks me up
that is me, opening those damn packages
tblue37
(65,408 posts)11. From CBS NEWS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-deal-with-hard-to-open-product-packaging/
Did you know, on average 200,000 injuries are reported each year as a result of packaging for household/consumer products, including roughly 6,000 trips to the emergency room?
hunter
(38,317 posts)7. He needs a set of aviation snips.
Right, center, and left.
I'm not kidding.
Sometimes that's the only thing that will open these packages. I've broken cheap plastic-handled scissors trying to open these things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snips
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)2. And let's not talk about childproof caps.
When there are no children in the house, nor likely to be.
They're so intricate, only a child could open them anyway.
-- Mal
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)3. Bwah-hah, "only a child could open them anyway"!1 n/t
Rhiannon12866
(205,540 posts)4. My grandmother used to use a hammer on those...
patricia92243
(12,597 posts)6. Itrems from CHina have to wrapped heavily to endure the long shipment :(
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)8. Maybe we can seal up...
...the nuclear codes in this stuff so DFT can't get at them.
Kali
(55,014 posts)9. they are a sign that you probably shouldn't even eat them
heed the message!
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)10. Well, at least pull-tabs are extinct.
My pharmacy puts "easy" caps on my prescriptions. All I had to do was ask.
Back to the dreaded pull-tab: