Geesh, I'm a roll this week. This will be my last rant post for awhile, I promise. I guess when you are so busy taking care of two small children and every minute needs to count, sometimes it's the small things in life that really annoy you.
My pet peeve: packaging that requires so much effort to get into.
Examples:
Foil pull tops- Why do they have to make the pull tab so stinking small? I don't have large hands, but I can barely grab enough of that little tiny piece of foil to remove it. Guilty: Coffee-Mate creamer, Gerber baby foods, Similac powdered formula, Lawry's marinades.
Re-sealable foods- You know the kind, where you tear the red strip off the top of the bag (like a ziploc). Great concept, except if they place that stupid red strip too far down. You tear off too much and then it's virtually impossible to open the package again because there's nothing to grab onto. Guilty: Lucerne cheese snacker cuts, Chips Ahoy small bites, Trader Joe's meunster cheese.
Okay, enough said. Do you have any pet peeves of this nature?
Yes! I can rarely use bags that are "resealable"- especially frozen foods b/c they're all slidey when I try to open them the first time. Unneccessary excess packaging bothers me too- like a toy hard to cut without getting injured hard plastic, with weird twisty tie like things, inside a box.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when things are over-packaged, as in wasting resources. It happens all the time at work. We order something small and very unbreakable that comes in a small plastic bag. They pack in a box and then mail that box inside another box with bubble wrap around it. Horrible.
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