Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for January 23, 2023

Been there done that.

I did that yesterday, trying to get batteries out of the packet…

Packaging has gotten increasingly impossible over the past 30 years. I saw individually plastic-wrapped cucumbers at the grocery store yesterday. We could get rid of (or change to cardboard or at least reduce) half the packaging in the country and never miss it.

If people didn’t steal…….

Heavy-duty kitchen shears, the kind you spatchcock a chicken with.

I bought a new electric shaver last week, it took over a half hour to cut it out of the package. RIP here, tear a bit, slice up the side, try to RIP the plastic, finally got it out, but SHEEESH ridiculous:-[

What’s really crazy is when you buy a pair of blister packed scissors, so you need another set of scissors to actually get into it.

Poor ed gets blame for everything

I have cut myself on that plastic but usually I break or tear a finger nail.

Most modern packaging should be prominently labeled: Impenetrably sealed for your protection.

Those blister packs can be life threatening.

Not gonna lie, this did happen to me. More of a paper cut than needing a full wrap.

Blister packs are the worst. I can’t believe they are still used.

Sadly, as long as there are shoplifters, there will be blister packs. Humans are our own worst enemy.

Use scissors.

It’s really hard to get Immodium pills any other way than in blister packs. Those pills are SO tiny that not only can you cut yourself trying to get them out, but you can also (easily) flip the pill across the room and never be able to find it.

Consumer-Resistant Packaging.

I will stop carrying a knife when manufacturers stop wasting plastic on consumer proof packaging.