Only time for a quick drive-by post this morning. <\/p>\n
While fixing breakfast I encountered one of my pet peeves.<\/p>\n
So you’re a manufacturer. You seal a bottle — could be honey, could be salad dressing, could be bleach, could be a lot of products — with a thick metallic-paper seal. To that you attach a thin half-circle of plastic film. Then you announce to hopeful product users that all they have to do<\/i> to open the product is pull the insubstantial little semicircle of plastic<\/i>, which will magically lift the heavy (and firmly glued-down) slab of metal from the bottle! EZ-peasy!<\/p>\n
The predictable ensues. Every. Single. Bloody. Time. (Hint: It involves cutting through the metal seal with a knife.)<\/p>\n
This particular pet peeve is a subset of two other pet peeves: containers made impossible to open and makers who have obviously<\/i> never used their own products.<\/p>\n
Yeah, I know none of this matters in the great scheme of things. So sue me. Would you rather have a pet peeve post or nothin’?<\/p>\n
Still. Gn&^%$#rrr! <\/p>\n
I blame government.<\/p>\n
You’ve got some pet peeves, too. I know you do. Have at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Only time for a quick drive-by post this morning. While fixing breakfast I encountered one of my pet peeves. So you’re a manufacturer. You seal a bottle — could be honey, could be salad dressing, could be bleach, could be a lot of products — with a thick metallic-paper seal. To that you attach a thin half-circle of plastic film. Then you announce to hopeful product users that all they have to do to open the product is pull the insubstantial little semicircle of plastic, which will magically lift the heavy (and firmly glued-down) slab of metal from the bottle!…<\/p>\n