Geezerette
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Do I still practically get the hedge clippers to get it open?
And “press here to close “ calls for the precise touch of a surgeon?
And “press here to close “ calls for the precise touch of a surgeon?
Why when it says “tear here’....
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jujube
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It's more of a challenge.
IrisSenior
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It's a pain in the butt.
Ruth n Jersey
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Hubby was just battling with a potato chip bag. It said reusable seal. Not after what he did to it.
Pecos
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- Washington State
I think they must put real engineering into making sure that none of these things work as advertised.
If it's a test, then I get a failing grade. I'm developing a phobia about packaging of all sorts...I KNOW it's out to get me...It's all a test, Geez.
I've given up on suggestions printed on mail about how to open something. Either my hands and fingers are weaker than I think, or someone is playing a cruel joke on me. I keep a pair of scissors handy and just use them to open things. And, if the scissors won't work, I just tear it open any way I can to get the job done.
Glad to see I'm not alone in this.
Glad to see I'm not alone in this.
Knight
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Easily overcome with either a hammer or a box cutter. When those aren't helpful to use, cuss words were designed to relieve the stress. Thankfully I learned quite a cuss word vocabulary in the Navy.
PopsnTuff
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I cut that whole 'tear here' off with the scissors then put a tight rubber band around the whole bag....never had anything spoil using
this method!.....and sooooo easy to open next time.....and yes I keep a big bag of bands handy at all times and in a handful in
each room, hee hee.
this method!.....and sooooo easy to open next time.....and yes I keep a big bag of bands handy at all times and in a handful in
each room, hee hee.
"Tear here" packaging works half the time at best for me. Often it either refuses to tear at all, or in tearing trashes the package entirely. Zip closures fail at least as often, requiring resealing by chip clips, rubber bands, or scotch tape. Some diabolical closures only appear shut, in reality gapping beyond detection so your product quietly dries out or spoils...
Tommy
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- New Hampshire
There are two types of packaging engineers - those who provide a valuable service to the consumer (a small minority) and those with a sadistic bent whose raison d'etre is to cause us as much grief as possible (the vast majority).
Geezerette
Senior Member
Actually now days I do bypass the “ tear here” for my utility scissors and either rubber band or various sizes of plastic clips. Endless supply of rubber bands come from around my daily newspaper delivery. Just thought others might like to vent their frustration..
Rubberbands, safety pins, scissors... who ever dreamed one would love such things so much the older we got! LOL!
What we need is an uprising by those who have reached seniorhood (and others) who are tired of slicing their own hands open when they have to open one of those hermetically sealed packages. Just go on strike against that product, and see how quickly they will change the packaging!
Nathan
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Get a child to open the bottle, an adult with arthritis in their hands will likely suffer a stroke trying to open it.
Devi
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- East WA USA
Or ... send away to Amazon for an ax.
applecruncher
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I detest those "tear here" packages. Need a chain saw, blow torch, and a sledge hammer. 