[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#3089936 14-Jun-2023 10:11

allan:

It's fairly ironic that upon the demise of our long serving sturdy kitchen scissors, their purchased replacement was packed in a hard plastic shell that required a sturdy pair of scissors to open...

If you haven't seen it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPf529urxw8

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#3089951 14-Jun-2023 11:11

Behodar:

allan:

It's fairly ironic that upon the demise of our long serving sturdy kitchen scissors, their purchased replacement was packed in a hard plastic shell that required a sturdy pair of scissors to open...

If you haven't seen it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPf529urxw8

I hadn't - very good 😂

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#3089959 14-Jun-2023 11:31

Its a really good video, and having worked in FMCG supply chain for a while I know exactly where he's coming from.

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#3089971 14-Jun-2023 12:23

There is a special reserved area in Hell for those who decide to put that hard shell plastic packaging on products that don't need it, like the screwdriver that I purchased recently that was attached to cardboard with several thick cable ties and the **%$#@ hard plastic. Why, in Thors name why does a screwdriver need that level of protection? if it does it is very unlikely that it will be sturdy enough for its intended duties.

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#3089973 14-Jun-2023 12:33

MikeB4:

There is a special reserved area in Hell for those who decide to put that hard shell plastic packaging on products that don't need it, like the screwdriver that I purchased recently that was attached to cardboard with several thick cable ties and the **%$#@ hard plastic. Why, in Thors name why does a screwdriver need that level of protection? if it does it is very unlikely that it will be sturdy enough for its intended duties.

Because its able to be used as a weapon so like knives, many shops will not stock them unless they are in packaging that makes that not possible.

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#3089974 14-Jun-2023 12:37

richms:

MikeB4:

There is a special reserved area in Hell for those who decide to put that hard shell plastic packaging on products that don't need it, like the screwdriver that I purchased recently that was attached to cardboard with several thick cable ties and the **%$#@ hard plastic. Why, in Thors name why does a screwdriver need that level of protection? if it does it is very unlikely that it will be sturdy enough for its intended duties.

Because its able to be used as a weapon so like knives, many shops will not stock them unless they are in packaging that makes that not possible.

Is that true? It makes sense but it never would have occurred to me in a million years.

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#3089979 14-Jun-2023 12:54

But the packaging itself is strong enough to be used as a weapon?

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#3089983 14-Jun-2023 13:23

Senecio:

But the packaging itself is strong enough to be used as a weapon?

It sure is, based on the amount of blood I usually draw when I struggle to open such packaging.

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#3089988 14-Jun-2023 13:49

Do the staff at M10, Bunnings, Supercheap, Repco etc realise the danger they are in? Maybe it's just something to slow shoplifters down, somewhere to stick the rfid tag. Was it an expensive screwdriver or just from a supermarket?

Packaging is often a bigger cost than the product. A winemaker once told me he couldn't make a $10 - 12 bottle of wine if the wine itself was more than about $2.

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#3089991 14-Jun-2023 14:02

Bung: Do the staff at M10, Bunnings, Supercheap, Repco etc realise the danger they are in? Maybe it's just something to slow shoplifters down, somewhere to stick the rfid tag. Was it an expensive screwdriver or just from a supermarket?

It was only 2021 so I would have thought the problem would still be fresh in peoples minds.

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#3090009 14-Jun-2023 15:04

johno1234:

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I no longer buy sweets (with the exception of 60/70% chocolate). If I want balsamic cranberry truffle pralines, for example, I (unfortunately😉) have to make them myself for us. What is called a "chocolate bar" these days is usually nothing more than a collection of chemicals, cheap fats and sugar.

Whoa! You get chemicals and cheap fats? Lucky!

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#3090012 14-Jun-2023 15:07

MikeB4:

There is a special reserved area in Hell for those who decide to put that hard shell plastic packaging on products that don't need it, like the screwdriver that I purchased recently that was attached to cardboard with several thick cable ties and the **%$#@ hard plastic. Why, in Thors name why does a screwdriver need that level of protection? if it does it is very unlikely that it will be sturdy enough for its intended duties.

Because the screwdriver is one of the most stolen items in DIY stores?

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#3090121 14-Jun-2023 20:15

Bung: Packaging is often a bigger cost than the product. A winemaker once told me he couldn't make a $10 - 12 bottle of wine if the wine itself was more than about $2.

That was one of the innovations of Two Buck Chuck, a reasonably decent for some vintages California wine that used to sell for two dollars, more recently three. One of their main innovations in keeping the cost down was cutting corners on packaging, thinner glass, no dome at the bottom, there's something they did with the corks, and even then the majority of the cost was still the packaging.

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#3090126 14-Jun-2023 20:37

johno1234:
Whoa! You get chemicals and cheap fats? Lucky!

Ohhhh we used to dream of chemicals and cheap fats! All we got was a handful of hot gravel before we worked twenty hours a day at the mill for tuppence a month.

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#3090128 14-Jun-2023 20:39

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Bung: Do the staff at M10, Bunnings, Supercheap, Repco etc realise the danger they are in? Maybe it's just something to slow shoplifters down, somewhere to stick the rfid tag. Was it an expensive screwdriver or just from a supermarket?

It was only 2021 so I would have thought the problem would still be fresh in peoples minds.

What, in the era of 30-second attention spans due to F*cebook and Twitter and TikTok and... oh, what's that over there?

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