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Taken from an article on hard-to-open packaging

Posted on March 27, 2006 By admin

British researchers blame “wrap rage” for more than 60,000 injuries in this country. In 2004, a writer for The Times of London described the CD as “the crucible of wrap rage,” whose old cardboard box was replaced by a “zip strip. The answer to our unwrapping prayers! Yet 12 years later, a pull-tab torn off in hand, we are still chewing through plastic like wild dogs.”

That's so true though. Some of the stuff we buy these days, you need a chainsaw to open. Katy is always afraid I'm going to stab myself with my leatherman when I try and cut through that hard plastic clamshell…

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