I think an opener of some sorts should be invented,God knows how the elderly get on
2007-07-07 01:57:14 · 11 answers · asked by Gabby Hayes 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
couldn't they cut down on expensive packaging and make products cheaper. Also it would save the planets trees. Someone could invent a muli facetted implement, something like a Swiss army knife toovercome all opening problems
2007-07-07 21:10:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From http://www.nfcg.org.uk/ConsNews/cn188p07.htm
67,000 people go to casualty departments every year because of accidents with packaging. This costs the NHS £12m.
Those figures are about 10 years old now so it may have changed.
From a personal injury claim website:
( http://www.youclaim.co.uk/Personal_Injury_News.asp?spid=83 )
Six out of ten - or more than 150 people a day - have accidentally stabbed themselves when trying to prise the top off a jar or opening a ready meal with a knife. The survey by Yours Magazine, which conducted a poll of 2000 over-50s, discovered the most common injuries were cuts and bruises to the hand, while the most hated items include anything shrink-wrapped such as cheese, bleach bottles, as well as jars and ring-pull cans.
But stranger than that - the same article says that 37 people were injured by tea-cosies in 1999!
2007-07-07 02:45:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In-store tampering and theft are the reasons for the tough packaging. I now keep a utility knife on the coffee table. It's a shame that it needs to be done but I like finding all the screws and nuts inside the package when I open it.
2007-07-07 02:50:35 · answer #3 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Packaging is definitely getting harder to open. One of the reasons is that they want it tamper proof. I have ruined many an ink pen opening stuff up. I agree with you completely.
2007-07-07 02:06:29 · answer #4 · answered by CRAIG C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I say thanks to God with a lot of things and you'll never notice because I don't put my hands together and kneel beside my bed, or sit in front of my plate with my eyes closed. Prayer isn't how formal you can appear to the outside world, that's phony. I might be praying as I'm stuffing my face sometimes or gulping down the water.
2016-05-20 05:22:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason I believe, they are making it harder for thief to break in packages in the stores. So the longer it takes them the better of the chance they will get caught.
2007-07-07 02:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
was in the bath the other day, went to open my new razor, no chance.. had to get out, go kitchen for scissors. its barmy Lord help the elderly and blind people
2007-07-07 20:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by Percy Shower 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was I thinking it was designed to survive a nuclear blast and now I find it's an anti theft device.
2007-07-07 08:27:07 · answer #8 · answered by Carpenter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but you seem to have found the write approach to the problem.
2007-07-07 05:49:41 · answer #9 · answered by andrew f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about getting a little box cutter.
2007-07-07 02:55:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋