In The Big Inning...

Who makes those retarded molded plastic pieces of packaging? I wonder how many jugular veins are severely annually when children are struggling trying to open their video game or action figure or electric razor or what have you. I'm willing to concede that this may be the least expensive method of packaging something while keeping it visible, and allowing it to be hung on a sales rack. But I can't tell you how many times I've sliced my finger or pulled a muscle trying to bend the packaging open just far enough to retreive the treasure inside. For the consumer, there's really nothing beneficial about the packaging. It's just tough enough to thwart some scissors. It's just resilient enough to not tear to easily with your hands. It's just sharp enough to cut your skin. And it's just inflexible enough to take up half of your trash can when you throw it away, and then stab you again the next time you walk by the trash can, because a jagged edge is still sticking out. Of course, it's just plastic, so it seems innocuous, but it truly is plastic packaging of doom. Just so all you consumer goods manufacturers know: I will be willing to pay the difference in price if you were to just put everything in a cardboard box or at least a cardboard-backed, plastic-fronted case. Thanks for your understanding.