Packaging you hate

NotSpaghetti

TeacherAnne it sounds like the Spice Tailor ones to me.
I don't seem to have a problem with these to be honest but I do use scissors.

Ah yes, I tried that make when the Patak ones were out of stock but prefer Patak, possibly less authentic but tastes creamier! Packages in exactly the same way though, I also use scissors without any issues but who knows what might happen next time!

I like a pasta sauce made by Waitrose. I defy anyone with less than the strength of Hercules to break the seal bit around the lid and force the lid off. Even DH, who has extremely strong hands, has been known to ask how anyone who isn't similary equipped could possibly get at the sauce. Also, the inpenetrable bubble packs - I hate them; and why does toothpaste need to be in a tube AND a box. What a waste.

The items that have plastic wrapped tightly around it, e.g mascara, lipstick, etc. I can sit for ages picking at the perforated end trying to find the start of it and then only a little bit comes off and you have to start all over again, plus it's on so tight scissors are useless.

tab not tap

my home LFT, the liquid comes sealed into the tube, you have to peal off the foil on the top, the tap always breaks, I end up stabbing it with scissors and then forcing the lid over the ripped foil, VERY ANNOYING

Blossoming

Bloody pill packets that don’t want to pop out my meds!

My blood pressure meds give me high blood pressure just trying to get at them.

Blossoming: in reply, part of my prescription meds were Aspirin. I asked my pharmacist if I could try the bullet-shape Aspirin instead of the round ones, as I could never pop them out of the 'Fort Knox' blister packet. Her reply was that the manufacturers sealed them securely to prevent people taking an overdose! In other words, instead you'd die of frustration trying to remove them! ?

Bottle and jar tops are a nightmare even with one of those do it all openers.

Cucumber in a sheaf, bananas in plastic, so many I get cross thinking about it!

I'm pleased that PG tips have stopped swathing their tea bag boxes in plastic, and have removed plastic from tea bags themselves. I used to hate wrestling the wrap from the box, and also I can compost the bags now.

I have to rely on supermarket deliveries. What annoys me is the way meat and fish is packaged. Shrink wrapped in a too large plastic tray needing scissors and a sharp knife to open.
Sardine tins the ring pull comes off before the top is half way of so you have to dig the fish out. Other round tins with ring pulls I turn upside down and open with electric can opener.

Hate is a very strong word... I don't like the habit Amazon has of putting small items in very large boxes when they pack for delivery. Other than that I accept however things are packaged. No point in stressing over minor things that you cannot change.

Toys. They come in a display box. Each piece anchored to the back with twisted wire.

I ordered something online' it arrived in a big box full of what looked like polystyrene bits, after angrily throwing them into the rubbish bin, I found at the bottom of the box a note saying that they are fully recyclable and to throw them in the sink and turn the tap on and they dissolve. Why on earth put that at the bottom of the box for goodness sake. I then had to rummage through the rubbish trying to find all the bits.

easybee re trying to ‘steal’ extras - my DD2 worked in the Foodhall at M&S when she was at Uni. She had to check the contents of the Mini Roasts, as people would put the cheaper chicken in a beef wrapper!

I hate those packages of meat and fish where the item is shrunk onto the hard plastic packaging. Try unpacking them!

Cheese wrapped in greaseproof paper to make it look farm fresh/environmentally friendly etc only to take off wrapping and find it's wrapped in clingfilm underneath.
Resealable packs that don't reseal.
Strips of pills that don't pop out.
Sticky labels that leave a mess - not strictly packaging I suppose but still annoying.

mens' shirts

I agree with everything thats been said about b------y packaging, it is a nightmare.

I cant bear those child-safe boxes washing pods come in. I want to sit down and cry. You need two strong hands to open them and on holiday had to get my 10 yr. old grandson to open a box of Daz for me.

MrsPickle

Sometimes, I like a nice convenience curry sauce.
The ones that come in 3 sachets, enclosed by the instructions, stapled together at the top by a fancy round 'staple'.
I'm sure the makers don't think anyone over the age of 30 will be using them, but, oh boy, getting them opened without losing half the contents is very tedious.

That's my pet hate, but I'm sure there are more...

I absolutely love those Spice Tailor curry kits,we don't have an Indian restaurant or takeaway near us & we really enjoy them. I just use a pair of scissors to carefully open each pack and rinse the sauce one out with a little water to try get most of the residue out. I don't find them too much of pain to open yet but you watch, now I've said that, the next time I open one I'll be decorating the kitchen with the contents!

Cucumbers really need the shrink wrap as they go off so quickly otherwise

I bought a jar opener from Lakeland. Overpriced but works brilliantly.
My mum struggles with childproof bottles, had to wait for me to visit to open toilet cleaner!
I dread opening a new toothpaste, as the one we use has a teeny weeny foil top that’s (almost) impossible to remove.

Totally agree with Blossoming, I recently broke my arm and needed surgery. The hospital sent me home with painkillers in the usual strips. Absolutely impossible to open with one hand ? .

Vitamins etc in plastic pots, opened by pulling a tiny tag, which breaks off. Impossible to open pot without resorting to violence!
I have sent all the needless hard plastic packaging back to the manufacturer of electric toothbrush heads. Each one was sealed in hard plastic, within another hard plastic shell. I put it all in a reused envelope, marked 'freepost'. Made me feel better..