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I have to use pliers to open new bottles of the ranch dressing I buy. It's ridiculous how tight they are.

• yial 5y ago
  I used to buy “peak tea” in the single serve bottles. They seem to have changed the packaging slightly on the newest runs - of maybe at a certain factory as I see both packaging. But - they have this impossible to peal / remove layer of heat shrink material over the top lid - I have to always use two hands and knife carefully. on top of that, they seem to fill them to the very top, if I’m not careful taking off the lid I spill it. I actually stopped buying them because of 1 - cost for something I didn’t really need, but also 2 - the package difficulty.
  • unfocussed_mike 5y ago
    > But - they have this impossible to peal / remove layer of heat shrink material over the top lid - I have to always use two hands and knife carefully. That stuff is the worst! Bottles of soy sauce come with that stuff on in the UK and you have to decide: am I going to risk getting that stuck under my fingernail like the worst splinter, or am I going to risk trying to pick at the edge with a sharp knife with all that entails.
  • chiefalchemist 5y ago
    Yes, there's that as well. Things aren't just child-proof, they're full on human-proof. What a smart way to not increase consumption.
  • maxerickson 5y ago
    It often works to use the cap to push that wrapper off (by unscrewing it). I've not specifically opened one of those bottles though.