WHY IS IT?

ARE THESE PROBLEMS IN DESIGN?

As a former executive and CEO I understand

and appreciate the intricacies and demands

of product development and eventually packaging.

What I can't understand is how some

of the packaging today gets approved.

 Haven't you also encountered similar, what I call

"impervious plastic" encased items?  It can be dangerous

trying to use scissors, shears, knives or chain saws to

open some items.

Maybe at risk of sounding like an old grump, why can't these

type of seals be made to actually unseal as they would

pretend to do.  You find these little tabs on all manner of product, like this container of cocoa, or on aspirin bottles, or fruit juice bottles, or boxed almond milk and the like.

There's that little tab and you think OK, pull it carefully and it will open and peel back.  Are you kidding?! Don't you

have to rely on a knife, fork, fingernails or crowbar?

And I won't get started on how much flimsier the cartons and containers are these days.

WELL, EVEN NATURE HAS DESIGN ISSUES

We've noticed more tomatoes with design flaws this season.

They taste great, but what is it with these extensions?

Little tails, noses, horns or whatever your imagination

might find.

 They are just odd.

I'm waiting for a nouvelle cuisine chef to 

give these a name and design a dish around them.

Like Halibut cheeks-although I guess Halibut are 

supposed to have cheeks.  I didn't know about them

until seeing it on a menu.

Tomato beaks on romaine, perhaps?

Oh, Good luck opening that new CD or DVD you just bought.

Be careful.

See you down the trail.