Chinese Hell of Plastic Packaging
Anyone who's watched "Big Trouble in Little China" can tell you that there are many Chinese hells. I surmise that now there is a new one - the Chinese hell of plastic packaging. I've ranted on this before, but damn, it seems to be getting WORSE rather than better.
Today I had to open 4 of these horrible packages. One had a clever perforated back that, when the tab is pulled, does nothing because the perforations go maybe 1/4 through the plastic. So I cut through it, finally pulling the tab up to find....you still can't open it because underneath it is ANOTHER plastic barrier with no perforation. Ok, so I cut through that. And, you guessed it, ANOTHER plastic barrier. That was worth an email of complaint.
Next, a travel adapter that advertised itself as "grounded." Well, wanting a grounded adapter, I bought it. Upon finally cutting through the plastic (painfully, I might add) we find that the UK ground prong is plastic. Uh, interesting ground that plastic... Another email of complaint.
Next, Monster's iSplitter. A LOVELY idea and a great product. You can put it in your iPod and 2 people can listen and have separate volume control. Excellent! Cept for one thing....you can't open the damn thing.
Last, but not least, the travel charger for my nifty little new Nikon camera. every....piece....was....encased....in...different.....impenetrable.....plastic.
I HEX YOU ALL, you EVIL PLASTIC PACKAGING PEOPLE!!!!! (not really, of course :-))