Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Sep 22 2008
Those plastic-protected products invite injury
I would add my vote to those who would like to do away with hard plastic bubbles that encase so many products lately. I have injured myself more than once on those instruments of torture, to the point of drawing blood on at least one occasion. And I doubt very much that the extra bit of clear packaging would deter a thief. How many of us are (at least) inconvenienced, and (at worst) cut open, because a minority of people in stores are stealing merchandise? And most people probably don't contact the manufacturer about such things. They complain at the store level. When that fails, they either buy elsewhere or find something with other packaging. The next time I start to buy something that looks as though it was designed to withstand the jaws of a mistreated, angry pit bull, I'm going to pay for it and then insist that the store personnel open it for me. If they refuse, I'm going to insist on doing a return transaction, then and there. If the stores are inconvenienced often enough, maybe they will finally carry our consumer concerns to those who can prevent injury. I detest being an honest consumer who is held hostage only because someone else might do something wrong.
By the way, the article's advice to use scissors is not something I would recommend. The scissors can slip and hurt you almost as quickly as the ill-designed plastic shell.
posted at: 10:35 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
I would add my vote to those who would like to do away with hard plastic bubbles that encase so many products lately. I have injured myself more than once on those instruments of torture, to the point of drawing blood on at least one occasion. And I doubt very much that the extra bit of clear packaging would deter a thief. How many of us are (at least) inconvenienced, and (at worst) cut open, because a minority of people in stores are stealing merchandise? And most people probably don't contact the manufacturer about such things. They complain at the store level. When that fails, they either buy elsewhere or find something with other packaging. The next time I start to buy something that looks as though it was designed to withstand the jaws of a mistreated, angry pit bull, I'm going to pay for it and then insist that the store personnel open it for me. If they refuse, I'm going to insist on doing a return transaction, then and there. If the stores are inconvenienced often enough, maybe they will finally carry our consumer concerns to those who can prevent injury. I detest being an honest consumer who is held hostage only because someone else might do something wrong.
By the way, the article's advice to use scissors is not something I would recommend. The scissors can slip and hurt you almost as quickly as the ill-designed plastic shell.
posted at: 10:35 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
