Pet peeve
November 3rd, 2005 by adminI noticed this link to a David Pogue (technology columnist) article this morning entitled “10 Ways to Please Us, the Customers.” One of the points immediately jumped out at me:
Thou shalt not entomb thy product in indestructible plastic. Sure, we understand the temptation: you want your packaging to be sturdy yet see-through, so shoppers can see exactly what they’re buying. Trouble is, you’re caring only about whether people take your product home; you apparently don’t care about what happens after that. You don’t seem to mind that getting those hard plastic packages open is a dangerous ritual involving scissors, steak knives, band saws and, eventually, blow torches…
I’m glad this type of thing annoys the crap out of other people, too.
I’m waiting for someone to sue the pants off of a company when they slash their hand trying to rip open their sealed packaging. And they’ll deserve every penny their lawyers get them.