Opening Packages

we always have a pair of kitchen scissors. whenever i need to open a bag of something, i prefer to use the scissors instead of knives or just tearing them up. usually, if i don't open with the help of scissors, it's gonna be a mess. if the package is really difficult for me to open, just like you, i call for help and i ask my boyfriend for assistance.

I just hate the way any package is sealed. They are impossible to open. Those with the zip lock to reseal can be the worst to open the first time. And those press and seal are just as bad. I always keep a pair of scissors to open them and put them in the zip lock bags. My hands are very bad any way and Sometimes I just want to scream when I can't open things. Then i get some bottles of things open and my kids will forget and close them up tight so i can't open them again. I don't even try a new jar of any thing I just get the kids to open it for me. And any chip bag just get the scissors to start with. I bought me a pair of kitchen scissors and i can't even open them to use them. I just get so tired of struggling with such simple thing It make me want to cry.

I usually just use a pair of scissors, or an opener. That or I call my fiance to open when I'm fed up. Sometimes I get annoyed like why on earth does this thing have to be like this. But i guess its for our safety in case some psycho decides to poison us they can't. I guess everything comes with its down falls. I'd rather put up with the packages then be poisoned. lol.

It really annoys me too. It is almost impossible to open anything without scissors or a knife and I have actually hurt myself trying to open them before! There is really no reason for it - there has to be another way for them to package stuff! It's such a waste and so frustrating!

You're so funny! I'm very patient, quite the opposite of you are. I like to sit down somewhere and open the package slowly. I don't even mind leaving the gift someplace safe for a couple of days until I find the time to savor the moment. of course, i end up disappointed sometimes when the anticipation builds up!

When I open a package I just grab a knife andopen it.Sometimes I'm anxious to see what's inside especially if I been expecting to receive the package for a long time.Hard to open packages has never really been a problem for me.A knife or razor will usually do the trick.

i agree with you... that's why i always have a scissor ready next to me when i am cooking... sometimes i also have to call my hubby to help me when my hands are full... it can be really annoying sometimes... take care and have a nice day...

I have worse luck with jar lids than packages, but I understand your consternation! I used to hate to open packages of cheese. I'd end up ripping it open with a knife, but then I'd have to find a Ziploc bag or something to put it in, because if it wasn't completely covered, the cheese would dry out. Even with the stupid resealable packages, they don't always work right. But my greatest obstacle has always been the lid on a jar of pickles.

I just grab a pair of scissor right off. I have learned that it is useless to try and open it with my fingers or teeth..lol I don't mind actually. It makes me feel if that package is that hard to open then no one has tampered with it or that it may be fresher because of the seal. As for jars, I just use the rubber jar opener. I keep both scissors and jar opener in drawers under the counter so that I have easy access to both. Besides, if I yelled for my husband to help, I would probably have it opened before he made into the kitchen to help..lol

I open it up immediately after I receive it.

I always make sure first that I have a back up plan when opening packages, like a scissors or knife. The hardest part when opening chips is that when your hands get oily from eating the previous bag. That's why I'm happy that the tear here was invented although sometimes it doesn't work that well.

Some cheese packages here in the Philippines are complicated to open (well, that is for me, I dunno to other Filipinos). But to other packages, its not complicated at all. I once experienced opening a package from USA. My aunt sent it. And I dont want to ripped it because if there will be defects I can send it back. In the end, my dad have to cut it just for me to get it. Good thing there are no defects at all. :)

Ive always had a hard time opening packages, be it cheese bags,yogurt cans,jams or even the water cans lid that becomes too tight and would allow water to come through the small tap unless i loosen it:(...Most of the time i end up brusising myself trying to open these lids and packages.. How i wish there was a PIN available and once you buy the stuff, u get the PIN or a key and you can just open it, the way u open your door(or access ur ATM...:)...I know dats a weird enuf thot...:D

I am not a patient person. i just rip off with what ever I have in my hands. Or anything or tools that I can see next to me that i can use to rip it off...

This is especially true with electronic equipment. The kind that come in that undestructable plastic casing. No knives, scissors, etc can get through those things! Sometimes I need to open them for my kids and it takes a while just to get the darn thing out of that packaging. The only thing that works for me is that I have a friend who is an emergency nurse in an E.R. and he gives me those small scapels that doctors use. They are the sharpest thing I've ever encountered and cut through all those packages in a snap.

We do have difficult packaging here, don't we? Whenever I am planning on using some kind of boxed pasta or meal, I always reach for the scissors and that package at the same time. There's no way to open the crazy packages without some kind of knife or scissors.

just use knife of scissors my friends...hehehehe...

I have my tools for that, if I cannot figure out how to open the packages I just use scissors or a knife and voila!

If something is hard to open I will go for the sissors, but with most food packaging today, at least in the US, it is made to be resealable. So I take my time and try to get it open without wrecking it totally so I can reseal the package and keep what is inside fresher without having to go and get a zipper bag.