True story: I once got so aggravated by the blister packaging on a five dollar pair of headphones i'd picked up that I had a friend back his car over it. Although the tons of pressure and high velocity would have caused the brains of even George Broussard's big, fat, impenetrable head to spurt all over the payment, the blister packaging was scuffed but otherwise unscathed.

I'm not the only one who finds these things impossible to open. Wired has a report about the impenetrability of packaging, specifically game packaging, and the rising emergency room cases where kids and parents end up slicing off half their fingers trying to open up that damned 360 faceplate. So don't drink and open, lads.FLORIAN ECKHARDT

Tales from Packaging Hell [Wired]

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