I just want to open a box without tearing it to pieces.

  • Sylver@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    This is thanks to cutting corners. A material scientist will come up with a genuinely perfect tear-open container, just to have marketing and budget teams purchase lower-quality materials that no longer perform the advertised way.

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      9 months ago

      Or on the production line they cut corners on having some technician check that some piece of equipment is calibrated correctly. So the tip strip ends up two inches lower than where it’s supposed to be.

      This happens to me all the time with string cheese I can’t get open.