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Really minor annoyances

Doogie Hauser said:
This trend from some supermarkets to seal the lid of their (usually premium) coleslaw with a sheet of thin plastic.

What’s wrong with a proper lid? A proper lid that can be cleaned and recycled, not a useless sheet of plastic film. A useless sheet of plastic film that makes the coleslaw go off quicker, and stinks out your fridge with cabbagey fart aroma. A useless sliver of unrecyclable plastic that you have to cover with unrecyclable cling film to try and seal in the smell and keep the coleslaw fresh.

Some even make the lid ‘sticky’ at one corner, so you can reseal the lid. It doesn’t work. It gets covered with juicy gunk and won’t seal properly.

Stupidest, shittest product design I’ve seen for years. I can see zero upside.
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Put it in a tupperware pot man 🤷‍♂️

Mumsnet this shite. 🤣
 
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Doogie Hauser said:
This trend from some supermarkets to seal the lid of their (usually premium) coleslaw with a sheet of thin plastic.

What’s wrong with a proper lid? A proper lid that can be cleaned and recycled, not a useless sheet of plastic film. A useless sheet of plastic film that makes the coleslaw go off quicker, and stinks out your fridge with cabbagey fart aroma. A useless sliver of unrecyclable plastic that you have to cover with unrecyclable cling film to try and seal in the smell and keep the coleslaw fresh.

Some even make the lid ‘sticky’ at one corner, so you can reseal the lid. It doesn’t work. It gets covered with juicy gunk and won’t seal properly.

Stupidest, shittest product design I’ve seen for years. I can see zero upside.
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Me Mam's always complaining about vacuum packed mince from Sainsbury's every time we speak, in person it's your beard is too long then the vacuum packed mince from Sainsbury's.
😁
 
Doogie Hauser said:
This trend from some supermarkets to seal the lid of their (usually premium) coleslaw with a sheet of thin plastic.

What’s wrong with a proper lid? A proper lid that can be cleaned and recycled, not a useless sheet of plastic film. A useless sheet of plastic film that makes the coleslaw go off quicker, and stinks out your fridge with cabbagey fart aroma. A useless sliver of unrecyclable plastic that you have to cover with unrecyclable cling film to try and seal in the smell and keep the coleslaw fresh.

Some even make the lid ‘sticky’ at one corner, so you can reseal the lid. It doesn’t work. It gets covered with juicy gunk and won’t seal properly.

Stupidest, shittest product design I’ve seen for years. I can see zero upside.
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It's cheaper for the packaging costs and with it going off quicker you need to buy more earlier than you would with a package with a lid so they're selling more.
 
Harry Gates said:
Me Mam's always complaining about vacuum packed mince from Sainsbury's every time we speak, in person it's your beard is too long then the vacuum packed mince from Sainsbury's.
😁
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My mam looking at every item on the shelf in Sainsburys or Morrisons to make sure she gets the one with the best 'use by' date.

I once made a hyperlapse of her going right through a shelf of veg.
 
Harry Gates said:
She killed and badly buried her last husband?
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That's reminded me of that old Billy Connelly joke he told on Parkinson. Arse slightly sticking out, perfect for parking your bike.

Was out last night and fecking cannot seem to get a chilled bottle of white wine. I'm considering just having a pint in future. It'll be (mostly) their loss. Lower bill, lower tip.

That's another thing. So many places adding 10% service charge now.
Shrinkflation. When the Gov. stat bods do the monthly inflation figures, i bet they don't calculate things being made smaller, but at same price as pre shrink. So real inflation is higher than recorded/reported figure.

I know their is or was at least one French supermarket chain actually notes and signposts products that have been reduced in size, volume or quantity for their customers.
 
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Dick Fitzwell said:
It's cheaper for the packaging costs and with it going off quicker you need to buy more earlier than you would with a package with a lid so they're selling more.
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I'll be purely to reduce the amount of plastic. The shelf life probably won't be affected by either a film or a lid, so doubt it's designed to go off quicker because that causes more problems in the supply chain that selling a few extra pots of coleslaw.
Becs said:
I hate vacuum packed mince like.
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I work in the packaging industry and don't see the sense in it. They've gone from a PET try that is recyclable to a film that isn't.
 
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dafunk2 said:
The way the mrs (no) puts stuff in the kitchen bin and then says it full. I then push the rubbish down in the bin and it's about 1/3 full. Plus I'll usually get some sort of bin juice on my hand.
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I opened the thread to post a Mrs kitchen related one anarl. When the dishwasher gets turned and after it’s done I open it to see it only a third to half full. My rule is it only goes on when full, otherwise it gets hand washed in the sink. And we wonder why our water bills are through the roof.
 
S.S.R.. said:
I've said it before but Argos can get fucked with advertising things they blatantly don't have in stock

Time wasting pricks.
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Just been to pick up a £12 football from Argos.

They presented it uninflated. When I questioned it the bloke checked and said it is sold uninflated and no 'adapter' supplied. Would it really be much of a hardship for them to inflate it for you at the till. I didn't let them offer to sell me a pump and got a refund instead.

Went to Sports direct and got two balls(inflated) for a £10 and an adapter for £2.

Poor customer service from Argos.
 
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