u.s. packaging

they package it at a factory somewhere.

they throw it on a truck & stock it on a shelf. i pick it up & take it home. yes, i pay first.

then i have to rip/tear/cut/use my teeth/crack a fingernail to open it. i marvel at how impossible it all is, kitchen shears in sore hand. then my hippy comes out: it's so incredibly wasteful!

humor me for a second; wouldn't it actually be cheaper to let a few pick pocketers have an easier time smuggling it out of the store rather than pay seemingly $billions$ to make opening a dvd a 20 minute process? cut your losses! pick your battles people! what am i missing here?!

then just when i think i'm home free, i see it: a warning label, a sticker, tape, you name it. the paste gets stuck every which direction, the top layer mainly tears off, losing all corner leverage that might have sped up the process, & i am left painstackingly scrapping at adhesive gum with my nails.

then it all clicks. of course! it's a goo gone conspiracy!!

i swear i don't know how a household goes without it unless they are content to have tacky surfaces & wadded paper remains on every item in the home.

so next time you open something & the sticker pulls clean off & you take a victory lap (i know you do!) take note: that company is 'sticking' it to the man.