Incoherent Rambling
Ok. I'm just rambling here.
Some things that I've been wondering about..please don't go looking for any deeper meanings or parables....
So you pay $16 for a cd or $24 for a dvd and now you can't open it.
Don't you hate that?
First they tease you with this tiny little plastic string/tab that says pull here but you need to be an elf to get a grip on..and when you finally do get 2 fingers on it it just comes right off...the tab does..
So now u start scratching and clawing at the plastic...
The dept of Homeland Security should hire these people to secure our borders.
If they can manage to make a thin piece of plastic sooo imprenable..
So you get a kitchen knife..by now the jewel case is all scratched up..
When you finally get that off, you sit down with a sigh of relief, open the cd player..but wait a second they slap on one more obstacle..that thick plastic crazy glued on sticker ..just on the edge..at this point I usually just smash the jewel case to smithereens and go to iTunes and order the songs..
But honestly..thats childsplay compared to what gadget/toy/electronics/flashlight makers put you through to get into their products!
You literally have to use a chainsaw to slice through the thick plastic that surrounds the product. By the time thats open.. my hands and wrists look more cut up than a depressed goth teenagers...
Logically...if I swipe my credit card randomly at a cash register..shouldn't the bar come out on the right side 50% of the time?
I mean mathematically..
Why do I ALWAYS get it wrong?
It makes no sense.
How do Furniture stores get away with having "Going out of business" sales for years at a time??
Aren't there laws about these things?
These are the type of things I think about on long bus rides or in Shea Stadium..
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Some things that I've been wondering about..please don't go looking for any deeper meanings or parables....
So you pay $16 for a cd or $24 for a dvd and now you can't open it.
Don't you hate that?
First they tease you with this tiny little plastic string/tab that says pull here but you need to be an elf to get a grip on..and when you finally do get 2 fingers on it it just comes right off...the tab does..
So now u start scratching and clawing at the plastic...
The dept of Homeland Security should hire these people to secure our borders.
If they can manage to make a thin piece of plastic sooo imprenable..
So you get a kitchen knife..by now the jewel case is all scratched up..
When you finally get that off, you sit down with a sigh of relief, open the cd player..but wait a second they slap on one more obstacle..that thick plastic crazy glued on sticker ..just on the edge..at this point I usually just smash the jewel case to smithereens and go to iTunes and order the songs..
But honestly..thats childsplay compared to what gadget/toy/electronics/flashlight makers put you through to get into their products!
You literally have to use a chainsaw to slice through the thick plastic that surrounds the product. By the time thats open.. my hands and wrists look more cut up than a depressed goth teenagers...
Logically...if I swipe my credit card randomly at a cash register..shouldn't the bar come out on the right side 50% of the time?
I mean mathematically..
Why do I ALWAYS get it wrong?
It makes no sense.
How do Furniture stores get away with having "Going out of business" sales for years at a time??
Aren't there laws about these things?
These are the type of things I think about on long bus rides or in Shea Stadium..
.
posted by David_on_the_Lake at 4:58 PM
17 Comments:
So what you are trying to say is that when you were a teenager and.....just kidding lol
you got me there with the furniture stores. going out of business sales for 10 years. How could they really get away with that???
There is so much to think about when you are staring out of a long bus ride. Let us know some more pondering thoughts :)
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Hey, I was just thinking the same thing about that furniture store!
Must've been an intersting bus ride.
Next time, bring along a pen and paper and write something.
Or better yet, bring along your scratched up jewel case (minus the CD, of course) and contemplate the thank yous written inside.
:)
hey, dave,
the consumer reports magazine has awards for the hardest to open products. they call it the oyster award.
uh, about the credit card probability thing, well, scientists are still working on why the butter side of the toast falls butter side down. murphy's law.
and if you're talking about the spanish guys standing up the 9 holding those signs for thhe sale, then hear, hear!
About going out of business... I used to pass a store nearly every day that was "going out of business" forever... then it did! I got the shock of my life when I walked past one day and it was gone!
And the credit card... I am usually the one being annoyed by other people's (read: foreigners who have been living in NY too long to look so green) slowness, but I sense distinct foot-tapping and throat-clearing every time I pull mine out.
And is there really an oyster award? I thought it was already unanimous that CD's are the world's most annoying package. Or has that changed ever since they started marketing that gadget that slices them for you?
I agree about homeland security, though-- actually I've seen several good suggestions along those lines, I could probably write a whole post just of the nominations.
You call this rambling? We should get together and change the world.
I know what you mean. My husband and I were in the car on 5th ave near Compusa trying for the life of us to open some electronic. We tried keys,teeth,coins who knows what else. It was so hard to open. We noticed a little crowd that gathered near our car. They must of thought who knows what we were doing.
A chainsaw at the moment would have cleared things up .
There's an episode of everyone loves raymond, where he's trying to show his father how much better cd's are than records - and he can't get the cd opened. He's struggling with it as you described.
And out of curiosity - what have you been listening to lately David?
MH
Haha! I very rarely buy cds and when I do they're from a jewish place that barely seals them at all. Guess you gotta stick to only jewish music lol.
Moiy...Eww....Hilary?
Now look at how they package light bulbs. Those delicate glass things are just stuck into some thin cardboard box...open at both ends...
But the flashlights REALLY need to be protected...
swfm...
lol..u better be
chaverah..
I'll keep u informed...have no fear
Moiy...
yup just read on her website her number 2 priority after healthcare is making cds easer to open..
the_dreamer..
when i have my laptop i do that..
as for the Thank yous...I've never reached that low yet..lol
Chav...
Those spanish guys..
Can you think of a mre demeaning job..?
Performing a function usually reserved for metal poles..
bas melech...
self fulfilling prophecy I guess..for that store..
I used t hear those sounds too..but I'm not convinced it's my imagination..(the throat clearing..foot tapping)
JBF...
Yes we should..enough is enough..
and your story is a perfect example of the consequences of these problems..
lol
MH..
Hey..where have u been hiding..?
Hmm I've been lstening to all kinds of music..especially Broadway..
Also going through a soundtrack phase of which Gladiator tops my list..
sara...
I'd slice my hand open before being stuck with contemporary jewish music..lol
Chaya...
lol..good point..
lol cute post...are the mets really that bad that you have all this time to ponder your rambling thoughts?
Open...
Thanks
well..I cant stand them...so when I find myself at shea I either watch the planes take off from laGuardia or think...lol
Sorta like "Sleepy's" groundhog day "One day sale"!
Beats me!
Argh these darned plastics.
I haven't had to open one in years as buying a CD is of no use anymore.
And the buttered side of the bread is always the one to hit the floor
LV...
well this is also Groundhogs Day sale...like the movie Groundhogs Day where he keeps waking up to the same day...lol
Prag..
yea..I get most of my music online these days anyhow..
nodding bout the credit card one
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