pet peeves

 One of my pet peeves is opening a loaf of bread only to discover that there is another layer of wrapping under the typical bread bag.  What brought this to mind is that today is "Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day."  You have probably all experienced receiving an order from Amazon or some similar company that, while a very small item, is shipped in a ridiculously large cardboard box.  Another irritant is an item sealed in a heavy plastic bubble that's almost impossible to open.  This is particularly fun if it's a child's toy on Christmas morning.  There's a reason why some collectible toys have never been taken out of their wrappings.  My personal particular frustration was a box of 100 tea bags.  I will not mention the brand.  I like to transfer tea bags from their box to glass jars I have, to keep them fresher.  With the particular tea bags I'm talking about that involved removing the cellophane outer wrapping which was very securely pasted down, ripping open the cardboard box, removing the four individually foil wrapped stacks of tea bags, tearing each of those open and removing the tea bags which are each individually wrapped in their own little envelopes and have a cunning little tag attached.  Recently I decided to try another brand and discovered that there were half as many layers to open, no tags, no little envelopes, and a very good taste.  I'm a convert.