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It was the same with Kellogg's cereal. The plastic bags inside were nearly impossible to pull apart, unless you had Hulk Hogan strength. So, once again I wrote and complained and their response was similar to Hunt's. Well, after Dad died, I gave up the fight with Hunt's. I'm not a pudding fan and if I want some, I will buy another brand, one that IS easy to open.
Kellogg's was different, though. I like cereal, and Kellogg's is my favorite. Granted, they have made me mad enough over the years, that I purchased other brands, but, just like my Dad, I wandered back to Kellogg's and cursed every time I had to open a new box. So, I kept on writing and complaining, and they kept on saying they would forward my comments on.
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Well, apparently, someone actually read my letters, because this is what greeted me when I purchased my most recent batch of cereal.
YES, it said Easy Open Bag, in bold print, right on the top of the box. I was thrilled. I couldn't wait to try it, and guess what, it WAS easy to open. Yeah, I won!
My enthusiasm was short lived, however, when I needed to open a new bottle of Stalevo. I have been fighting this problem for years, so today, I decided to video tape just how difficult it is to open this Parkinson's medicine. Click > to play video.
One Parky friend got so aggravated trying to open a bottle of pills, she hit it with a sledge hammer. Maybe I could use a saw? Or run over it with the car?
Guess I better write another letter .........
You can find all my videos on my YouTube channel:
that is crazy! go Bev go!!!
ReplyDeleteHere is often what I do seeing my husband can't open bottles either due to arthritis. Give it to a kid lol it will be open in 2.5 seconds...lol child proof my a** lol joking of course but true. I usually let my pharmacist know to put an easy open lid on it and for the most part they do when I remember to tell them. Lol
ReplyDeleteI use a scissors to open the cereal bags. For bottles I use a "jar opening pad" available at the dollar store. If a bottle or package is too much of a chore I have my wife to open it. She gets a kick out of helping me.
ReplyDeleteI just love you. Thank you for the giggle after a rough day.
ReplyDeleteI can really relate to your difficulties with opening things, Bev. We Parkies, especially those of us who live alone, have to be real creative devising ways to get into things. I guess that keeps our brains creative!
ReplyDeleteThis is priceless :) Well done, Bev!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou can add fruit cups and water bottles to the list. Of course, it does "keep you moving" by having spills to clean up every day.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't so long ago that hubby used to open all jars for me. The tides have turned.
ReplyDeleteWendy
I am sometimes tempted to get my neighbour's three-year-old to open Parkie-Proof bottles. Fortunately, I get my scripts at Walmart, and they have made note on my file that I need easy open. It's just a matter of breaking off a little tab I can do it myself if I am "on" but to get "on" I need to take my pills on time. It is actually not a good idea to put your pills into other bottles.
ReplyDeleteI would get my medicine from the manufacturer and tamper resistant is the norm. I never put my pills in a different bottle, I just replaced the cap with an easy flip top vitamin cap.
DeleteInteresting. I ask our pharmacist to provide them in "non childproof containers. No they are easier to open but they sometimes open at the wrong time, for example in your suitcase. Screw tops are best for those who are aging parkies
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The ones that put the feckers in a bottle with “shoulders” and feel the need to put some cotton wool in there too are the worst! John from Scotland
ReplyDeleteI've used a hammer before to get to my carbi dopa, lol.
ReplyDeleteTheresa
People living with #Parkinsons are bloody amazing! I mean, we lose a little more of our brain every day, yet we are Gold medal winners in the daily ‘Get the flipping pill �� out of its pack’ Olympics - the 12.5/25mg Sinemet blister pack from @Merck really defies belief
ReplyDeleteGary
Why are so many #Parkinsons meds so tiny? And sold in blister packs that are so hard to open? I mean, I’m all for a bit of fun and all that but could someone call the clown who approved this laughable packaging gimmick and ask him (or her?!) what the hell were they thinking?
ReplyDeleteGary
Ever try opening blister packs when your hands aren't co-operating at all? And with an aide like a blade of some kind, as any Parky knows, a blade in hand when your hands aren't working right is dangerous, even scissors.
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