This morning, I got a piece of chocolate when I went down to the gift shop. I looked and it had instructions for opening it. Then I got to thinking, and I realized that most candy now days has opening instructions on it. My big question is why? Actually, that was a normal sized question.
WHY?!?
That is the big question. Why do they have to put instructions on how to open candy? Here I was thinking I had to buy Billy Mays's new and exciting Candy Opener 3000™. I was going to just tear it open without lifting the flap, but as it turns out, I had to lift the flap first. Ya know, the more I think about it, the worse this situation actually is. Many times I've tried following the instructions for opening many Hersheys products which have two ovals. One on the end says hold here, and the one on the flap says pull here. When I do that, the flap comes off in my hand and I have yet to see any exposed chocolate. Then I have to rely on the Candy Opener 3000™.
While pondering this, I happened to think of other products which tell us how to open them. Milk cartons, for instance, say "open other end." What is the difference between the two ends? Are they really made that differently? I can recall many times in school when I had trouble opening one end and I had to resort to opening the "wrong" end of the carton... Prescription bottles, I can see the need for how to open them. They actually require a little bit of extra thought, and when one is in need of medication, dexterity and thought processes typically don't come as easily as they do when one is well.
Ice Breakers Mints and Sours have a cutesy way of saying "open here" with their "to share" and "not to share" doors on their container. I don't want everyone's grubby little fingers on my mints. You'll get the "not to share" side just like I will. I'll shake them out like Tic-Tacs.
