Things you find very difficult to open, or get into etc

[Accy cyclist]

Last night I struggled badly to open this container of Spanish butter bean stew. As I pressed that supposedly 'press to open' bit, as hard as I pressed I could not break the seal. In the end I had to get a sharp knife to break or cut the seal! I find such containers very difficult to open and quite dangerous as the hard plastic bits can cut you. What do you struggle to open, or have you struggled to open in the past?🤔

 

[glasgowcyclist]

What do you struggled to open … ?

My wallet.

 

[stephec]

My wallet.

No stereotypes going on there then. 😂

 

[stephec]

I think that on the grounds of decency @Drago should be banned from commenting on this thread. 😂

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The vault in the Bank of England

 

[HMS_Dave]

I struggle to get into soap opera's on TV when i visit family. My eye's struggle to open to look at the TV and when they do, they start to bleed. Hazardous stuff really, No wonder you need a licence to watch it...

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@Accy cyclist next time break the flap by using the handle of a teaspoon.
I have arthritis in my hands, I find lots of things difficult to open!

 

[Kingfisher101]

Tins without a ring pull. It's that bad now that I've had to buy an electric tin opener and its so worth it.
A large container of Zero-base emollient cream took about 15 minutes to get into and working today. I would have returned it to the chemist if I was defeated, but I got there in the end.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Notoriously very hard to open!! I once spent 45 minutes using a pair of pliers and a screwdriver to get into the steak and kidney one, before my vegetarian days, after my can opener broke trying to open it!!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Last night I struggled badly to open this container of Spanish butter bean stew. As I pressed that supposedly 'press to open' bit, as hard as I pressed I could not break the seal. In the end I had to get a sharp knife to break or cut the seal! I find such containers very difficult to open and quite dangerous as the hard plastic bits can cut you. What do you struggle to open, or have you struggled to open in the past?🤔

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Our last container of Fatballs for the birds had the same system, albeit on a larger scale.

Mrs SD gave up, I hurt my fingers but the birds were happy!

A bloody ridiculous design.

 

[Sharky]

Used to be difficult getting into open 25's on fast courses. Always a full field.

Somewhat different nowadays.

 

[slowmotion]

Accy is spot on. Those military-grade plastic pots that contain poncy soups are impossible to open without lacerating your thumbs. I stab them from above with an eight inch chef's knife. After that, the razor sharp plastic edges are the only things that stop me accessing the rather disappointing over-priced contents.

Bastards.

 

[Slick]

For me, its the wee sachets of sauce in the works canteen.

I knew that I had finally turned into my dad when I had to ask the girls behind the counter to cut the tops of with scissors.

 

[ColinJ]

A bottle of milk!

Seriously, I was struggling to unscrew the top of a plastic milk bottle...

It really shocked me at the time. (It was when my lungs were full of blood clots back in 2012, which left me pitifully weak.)

More recently... Trying to open tins of cheap Aldi chickpeas or kidney beans. My can opener slips trying to cut through the ring round the top edge of the cans. Those rings must be ever so slightly undersize so the can opener doesn't grip properly. It has no problem on more expensive cans which must have slightly thicker rings.

 

[slowmotion]

How about those daft tethered plastic bottle tops that are supposed to encourage me to re-cycle the top as well as the bottle? You need a Mole wrench to get them unscrewed. Then, you need the Mole again to get it back on before your tonic water loses its bubbles even faster than it did before this planet-saving wonder.