Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Easy pickings for the dwarfs

How does the Pringles company stay in business? That can is the worst packaging idea ever. Once you've had about half of the chips, they're impossible to get out one-by-one. You end up having to tip the can and try to pour a couple out in a controlled manner. It never works, though, and a bunch end up breaking and it's a real pain in the ass. Plus, the stack gets messed up and the chips get wedged in sideways.

I'd really like to continue popping at a regular pace, but I can't fit my hand down in that damn can to retrieve an individual chip. It's like some sort of torture device. I'll end up with deformed hands from this.

I know what you're thinking. Why don't I just suck it up and pour out a couple in my hand and go from there? Well I'm sorry but I like to eat my Pringles one at a time. If you eat more than one at a time you're a glutenous, wasteful pig.

I will say one thing for them. The can is a great idea for keeping them shits fresh. I've never had a stale Pringle. Partially because they don't last long enough to go stale, and partially because the cap seals so easily. Yay Pringles.

But I still hate your dwarf-biased packaging system.