Times Stores Proved There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Packaging
When it comes to ordering products online or transporting goods from the store to your house, there's always the worry that something could get broken or damaged, hence why so many items come with protective packaging.
There's a difference, though, between packaging and excessive packaging. You order a new USB and it comes wrapped in 12 layers of bubble wrap for no particular reason, or you see that the grocery store is selling pre-wrapped bananas despite them already having a peel on them. It makes no sense!
The Force Was Too Strong
If all that packaging arrived on your door when you were expecting the delivery of your magnet to be dropped off, you would have thought that this was the wrong package, but you would have been wrong.
Sweet Sweet Irony
There is some sort of poetic symbolism in someone ordering biodegradable sponges only to have them delivered wrapped in tons of plastic packaging that is definitely not going to degrade if you bury it in the backyard.
Take The Product And Quadruple The Size For Appropriate Packing
You might be wondering what exactly could have come in this package that would warrant it to be considered "excessive." The product, you see, is that tiny red SD card in the bottom right-hand corner of the packaging.
No Need To Sugarcoat It
I suppose individually wrapping sugar cubes makes sense on some level, but why wouldn't you just buy sugar packets instead if you wanted your sweetener to be wrapped individually...
Whoever Did This Must Be Coconuts
No one eats the outside of a coconut, so it shouldn't need to be wrapped in plastic. The milk inside won't be tainted if someone places their bare hands on the husk.
The Allergic Reaction Would Be Over
By the time that you get through all the layers of packaging to get to the actual allergy pill, the allergies would have gone away or the person would have gone into a permanent allergic reaction.
Are They Trying To Tell Us Something?
"I ordered 5lbs of sugar-free Jelly Belly's online... They arrived INDIVIDUALLY wrapped!" Clearly, this is the company's way of showing their concern that you might consume 5 pounds of Jelly Bellys.
He's Got Room To Grow
It seems like whoever was in charge of packaging this particular product maybe didn't realize the actual size of what they were wrapping, but the knife has plenty of room to expand if it wanted to.
No Disk Needed Means No Plastic Needed
Why would any company think that making an entire DVD package just to write "no disk needed" inside of it was a good idea? If there's no disk needed, there's no case needed.
And They're Not Even All The Same Price
If only bananas had some sort of protective layer on them that would prevent them from being manhandled by every person in the grocery store... Oh, wait. Wouldn't that be the peel?
This Is The Last Straw
You ordered yourself some reusable straws after watching one too many of those videos on Facebook of turtles with plastic stuck up their nose, but you didn't account for all the packaging it would come in.
Egg Shells Are Useless Anyway
Whose bright idea was it to spend their days cracking eggs into plastic bags so they could repackage them and sell them like goldfish? This seems riskier than a carton of eggs.
699 Wrappers Too Many
"This is how our shop received 700 DISPOSABLE screws this morning from the supply warehouse. Individually packaged, with plastic thread protectors." That's a whole landfill's worth of plastic in one bag.
Plastic-Wrapped Potatoes
How many times do you think someone has taken these home and stuck them in the oven without evening thinking of taking the plastic off because they're not used to having them wrapped like this?
It's Not Even The Classic Watermelon Shape
If you're going to go to the effort of individually wrapping up portions of watermelon, you should at least cut them into the classic triangle shape that everyone knows and loves.
Since When Are Socks Breakable?
Of all of the products that would require this much packaging (which is none, but still), socks would not be very high on the list. You can't break socks while shipping them.
We Could Just Let Our Avocadoes Go Moldy At Home
If you don't understand how avocados work or you can't get the hang of cutting and pitting them yourself, maybe they're not the product for you. We don't need them pre-packaged so they can rot in our refrigerator even faster than before.
This Has To Be A Prank
It's like looking at one of those Christmas presents siblings get each other where they wrap a tiny item in 12 larger boxes, but it was actually the manufacturer's way of sending a gift card holder to someone.
There's Nothing Sweet About This Setup
What kind of fancy person are you if you think that your strawberries needed to be delivered in a special cushioning that fits each one separately? That's some fancy fruit you're buying.
One Box Would Have Sufficed
Is there a reason that six rolls of masking tape needed to be shipped in six individual boxes, or was someone just feeling particularly wasteful the day that they were packaging these?
Wasting Paper, One Chapstick At A Time
Not only was this a waste of paper products, but the consumer was receiving a free product in the mail, so the company wasted all that just to get no revenue in return.
Plugs Can't Be That Delicate
It's important to take good care of products like phone chargers because they can be a pain to replace or annoying if you lose them, but they don't need to be wrapped in foam to ship.
What Could Possibly Need This Much Bubble Wrap?
What, pray tell, could have possibly warranted the use of this much bubble wrap in one shipment? Well, the answer is simple. It was a candle! One. single. candle. that required feet of wrapping.
All This For Some Eco-Friendly Lightbulbs
"The packaging used to protect the eco-friendly light bulbs that arrived this morning." Oh, the irony of being able to fill a room with packaging after ordering products meant to reduce your carbon footprint.
Nobody Is Moving In, It's Just Some Ink Cartridges
If a UPS driver dropped off all of these packages on someone's doorstep, you would have thought they were building themselves a supercomputer, but really, it's just six ink cartridges.
Paper Covers Bubble Wrap
Why anyone would think that you need to wrap bubble wrap in its own protective material during shipment is beyond me, but we're not the ones running the packaging department...
This Could Really Tic Someone Off
"A tic tac novelty box that has 60 individual boxes each with 6 tic tacs..." So not only do you have to find a place to store the giant box of Tic Tacs, but you're stuck with 60 packs of six mints.
Nutellaception
It's a cute idea in theory, but do you really need to manufacture a much bigger version of a product just to store the smallest products inside while on display?
Orange You Glad They Peeled It for You?
Sure, peeling oranges can be a bit of a pain sometimes, but they come with a peel on it for a reason. If you can't handle peeling an orange yourself, don't buy them.
Fresh Or Eco-Friendly, You Can't Have Both
Apparently, the only way to keep produce fresh when shipping it to someone is to individually wrap each carrot that they're receiving, even though other shipping companies seem to have avoided doing that for years.
It's Ready When You Are
For all those moments in your life where you thought to yourself "gee I really wish this garlic was a little more portable," this store has all your needs covered.
A Waste And A Disappointment
If we're purchasing a giant Nerds egg to give to our kids for Easter, we expect it to be filled to the brim with Nerds. I want it to leave a giant mess all over the living room when my kids haphazardly rip it open.
No One Here Is Getting Crabs
Okay, we're willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe those plastic lids were leaking so they had to wrap them up in something else, but there's no reason to wrap a sealed can.
There Must Have Been A Smaller Box
Sure, if you just shipped a microSD card as is or in a super tiny box there's a good chance that it would get lost in the mail, but there has to be a box somewhere in between what this was shipped in and what it would fit in.
Presentation Shouldn't Be Everything
Presentation may be everything, but they could've picked a presentation format that doesn't waste so much space behind the scenes. 28 markers does not need this big of a box.
They Solved The Potato Portioning Problem
One could argue that potatoes were already conveniently portioned out for people to eat simply based on the fact that you have the choice of how many to cook at any given time, but apparently not.
Must Be A Special Leaf
First of all, who even would need to purchase one single lime leaf? What could you possibly need that for? And even if you did need that, you don't need it wrapped like this.
This Defeats The Purpose
You can brag all you want about how your coffee pods are 100% compostable, but you've got to put your money where your mouth is and make the outer layer compostable too.
This Isn't What Nature Wanted
Nature may have intended for you to have unwaxed limes at your disposal, but Mother Nature definitely didn't intend for you to wrap those limes in this much plastic wrapping.
Splurge And Buy The Whole Melon
We're almost positive that whatever you spent to buy 5 packages of sliced watermelon would've been enough to purchase the whole melon. Go crazy and next time, buy the watermelon. Live a little.
