Iowa City Airport in the News

the onion had a great article a few years back about a guy buying a
phone at radio shack and the process of unwrapping it and how
"entombed" it was in the plastic, styrofoam, etc

i agree some things are ridicously over packed. like things that hang
perfectly well in hard plastic, then a wrapping of printed cardboard
around it, and sometimes wrapped again.

OT - i haven't been to walmart in few years, and last month was at
englewood colorado store looking for vacuum cleaner, i absolutely could
not believe how much trash merchandise was cluttering up the store, end
caps of american idol calendars, cartoon place mats. i can't
understand who would buy that stuff

hate to stereotype but as the t-shirt says WHITE TRASH = ALWAYS

On 13 Apr 2005 19:49:08 -0700, "james" wrote:

i agree some things are ridicously over packed. like things that hang
perfectly well in hard plastic, then a wrapping of printed cardboard
around it, and sometimes wrapped again.

Try BJ's Wholesale Club and some expensive small item like Prilosec
(over-the-counter drug beloved of pilots because you don't have to
tell the FAA about it). The little box is encased in a transparent
steel (okay, it's plastic, but it very nearly requires a plasma cutter
to open) sandwich that measures about 10 by 20 inches. The detritus
just about fills up my office wastebasket.



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james wrote:

i agree some things are ridicously over packed. like things that hang
perfectly well in hard plastic, then a wrapping of printed cardboard
around it, and sometimes wrapped again.

Personally, I believe that much of the packaging is deliberately designed to
make it impossible for the store to put it back on the shelf if you return it.
My least favorite is the stuff that's in a hard plastic pack that you have to
cut apart in order to remove the item.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

the onion had a great article a few years back about a guy buying a
phone at radio shack and the process of unwrapping it and how
"entombed" it was in the plastic, styrofoam, etc

i agree some things are ridicously over packed. like things that hang
perfectly well in hard plastic, then a wrapping of printed cardboard
around it, and sometimes wrapped again.

OT - i haven't been to walmart in few years, and last month was at
englewood colorado store looking for vacuum cleaner, i absolutely could
not believe how much trash merchandise was cluttering up the store, end
caps of american idol calendars, cartoon place mats. i can't
understand who would buy that stuff

hate to stereotype but as the t-shirt says WHITE TRASH = ALWAYS