Packaging

Packaging here is something of an enigma to me. It seems to come in two forms - that which is extremely easy to open and that which requires something just short of an act of a higher power to open.

The easy open stuff is usually a plastic baggie object that has a self-seal flap that can be opened and sealed multiple times. Sometimes, it's a paper wrapper (usually around a bread object of some sort) that is very easy to tear.

*Side note: the bread objects in paper wrappers seem to always come packaged with their own dessicant. They usually have expiration dates that aren't too far off, but they still need dessicant. I will give them that they stay soft, but it's still a little weird. Imagine buying a pack of Little Debbie and dessicant falling out...weird.* The plastic baggies are around paper goods, pens, most any little item you buy that comes wrapped in paper board with a blister pack in the US. Things I'm used to having a hard time getting open are easy here.

The 'going to have to blow it up to open it' packaging is mostly foil something. It's shiny...that's really as far as I get. Sometimes it's plastic. However, unlike foil bags in the US, you cannot just get a good grip and pull the bag open. No, for those, I was VERY happy that B gave us a pair of scissors when we first moved it. Eating would have been very difficult without them. Foods packaged like this - cereal, chips - pretty much anything that you're either too tired or too hungry to want to futz with. Yeah, I'm a bit confused.