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For hating the new bottle tops

242 replies

hopsalong · 25/08/2024 21:29

What is going on?
Why were we not told that from now on we will never drink from a bottle without the half-cocked still-attached top spraying water/ milk/ juice all over our fronts?

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Mrsdyna · 26/08/2024 11:10

Very annoying but just snap them off

HungryLittleCrocodile · 26/08/2024 11:08

BettyBardMacDonald · 26/08/2024 10:49

A little inconvenience to help the planet isn't a big ask.

ANOTHER ONE who doesn't get that some people find them difficult to use. Some people have disabilities and conditions that mean they really struggle with them. Have some compassion and understanding FGS! Hmm

HungryLittleCrocodile · 26/08/2024 11:07

Gall10 · 26/08/2024 10:19

If everyone put the tops in a recycling bin then these tops wouldn’t exist….but people don’t put them in bins, they end up in oceans & on beaches.
But aren't you great recycling yours!
I didn’t vote for the shit that’s brexit but I have to put up with it.

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WTF has Brexit got to do with it? Confused

SaintHonoria · 26/08/2024 10:54

I remove the lids by pulling or snipping off. It's a stupid idea to attach the lid.

BettyBardMacDonald · 26/08/2024 10:49

A little inconvenience to help the planet isn't a big ask.

Jellybeansweets · 26/08/2024 10:49

I recently came back to the UK after being in NZ for years and years, and assumed every bottled drink with those lids were faulty! Only after a few days did I realise they weren’t. Interesting as where I am in NZ you can’t recycle the lids, they have to be binned. In fact, if you put bottle caps in the recycling bin they can refuse to take your whole bin! (They do visual inspections now and again where they will quite literally pour out the whole recycling bin on the footpath, and go through it. I’ve known many people to not have their recycling emptied because of not following the rules)

It’s great the caps can be recycled in the UK though!

PinkyFlamingo · 26/08/2024 10:46

SauviGone · 25/08/2024 21:34

My hatred for these is on a par with paper straws.

Me to! I will also add the awful cardboard knife and fork I got in McDonalds when I was in holiday and ordered the pancakes and syrup breakfast meal, it was comical at first trying to saw through them and then it just got really annoying!

britneyisfree · 26/08/2024 10:45

SauviGone · 25/08/2024 21:34

My hatred for these is on a par with paper straws.

Same. Drives me insane

Getonwitit · 26/08/2024 10:43

longdistanceclaraclara · 25/08/2024 21:32

Hate them. Snap them off they leak. Don't snap them off poke you in the nose.

They don't poke you on the nose if you put the lid to the side of your mouth and use our index finger to keep the lid pressed down.

ttcat37 · 26/08/2024 10:37

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 10:29

I acknowledged all of your responses and explained what wouldn’t be possible, you chose to ignore the content of my responses. A learning difficulty isn’t a bad thing, therefore unless you think it is a bad thing it can’t be an insult.

Ignoring a persons responses isn’t helping them at all, its just showing you think you know best.

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No, you didn’t acknowledge all the content of my responses. Just like you, I’m not obliged to acknowledge every single point you write. And don’t try and flip this onto me. I’m offended that you used ‘learning difficulties’ as an insult, not that it was directed towards me. Nice try though. You’re not fooling anyone, it’s clear what you were trying to do.

BurnerName1 · 26/08/2024 10:34

NeverDropYourMooncup · 25/08/2024 22:22

I hate them because with the change, they are all much shallower and you have to apply greater force (and grip) on a far smaller area, which is utterly shit if you've got any form of arthritis affecting your hands or wrists. I wasn't impressed having a random 12 year old seeing me struggle and say 'I'll do that for you, Miss - my Dad and Nan can't do them either'.

Guess nobody's bothered about anyone disabled being able to access water or a sugary drink to treat a hypo.

Yes they really are much harder to open and I think you're right, it's because the bottle cap is much more shallow. I have neurological disease and I really struggle with them now,

AgileGreenSeal · 26/08/2024 10:33

Twicedaily · 25/08/2024 22:44

I’m baffled. There was even a programme on BBC about this hatred of the new bottle tops. What age are these people who struggle and hate them? They’re just new. Humans can adapt to them very quickly, they are simple and just need common sense. One step forward for recycling and the seas. Come on people you can do this!

“just need common sense “

and hands that aren’t riddled with arthritis!

the patronising comments towards disabled people on this thread are maddening 😡

Mumwithapub · 26/08/2024 10:31

Mum to an ASD 6 yr old who won't drink from them at all. It's different so it's not right in her mind.

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 10:29

ttcat37 · 26/08/2024 10:27

No, you knew what you were doing and it was very transparent. You also didn’t acknowledge parts of my responses but I didn’t try to use ‘learning difficulties’ as an insult against you. I have tried to help but you’ve been very insulting and I’m out.

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I acknowledged all of your responses and explained what wouldn’t be possible, you chose to ignore the content of my responses. A learning difficulty isn’t a bad thing, therefore unless you think it is a bad thing it can’t be an insult.

Ignoring a persons responses isn’t helping them at all, its just showing you think you know best.

Secretslimmer · 26/08/2024 10:28

Sirzy · 25/08/2024 21:56

Because they are harder to get back on the bottle they aren’t as easy to use which makes it harder for those with issues impacting dexterity

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Yes my elderly parents can’t manage them at all. I was out for drinks with them and a load of older relatives and scenes of confusion all round. I guess they don’t test them on the over 80s or indeed on those who aren’t that dexterous for any reason

ttcat37 · 26/08/2024 10:27

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 10:17

Yet you seemingly didn’t know what you were doing when you repeatedly ignored what you believed to be a disabled person wrote, while suggesting both you and others would know better than the person experiencing the problem.

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No, you knew what you were doing and it was very transparent. You also didn’t acknowledge parts of my responses but I didn’t try to use ‘learning difficulties’ as an insult against you. I have tried to help but you’ve been very insulting and I’m out.

Box24L · 26/08/2024 10:26

HungryLittleCrocodile · 25/08/2024 21:32

LOL I have noticed this! On mineral water bottles AND orange juice ones too.

I just snap them off. I HATE this. Makes it so awkward to drink from them!

What numpty thought of THIS?! The same tit who decided to change the Carte Noir/L'or coffee jars, from normal easy open jars with normal lids, to stupid jars with sweet-jar type lids that are almost impossible to open?!!!

Yes! Those coffee jar lids. I don’t even drink it but we have them at work. What an absolute pain 😂

KimKardashiansLostEarring · 26/08/2024 10:22

Gall10 · 26/08/2024 10:19

If everyone put the tops in a recycling bin then these tops wouldn’t exist….but people don’t put them in bins, they end up in oceans & on beaches.
But aren't you great recycling yours!
I didn’t vote for the shit that’s brexit but I have to put up with it.

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Not true apparently, even if they go in the recycling bin they fall through the sorting machine (🤷🏻‍♀️) and end up in general waste. Hence need to be attached to something bigger (the bottle).

Jaxhog · 26/08/2024 10:22

After one bottle didn't close properly and leaked all over the fridge, I now cut them off. But then I've never lost a top.

AgileGreenSeal · 26/08/2024 10:20

I hate them.
My elderly mother (87) finds them incredibly difficult to manage as she has arthritis in her hands.
It’s sheer nonsense.

Gall10 · 26/08/2024 10:19

HungryLittleCrocodile · 25/08/2024 21:33

3 posts in and already we have a snide and patronising response! 🙄

SOME people are quite capable of making sure the lids go in the recycle bin as well as the bottles!

And don't they realise that people will not just snap them off anyway?!

I do!!! And SHOCKER I manage to put the lid in the recycling bin - along with the bottle.

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If everyone put the tops in a recycling bin then these tops wouldn’t exist….but people don’t put them in bins, they end up in oceans & on beaches.
But aren't you great recycling yours!
I didn’t vote for the shit that’s brexit but I have to put up with it.

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 10:17

ttcat37 · 26/08/2024 10:14

Bullshit. You know what you were doing.

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Yet you seemingly didn’t know what you were doing when you repeatedly ignored what you believed to be a disabled person wrote, while suggesting both you and others would know better than the person experiencing the problem.

ttcat37 · 26/08/2024 10:14

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 10:12

I haven’t used it as an insult, its very common for people with a learning difficulty to find reading comprehension a challenge, have you not heard of dyslexia? The fact you ignored what I wrote, and at times invented things suggested you were likely having difficultly correctly processing what had been written, rather than choosing to purposely ignore what I wrote, ignore my replies and invent random things.

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Bullshit. You know what you were doing.

HungryLittleCrocodile · 26/08/2024 10:13

Sirzy · 26/08/2024 10:10

I don’t think you realise that your post came across as at best patronising and at worst quite ablist.

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100% this. ^

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 10:12

ttcat37 · 26/08/2024 10:09

You’re being really rude, I’ve tried to help and you’ve tried to throw insults veiled as concern. I’m out. Very unpleasant for you to try and use a ‘learning difficulty’ as an insult.

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I haven’t used it as an insult, its very common for people with a learning difficulty to find reading comprehension a challenge, have you not heard of dyslexia? The fact you ignored what I wrote, and at times invented things suggested you were likely having difficultly correctly processing what had been written, rather than choosing to purposely ignore what I wrote, ignore my replies and invent random things.