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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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ttcat37 · 26/08/2024 08:06

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 06:03

Ah, yes, because people with certain disabilities either don’t need to drink in your world, or simply don’t exist.

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They’re no different to the old bottle tops though except the lid is attached?

violetsparkle · 26/08/2024 07:57

ttcat37 · 25/08/2024 22:43

I haven’t tried one of those sorry- I meant the generic bottle of pop/ water like you get with a meal deal

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I'll see if I can manage one of them thank you

violetsparkle · 26/08/2024 07:55

What I find disappointing is the lack of thought how this would affect those of us who may ALREADY struggle with opening bottles.

Vettrianofan · 26/08/2024 07:13

Silly me 🙈 genuinely thought Lidl lemonade bottles had a manufacturing fault with their bottles all summer...now I know why! Thanks OP for starting this thread.

LivingDeadGirlUK · 26/08/2024 06:34

Am I in the only council area that says you cant recycle the lids so they must be removed?

Willoo · 26/08/2024 06:31

I hate it as well. I can never get it out back on properly. Now I immediately pull the cap off. Much better

longlocks · 26/08/2024 06:30

Just snap cap off. The only time I probably leave the cap attached is on the plane as lost the cap before and Jet 2’s cup holders don’t hold bottles. Which was awkward.

MultiplaLight · 26/08/2024 06:18

Those of you reusing plastic bottles, just buy an actual reusable water bottle. Don't get your attitude about that.

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 06:10

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!

Care to explain how someone with arthrogryposis can easily open and close these bottles? Can common sense now cure disabilities?

Simonjt · 26/08/2024 06:03

ttcat37 · 25/08/2024 22:01

I’m not sure what the fuss is. You just open the lid and kind of pop it back and it stays there. You drink like normal. I have never had an issue and I can’t imagine how it could be an issue

Ah, yes, because people with certain disabilities either don’t need to drink in your world, or simply don’t exist.

Ariela · 26/08/2024 00:29

Whole segment on Radio 4 the other day. I'm not a buyer of drinks in plastic bottles so have yet to come across an attached one, but apparently once opened. you push the lid as far as you can and it 'clicks' so it stays away from your face.

DBSFstupid · 26/08/2024 00:25

HungryLittleCrocodile · 25/08/2024 22:51

There's 'hatred on them' because they're annoying and confusing and difficult for some people. And my age is mid 50s ... What's your point?! I find them difficult to open and difficult to put the lid back on, and it's awkward to drink out of. I have quite painful joints in my hands/fingers, and am finding them a bit of a faff and a fiddle, and jarring for my joints.

Lots of people have got disabilities and conditions and things like dyspraxia and are struggling with them. It's really patronising, rather ableist, and quite rude to say 'what age of these people who are complaining?' Like suggesting they're a toddler or something!

Yes, I do think it's really good that they're trying to help the environment. and I do hope people get used to them, but they really, really need to make the lids easier to open and close, the strip holding the lid on needs to be longer, and it all needs to be more user friendly. So many people complaining cannot be wrong, so I don't think this patronising, snide, offensive attitude is helping anyone.

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DBSFstupid · 26/08/2024 00:17

loropianalover · 25/08/2024 21:34

They’re hard to twist close again. I had a bottle of 7UP while I was sick recently, I had twisted it but it must have not tightened, and spilled all over the bed. V annoying.

Same ... thought i had closed the lid. It leaked all over my laptop. Pissed off isnt the word for it!!
Some dickhead would have got a big fat bonus for designing these.

Litlgreyrabbit · 25/08/2024 23:37

can I have a photo please as I have absolutely no idea what lids you are all talking about?

Nat6999 · 25/08/2024 23:26

Snap one of the two tags off, it makes it easier to put the top back on tight.

HungryLittleCrocodile · 25/08/2024 23:26

FriendlyRobin · 25/08/2024 23:24

aside

Does anyone else share my hate for the tern "beverages". When did it become so common/take off as a term?? I don't
"offer someone a beverage" I offer a drink.

Beverage beverage beverage... Shudder.

I don't think I ever say that, or know anyone who does. It is jarring though! 😖

cherish123 · 25/08/2024 23:25

They are very difficult to get off.

FriendlyRobin · 25/08/2024 23:24

aside

Does anyone else share my hate for the tern "beverages". When did it become so common/take off as a term?? I don't
"offer someone a beverage" I offer a drink.

Beverage beverage beverage... Shudder.

HungryLittleCrocodile · 25/08/2024 23:24

Oblomov24 · 25/08/2024 23:20

I completely hate them too. More people will be snapping them off than ever before, so how is that helping?

Exactly! That's what I have been doing. I wasn't aware it was for environmental reasons - so I will ensure the lid is screwed back on very firmly now before I pop it in the plastic waste bin. (Just as it would be if it was attached.) I think as long as you pop the lid back on firmly when you're done, I don't see why you can't just snap it off while you use the bottle/while you're drinking out of it.

brunettemic · 25/08/2024 23:23

Some of them you can open it and then pull the lid back across the top so it points down the other side rather than sticks up on its original side.
To be honest, it’s better for recycling and stops/reduces people just dropping them…it’s only necessary because people don’t take responsibility themselves.

Oblomov24 · 25/08/2024 23:20

I completely hate them too. More people will be snapping them off than ever before, so how is that helping?

tapdancingmum · 25/08/2024 23:20

What happens to all the tops they take off the bottles when you go to Wembley for a concert or football? Do they recycle those somewhere?

I don't mind them, but they are a bugger to get off when you want a spare lid for Wembley and other places that nick your lid.

Mabelthebore · 25/08/2024 23:19

I thought it was an EU thing. We've had it in Ireland for a while. Thought Brexit might mean the UK would not have to do it?

I found it quite annoying at first but getting used to it now. I can understand the environmental reasoning behind it. Maybe we're all a bit clumsy in my house but there has definitely been more milk spilled here since these tops were introduced. Although in the past DH never put the lid back on drinks, so thankfully these new lids have put an end to that.

MumblesParty · 25/08/2024 23:13

It’s counterproductive for me, because I generally use bottles multiple times, and only throw them in the recycle bin when they’re pretty battered. Now I have to cut the kids off and trim off the sharp plastic edges before I can re-use them, which is a bit of a pain.