Had anyone ever successfully peeled the plastic off the top of a packet of supermarket meat?

[DancingGiraffes]

Anyone?? Opened a pack of chicken breasts from the supermarket to cook for dinner. Usually I stab at it with a knife because I can never peel the top off. Thought I’d try again. Nothing. Don’t give me a corner flap to pull if it’s not going to work.

Is there a secret I’m missing? Or have the packaging designers all got together to make it impossible for their own amusement?

Nope. The corner flaps are purely for decoration in my experience.

I'm collecting clubcard points to have enough to trade in for bionic fingers.

Glad it’s not just me @doctorhamster

I don’t shop in Tesco @MutteringDarkly. How many points will I need? And will the bionic fingers also work on opening weetabix so I don’t spill wheaty crumbs everywhere?

I will happily peel off all the edging including the corner and then realise that the cellophane is still firmly in place.

It’s one of those things that’s not fit for purpose but that everyone just accepts

It's the law you can't. Or, if it does miraculously come away at the corner it will shred into strips instead of actually coming off. I think I've managed it once and believed it must have been a faulty pack as there was no star in the east or choirs of angels when it happened.

@iklboo I’m impressed that it sounds like you still attempt it every time, despite knowing what the outcome will be. Maybe the powers that be were rewarding your optimism...

They give me the rage, completely pointless.

Yes but I shop in Waitrose.

Even my greedy bastard cat, who can rip open a packet of Dreamies could never open a packet of supermarket meat. I think even Edward Scissorhands would struggle

Yes but I shop in Waitrose.

Ah, so your staff open them for you?

The Waitrose packets are exactly the same?! Or was that a joke?

I took it as a joke.

Yes. A couple of times.

Managed to fling cold meats across the kitchen counter doing it, though.

I don't think I even tried in the past two decades .

So glad I’m not alone. I’ve used superglue with less sticking power than a meat packet!

I shop in Waitrose and the packaging is just as impenetrable.

@JuliaJohnston

The Waitrose packets are exactly the same?! Or was that a joke?

I was serious. Mind you I’ve got a pack of chicken tikka in the kitchen waiting to prove me wrong 🤨

So annoying. Also if you are not using a whole pack they are not resealable. Worst packaging ever. Apart from those ones made from super hard plastic that they use to package things that don’t need packaging - like tape measures or sellotape dispensers. The ones that you have to cut open with scissors (which are probably encased in hard plastic packaging).

Not with any degree of success, no.

Nope but I'm rubbish with packets in general. Sauce sachets, crisp packets anything like, I'm awful at getting into

Nope but I'm rubbish with packets in general. Sauce sachets, crisp packets anything like, I'm awful at getting into

I once punched myself in the face trying to open a sauce packet.

No but I have managed a pack of ham before now proud

In my efficient, design-driven country of origin, yes. In the UK, no.