I have no hand/finger disabilities. I am under 70. Yet, I continually struggle with the packages listed below. Is it just me? Or are these things designed by people with freakishly strong, agile, and nimble hands? Or, maybe they are designed by Edward Scissor-hands?

Here are the worst offenders, in no particular order.

1) Containers with plastic seals on the outside.

These include salad containers and their ilk:

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The containers themselves are fine. What bothers me is the plastic seal that they usually have around the edges of the lid. Nearly impossible to break without a knife, pair of scissors, or other such implement.

Contact solution and others of this variety:

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See above. Nearly impossible to rip of without scissors; nearly impossible to remove with scissors/knife unless they are tiny. Annoying as hell when you already have your contacts removed, in their case, waiting for their saline bath.

2) Containers with inner seals:

Sabra hummus comes with a plastic seal inside the container, but the attached tab to pull it off isn’t strong enough. So you break the tab, and then are forced to dig in with a knife.

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Of a similar genre,

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Yogurt containers and similar plastic containers with a tinfoil seal. Often very sticky. The tab often rips off.

3) Of course, childproof containers that are also adultproof:

Variations include:

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Mouthwash. You have to squeeze the lid together, then twist.

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Pill containers. Also annoying.The lining up part, I get, the snapping off part can be hard.

4) Sticky cardboard packages. I think they use crazy glue.

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Easy to use, not easy to open. Trust me.

And finally, the piece de resistance,

5) Plastic packages from hell

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And this variation, the sticky-as-hell cardboard container: