No what brain-dead idiot came up with that idea. At least one full scoop of coffee left in the can and you CAN'T get it out. Only way I know is to vacuum it out, but then it'd be inside the dust bag.

And another thing. My wife has been buying toothpaste in these little plastic flip-top containers. You know how much toothpaste remains in those darn things after you get out all you can get out. Even then you have to turn the dang thing upside down, bang it in the palm of your hand and the flip the top and squeeze. Man, give me those old tubes any day. You can roll those dudes up tight and get darn near every last drop of tootpaste out of those.

Now, Malted milk balls. THAT'S PACKAGING at its best. Just pop that box open like an old milk carton and start pouring. They roll out of there so easy and there's never one left in the bottom.

Just more rantings on the wasteful packaging of products.

Light bulbs - no wasteful packing there. Ice cream either.

My absolute favorite, though, is the Delonghi coffee maker my Mom gave us for Christmas. It's like the only coffee maker we could find with an insulated carafe (DH drinks his at least an hour and a half before I get up & re-heated coffee sucks) and a delayed brew (DH, who NEEDS coffee, isn't functional enough to actually MAKE coffee in the mornings) that produces really hot coffee (which is just better than luke warm coffee). So, for $200, my Mom buys us this lovely, sleek, wonderfully functional Italian coffeemaker. Guess what? The d@mned carafe is shaped in such a way that the laws of physics prohibit pouring anything out of it without the liquid dribbling down the outside of the pot onto the counter. We have to pour our coffee over the sink. And, at the same time, the design somehow keeps you from getting the last tablespoon or so of liquid out of the carafe. I haven't figured out why yet, but there is ALWAYS coffee (or water when you wash it) left in the carafe, even after you remove the lid and turn it completely upside down. I swear, I think it probably took a team of engineers months to come up with such a poor design.

gas cans
why all the hassle of taking the spout off then
putting it all back together?
What about another opening for the gas nozzle?

Why does oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid,
power steering fluid, water for the radiator, windshield cleaner & gas all have seperate places to refill?
It would be much simpler to have one opening where
things go where they are needed.

Why isn't there some way to seal caulk great stuff
and like materials so that you don't have to use
them all or they will harden & you have to buy more?

Why don't more stores keep thier soft drinks in
those freestanding beer containers with ice?
Do they really think a cooler with NO DOOR keeps
things cold? What a waste of energy, they should
be penalized!

Why does my utility company charge me 10.29 cents
per kilowatt hour & my neighbor who uses 3x the Kwh
only 5.2??? I am being overcharged for being energy
efficient. If I had 100,000. I would get off the grid
& sell my excess to them for .35 per Kwh like they charge
us at peak usage.( pet peeve & my utility provider
contracts thier work out to me!)

A good thing I saw was Coors or some beer mfg
has plastic bottles & the box is used as an ice
chest...need diet coke that way!

i'm not a mechanic, but would you really want to mix all that stuff up? i mean, water in the oil probably isn't good.

"Why isn't there some way to seal caulk great stuff
and like materials so that you don't have to use
them all or they will harden & you have to buy more? "

they make a little rubber thingie for this....

I WILL NOT buy beer in a plastic bottle.

Same thing with mayonnaise. Somehow, a square plastic box of mayo (Kraft, which I don't buy) just seems sooooo wrong. I'm even a bit sick that my favorite mayo, Blue Plate, now comes in a plastic jar - even if it's identical to the old glass one with the exception of material.

Personally, I can't drink water from anything but glass (unless it's bottled water... go figure).

So Mizzou, where does your wife buy your tootpaste ?

Tell her what she's won, Bob...

BTW, we love that coffee pot, it just keeps blinking "self clean" at me now. I just shut it off and then on again to make that blinky light go away :)

I do have the rubber thingy for tubes
and sometimes it works!

I also like my beer in a bottle, but thought
it was an interesting concept!
Too many cut feet from glass in the sand!
Maybe plastic on the beach is not such a
bad idea..

I don't get the whole coffee thing.
Not a coffee drinker, but every morning
after SO has his coffee I end up cleaning
the top of the pot, the burner thingy, and the
front of the coffee machine. (and counter)
Maybe he isn't as sloppy as I thought,
then again....

Oh well, still a good coffee pot :)

Since we seem to be talking about absolutely nothing on a number of threads, I'll add my nothing to this spot. Today I bought a new sunscreen ~ I'm always looking for the Utopia of sunscreens. Anway, I bought this spray-on Coppertone stuff that says it's No Rub. I've bought sprays in the past and hated them because they squirt goopy stuff all over your clothes, the floor, etc, and you still have to rub them in. So this new No Rub is fabulous! It comes out clear and sprays in a mist and it truly doesn't need rubbing. Good, clear coverage that soaked in after a few seconds. I'm hooked. The only downside is that is definitely smells like Coppertone, which isn't so great for everyday use. There you have it, free advertising for the Coppertone company, to which I promise you I have absolutely no connection.

And have you considered what Toot-paste might look like, by the way?

I imagine Toot-paste would look a lot like the stuff in the litter box.

Since you brought it up, why do most bras hook in the back? That seems rather counter-intuitive to me. And yes, I believe this is a packaging question and on topic. :)