Plastic Packaging

Why does plastic packaging have to be so FREAKING hard to open? You would think with all of the inventions and design developments over the last few decades we could come up with a less annoying way of packaging a product. New razors, replacement electric toothbrush heads, electronic gadgets... you name it - they are all guilty of it. I wish all these products would come with a new pair of scissors since I have probably broken about 5 pair of my own while attempting to stab and cut into the obnoxious plastic. On top of it, while stabbing and ripping the package, I'm scared out of my mind that I'm going to get a brutal "plastic cut" (think paper cut only much MUCH worse). I can't be alone in finding this whole process incredibly annoying.

Not only do I hate the type of plastic packaging mentioned above, but the less obtrusive style of plastic packaging also hits a nerve. Packs of gum, new DVDs, new video games -- although often times there is a little tab or plastic strip to help you along in the opening process, it seems as if this little convenience manages to always hide from my sight. I just want to play my new video game -- I don't want to sit here spending 5 minutes getting it open and then having to deal with the produced static causing the plastic to stick to me and the case!

So this is a call to all of you bright designers & engineers out there. Can we PLEASE come up with solution to the annoyance of plastic packaging??? Both me and my broken scissors thank you in advance.