"The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half-pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chillies, a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert. Right, and there should also be two or three newpapers, all mail and messages, a telephone, a notebook for planning the next twenty-four hours and at least one source of good music. All of which should be dealt with outside, in the warmth of a hot sun, and preferably stone naked."

Hunter S. Thompson on breakfast

Chairman's Challenge

I am much mocked for this  but it doesn't stop family members exclaiming "Chairman's Challenge" whenever they can't open a particular piece of packaging.

In 2003, I wrote to the BBC proposing a new TV programme called Chairman's Challenge. Each week, the chairman of a different company would be invited on to the show and asked to extract a product (if indeed that was possible without breaking it) from its packaging. This would provide good PR for the company involved (if handled correctly), much amusement and schadenfreude for the audience and a rapid improvement in packaging standards - win, win, win! Did I get a reply? No I didn't but then I have no idea what the BBC's policy is when it comes to acknowledging viewers' suggestions

This article states that according to a report from Nottingham University, most accidents in the UK occur when consumers give up trying to open difficult packages conventionally. They resort to using a knife or scissors. Each year 60,000 of them require hospital treatment after injuring themselves opening difficult packaging. This costs the National Health Service about 12 million pounds

I'm not sure whether supermarkets and shops have a duty to dispose of unwanted packaging if the consumer requests it but if they don't then that is a pity. Nothing would improve packaging more quickly than the supermarkets having the liability a) to open the items and b) to dispose of the often excessive wrapping. The squeals of pain would go right to the production room floor