Every time Kevin unscrews a new bottle of Kraft salad dressing, the sharp plastic hinge cuts him. This is good to know if you’re in a supermarket and need to show another shopper that you’re not to be messed with. It’s also good to know if you’re trying to unscrew a Kraft dressing bottle, we guess.
Kevin writes:
I seem to have a problem opening Kraft salad dressing bottles with the flip top cap. The last few bottles I have purchased ripped my finger open when I tried to open them, it happened again today in the work kitchen and I had several co-workers mention that they have been cut in the exact same way by these packages.
The problem seems to be in the flip cap. The hinge on the cap is razor sharp, which is not a problem when flipping open the cap. The problem is when you have to screw off the cap to remove the tamper resistant seal on the bottle. To do this you have to twist the bottle cap running your fingers over the razor sharp hinge resulting in a cut almost every time.
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Kevin, add me to the house of pain! I sliced my finger open on my last bottle of Kraft dressing, too. You just don’t expect an unyielding plastic hinge when you’re getting ready to dig into your salad. I wonder why Kraft had to improve their hinges…was there a problem with screw-off?
Kraft should either rethink their packaging, or include a DVD with step-by-step instructions on how to open their product without slicing your hand to ribbons.
I think the reporter should be grateful that he wasn’t opening the bottle with his teeth. If it had slipped, it could have sliced his jugular, or . . . decapitated him altogether.
The issue isn’t whether or not you can avoid slicing your hand open when opening the top. The issue is why is it even possible to slice your hand open.
Do all of you really think they can’t come up with a bottle that doesn’t have a sharp edge?
On a semi-related note: Does anyone else have trouble opening the “easy open” jars of Hellmann’s mayonnaise? I swear the damn thing actually gets harder to open each time.
I got the shit cut out of me once from one of those anti theft metal deals that was sealed inside the cardboard of a 2 pack of D-Cell Energizers.
Yeah a 2 pack.
Wow. I’m looking at a lot of these comments which essentially blame the consumer. Fail. Even if this weren’t such a litigious society, it’s still well within reason to expect that opening a condiment bottle without learning some freakishly proprietary mechanics won’t lacerate your hand.
Since personal injury lawsuits are so frequent, Corporations absolutely know that if they missed a safety issue in a product’s packaging, they’re gonna hear about it. And aside from consumer plaintiffs who go overboard putting a price on their suffering, this type of squeaky wheel usually effects positive change.
That’s what wives are for.
there is a tab you the label you are supposed to peel before attempting to unscrew the cap
the direction is even visible in the posted image
happens to me with 2 liters and 20oz sodas. every damn time i slice my finger on one.
Check out Jar Glove.
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Huh, I have nothing but Kraft dressings (my Favorite is the tangy and sweet Catalina) and I have never had this happen once.
Maybe Kevin is doing it wrong?
On a side note, I have several dressings, but no salad.
I dont think someone being unable to open their salad dressing is a consumer issue.
Is it me, or does it seem like the stories posted to this site have….changed..
Dr. it hurts when I do this…
I have opened numerous bottles of Kraft Salad dressing and never once have I been cut.
My suggestion is to watch what you are doing while you are opening the bottle.
i opened one recently and didn’t notice the problem. i take the liberty of peeling off the sticker first so it won’t be as difficult though.
@undefined:
A buddy of mine got jumped by a bottle of Heinz sauce last month. It carved a big ’57′ on his forehead.
@Murph1908:
better than a ‘Z’ I guess
How can he do this I open two to three bottles a week and never have cut myself. We eat a lot of salad and use a lot of KRAFT dressing, even when my wife never cuts herself..
I have to say I’m a bit skeptical. I guess I’ll have to go buy a bottle of ranch and test it out.
We need to give Kraft a good dressing down over this.
Getting some of those fingerless biker gloves would make you look pretty sweet opening your bottle, while protecting your hands.
Why is the OP not following the instructions on the bottle, which are clearly visible in his own picture?
THanks for the warning! I cut my thumb open one time trying to seperate frozen hamburger patties. I’d probably sever an artery with this. Yeah, I’m clumsy.
You see where it says “Easy open seal”? You have to peel open that part first.
This used to happen to me whenever I opened Gatorade (G) bottles. I used to love Gatorade, but when it started trying to kill me, it was time to stop drinking it.
That should happen to anyone who is thinking of putting thousand island on a burger, that shit is just WRONG.
Dude, you’re doing it wrong.
Cut me once, shame on you. Cut me everytime I open a bottle of salad dressing, shame on me.
Alternate director’s cut ending: Cut me once, shame on you. Cut me everytime I open a bottle of salad dressing… ya can’t cut me again.
@yevarechecha
Gatorade bottles are the hardest to open. I got food poisoning in college and had my roommate buy some Gatorade for me. I tried to open one when she wasn’t home, gave myself blisters trying to open it for twenty minutes while suffering the food poisoning induced death feeling and then had to crawl across the hall (literally because I was so weak) to knock on multiple neighbors’ doors to find someone to open it for me.
Gatorade turned me into a pathetic, blistery handed mess.
Seriously?