Anyone working in the Barcelona Nut Co. peanut factory lose a box cutter? A North Carolina teen has found it, blade extended, in his bag of nuts.
“I’m not trying to cause trouble for anybody,” his mother told Star News. “A child could have opened that bag of peanuts and, without even thinking, stuck their hand in there.” The teen walked right back into the store and swapped the bag for a new one not containing any box cutters. The family has tried to call the nut company but every time they do the number is busy, as, presumably, they’re tied up looking for missing office supplies.
Box cutter found in bag of peanuts from Leland store [Star News] (Thanks to Liz!)
More From Consumerist
-
Target Sent Me Free Stuff! Too Bad It Was An Open Box Cutter
-
Don’t Know How To Create A Pat Of Butter? Help Is Here
-
Comcast Entices Cord Cutter Back, Can’t Manage To Ship Him A Box
-
Did You Buy A $23K Wedding Ring For $10 At A Garage Sale? Because This Guy Needs It Back
-
Kids Worldwide Still Snarfing Detergent Pods Like Candy
WOW, This is NUT’s!!!!!
I see what you did there*
*I do not support 4chan…
If I found an extended blade in my bag of nuts, I’d be completely shell shocked.
That’s a little messed up (and by a little, I mean a lot) – she’s not doing the typical American Money Grubbing Mom thing and making a stink about it. But for something like THIS, if she did – I would NOT hold it against her. Holy crap!
This is the first evidence that a bag of peanuts can cause death on an airplane. They’re obviously putting together a terror plot. No one would suspect box cutters in the peanuts.
ding ding ding ding! Today’s Winner of the Internet is partofme.
So now there will be no peanuts. And who profits/wanted that?
Box Cutter in a Peanut Bag was an inside job!
OMG can you imagine what would have happened if hey had tried to carry that onto a plane without knowing what was inside? I once travelled within Italy with no carry-on, all I had was a bag of chips and they put it through the x-ray machine all by itself. My friend was cracking up when she was waiting past security, wondering where I was, and a single 60g bag of potato chips came out of the x-ray machine.
Keep those razorblades far away from my nutbag.
I recall when I was about 5…I found something that looked like a stick of gum in a drawer. It was hard to open, so I had to pull hard. Turns out it was a razorblade that came wrapped in paper. Got a nice sliced finger out of that one.
Someone’s going to lose their nutjob.
“A North Carolina teen has found it, blade extended, in his bag of nuts. “
That pretty much sums it up in a nutshell.
Box cutters+nutsacks=bad juju
I think this is the only time a peanut has actually been dangerous.
I’m very impressed that Ben managed to avoid using the phrase “nut sack” in this post. That took more self-control than I clearly have.
This is exactly why my parents ate my Halloween candy.
Same… I never got my own halloween candy until I was 14.
Then I’d go out and people would say “aren’t you a little too old to be trick or treating?” then I’d cry and tell them I was never allowed to have my own halloween candy growing up and my family stole it from me and they’d dump like.. half the bowl of candy in my bag.
I went trick or treating with pillow cases that year….
it was a good year….
How would this scenario have worked out if — on the way to the airport they stopped for a bag of nuts, tossed them in their carry on and headed for security………
Poorly.
I wonder what kind of resolution they expect after calling the manufacturer and the media, without being in possession of the bag or the box cutter anymore.
I’m sorry, but she lost me as soon as she went the “THINK OF THE CHILDREN” route.
+1
my nut sack hurts reading that story
“I’m not trying to cause trouble for anybody,” his mother told Star News.
Then why don’t you STFU? Mistakes on packing lines happen and really, this is no big deal. But by all means, run to the newspaper and get your fifteen minutes of fame.
seriously? an effing box cutter was in a bag of food. How is that no big deal?
A couple things… aren’t bags weighed before shipping and discarded if over/under? Seems the addition of the cutter would’ve caused a bit of an issue. But even disregarding that, the bag looks quite thin, so throughout shipping and the person putting it on the shelf, not once did the extended blade puncture the bag?
I’m just wary because too many times these incidents are fake.
21 year old men are not kids. Unless you are a really old man or maybe a well-seasoned baseball coach, or both.
That said, it sounds like he picked up someone’s hoax. Not sure if a thin plastic bag would hold up well in shipping and handling with an exposed blade in it.
RAZOR BLADE FOUND IN BOY’S NUTSACK – DETAILS AT 11
It’s fairly common for companies that produce bagged goods to pass everything through a magnetic station to ensure there aren’t any metal fragments in the packaging, especially when they process foods that require husking or removing shells. I wonder if this isn’t being done here?
And all I got was a stupid packet of washable tattoo’s in my Cracker Jacks. =(