How do you unwrap a single blank compact disc? Seriously, is there a simple way to do it? - The packing is so tightly shrink wrapped that it is impossible to find a loose edge. There is no pull tab for access. Nothing.

Imagine three relatively sane people desperately needing a blank disc and running around looking for a knife or sharp edge to unwrap the compact disc. That’s the ‘lowlight’ of my morning.

So, I was curious whether other people had to deal with this madness. I found an article by Jan Benzel about this problem. The article was written in 1996!

“…Mr. McCracken, 35, a computer scientist and music enthusiast, hit upon the idea of the opener about a year ago, designed it and got it patented in January. He started a little company in the spare bedroom of his San Fernando Valley, Calif., home to distribute the product.”

link: Unseal CD’s Without Coming Unglued

I hope that Mr McCracken is now extremely rich. But why is a special tool needed to access a compact disc? I am willing to bet that if cigarettes were sealed in this manner that some people would give up smoking. - Stuff like this just makes me cranky!

Catherine

Tags: packaging, compact disc, special tool, shrink wrap, jan benzel