European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 modern living Lyric Hampson associated press Spray cans that wont Spray and cookies that easy open Cartons that cause us to plastic wrap that to the Roll stubbornly clings these Are a few of our least favorite that was the conclusion of a Survey that asked con Sumers to rate their annoyance with packages that say tear Here but dont with Rolls of toilet paper that cant be unfurled without a Cascade of tissue and with 18 other misadventures in product Warwick compiled its list of 20 top packaging peeves based on 500 Telephone interviews with homemakers earlier this then homemakers were mailed questionnaires and asked to indicate whether they found each Peeve very somewhat annoying or not about that a very Good Bernard Warwick research this is something people Are interested if you go into supermarkets you would have heard this All the top Peeve in the which was unveiled in an Issue of Consumers was Spray cans that wont which 93 percent rated very next came Cartons that leak at 81 percent and cans with tear off tabs that Cut fingers at 75 packages marked cents off that Arent any cheaper were deemed very annoying by 73 followed by packages saying push Here or tear Here that dont work and often break fingernails at 67 sixty five percent said they were very an noyed by cookie boxes containing crushed and 63 percent had ill will toward plastic wrap that Sticks so you lose the the top 10 was rounded out by Drippy meat packages at 62 percent and toilet tissue that you cant unroll without ripping several feet of tissue at 61 the Bottom half of terrible 20 included such enduring complaints As cant Tell How fresh a product is because it is not dated 52 percent and resealable packages that cant be resealed 48 the Mounty measures the intensity rather than the frequency of the although Spray cans May work most of the those that dont cause the most Mounty said almost All the problems cited could be but some at More Cost that stopping cookies from for might mean expensive retooling at the factory where they arc but Mounty said he already had noticed improvement on Peeve number coupons where you cant find the expiration which annoyed 37 per cent of homemakers very in the last few months Treyve been moving the Date up so its easier to see at the checkout he Mounty said he was surprised by the comparatively mild distress caused by not knowing what additives mean number with 43 percent very annoyed and food packages that dont show nutritional information with 31 activist groups always say the consumer is dying for this but when you get Down to it they care much More about convenience and the he Mounty also said he was surprised that his own pet packaging too much breading on fish was rated very annoying by Only 38 i cant explain he i guess its just a personal beating the monday blues by Mary Kane United press International 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dinner on monday rather than sunday to avoid the pos weekend the Booklet also contains addresses and phone num Bers of counselling agencies and other places where the depressed can turn for copies of Blue monday Are available from the Tri county Board of mental 3130 Dixie Erm Bombeck want to know the thought that ran through my mind As i Knelt beside my new husband on our wedding Day staring into one another eyes i were going to let his hair grow i hated that it made him look like a shag Rug that had just been in a couple of he  look like the same at the reception As i watched him with his poker playing buddies across the i say Good Bye to the single from Here on its just the two of us watching sunsets and holding hands at the no More tour group All that is about to at dinner that night i smiled in anticipation of How his eating habits were going to i came from a family that considered Gravy a he loved veg which i considered decorative i  imagine spending the rest of my life with a Man who had never had dumplings for in the weeks that i knew my work was Cut out for he was slow and this drove me i would have to figure out a Way to step up the Carburettor of his sometimes i would wait in the car for 10 or 15 minutes while he cleaned out the Medicine Chest and re locked the 1 would fix his personal habits needed he never put the Cap on a ballpoint pen in his life so that it dried out and had to be and the not Only was he left handed and Hung up the phone but he had an annoying habit of answering it and talking for hours and never telling me who he was talking to or what they i always had to beg for but i would change All of in the years that i never there was the matter of his Winter and he never packed anything i had to make him under stand that changing clothes with the seasons was As traditional As Apple pie and the Buzzards returning to of 1 had to make him More aggressive and to get excited Over something when i got that want asking too the stubborn of had to i could make him Cave in by crying and saying he was insensitive to my piece of or was i told him the other night that in 35 years of dedication and perseverance he still has every Man habit and personality trait that drives me i have changed absolutely nothing he so i wont Wear the seersucker suit next i cant believe id marry a wimp c los Angeles times Syndicate