# How am I supposed to open this package? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472 "2025-02-18T23:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/1 "2025-02-18T23:06:37Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/sK5Cdld.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/g0yLyb8) I received these delicious Swiss chocolates in a baffling package, so I just ripped the lid off with a pliers. Is that what one is supposed to do? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/2 "2025-02-18T23:14:10Z")
Or scissors. Teeth in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/3 "2025-02-18T23:40:24Z")
Seems very user unfriendly. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/4 "2025-02-18T23:46:44Z")
That preview does not do justice to the actual photo. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/5 "2025-02-18T23:48:58Z")
Yeah, imgur is kind of broken. Sometimes I get the correct aspect ratio, but most times it’s squashed. It used to work correctly. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/U6QtP5e.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/U6QtP5e) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/6 "2025-02-18T23:50:17Z")
They telescope apart > **[Läderach on Instagram‎: "Our FrischSchoggi Sticks are now also available in a...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtOWjLAgKD0/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet)** > > 36 likes, 0 comments - laderach\_qatar on June 8, 2023‎: "Our FrischSchoggi Sticks are now also available in a box featuring exclusively dark chocolate varieties!🤎 > > جديد بوكس أصابع FrischSchoggi بالشوكولاتة الداكنة 😍 > > Price: QAR280 > Order online... ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/7 "2025-02-18T23:51:35Z")
Wow. That is completely non-obvious from the packaging. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/8 "2025-02-19T00:11:23Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Yeah, imgur is kind of broken. Sometimes I get the correct aspect ratio, but most times it’s squashed. It used to work correctly. Nope, you posted the link to the album that the photo is in, which is the first link you get when you first click on your photo. You have to click on the photo again to get the link to the actual photo. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/9 "2025-02-19T00:15:26Z")
I can only get it to work correctly if I post two or more photos (like my second post). If there’s only one photo, the link never works correctly. If you have a way around this, I’m listening… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/10 "2025-02-19T00:24:31Z")
I see the chocolate is gone. Good job. You were successful. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/11 "2025-02-19T00:34:23Z")
It almost seems like the kind of thing you might discover by accident, as the bottom part falls away (taking the delicious chocolate to its floory doom) while you’re angrily amputating the top part. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/12 "2025-02-19T01:18:34Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > If you have a way around this, I’m listening… Exactly what needscoffee said: Album vs picture [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/sK5Cdld.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/g0yLyb8) [![](https://i.imgur.com/sK5Cdld.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sK5Cdld.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/13 "2025-02-19T01:19:32Z")
Also, for what it’s worth, just about the label is, what appears to be, a pull tab. Does that release the two sections? [![](https://i.imgur.com/iHvgzNx.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/iHvgzNx.png) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/14 "2025-02-19T01:24:34Z")
Yeah, I tore the label off and it opened up. Would have been nice to have some instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/15 "2025-02-19T01:39:55Z")
Remember that redstring that was on individual band-aid papers…? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472/16 "2025-02-19T01:58:51Z")
I _know_ you have an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel. What was the problem?