Oh, for fuck's sake.
What idiot designed this DVD case? Honestly, who designed it? It's US patent No 5788068 (it would have to be, because no other country in the world would design a case you can't open and then shrink wrap it). I want to know who designed it, so I can stick the fucking security bar in their eye.
kelemvor bought me a DVD of the BBC dramatisation of Tipping the Velvet when I told him I was reading the book. I got it out to watch it about 20 minutes ago and removed the shrink wrapping. I then attempted to open the case. It didn't budge. I applied a bit more pressure, since they sometimes stick, and it still didn't budge. Then I noticed the big red clip in the gap in the middle.
"Ok," I thought. "They've clipped it together so that it doesn't come apart. That makes some sense, I suppose."
So, I reached for a fine-tipped screwdriver I had on my desk, and tried to lever it out to no avail. About here I started to lose my patience with it. After about 2 minutes more of fighting with the bastard thing, I managed to lift the clip up enough to prise the case apart, though not before I managed to snap the fucking thing just above the clip.
After actually getting the case open, I removed the sleeve to stop it getting damaged and noticed that the clip was actually a bar that goes right through underneath the disc.
So, I tried to remove the bar, which indignantly refused to budge. I tried to press the clip at the centre of the disc down to remove it, but the bar was preventing me from doing this. I turned the idiot-designed thing around a few more times and tried to figure out a way to get this stupid bar out of the case and evenutally gave up.
My final solution?
Cut the fucking box in half (with a large chunk of it flying off and landing somewhere behind my desk) and the disc 'magically' falls out. Now I have to go and buy a case for this DVD because the case it came in was more secure than Fort-fucking-Knox.
I mean, for fuck's sake, I could understand if the security bar hadn't been removed in the store if they were kept bare on the shelves, but the fucking thing was shrink-wrapped!!
Also, which idiot thought a box like this was a good idea?! What happened to the exoskeleton boxes which we all know and 'love' and can reuse, unlike this stupid Yankee wastes of plastic?
Urgh!
P.S: Don't worry, kelemvor - the disc's not damaged. :p I'm watching it at the moment. :)
kelemvor bought me a DVD of the BBC dramatisation of Tipping the Velvet when I told him I was reading the book. I got it out to watch it about 20 minutes ago and removed the shrink wrapping. I then attempted to open the case. It didn't budge. I applied a bit more pressure, since they sometimes stick, and it still didn't budge. Then I noticed the big red clip in the gap in the middle.
"Ok," I thought. "They've clipped it together so that it doesn't come apart. That makes some sense, I suppose."
So, I reached for a fine-tipped screwdriver I had on my desk, and tried to lever it out to no avail. About here I started to lose my patience with it. After about 2 minutes more of fighting with the bastard thing, I managed to lift the clip up enough to prise the case apart, though not before I managed to snap the fucking thing just above the clip.
After actually getting the case open, I removed the sleeve to stop it getting damaged and noticed that the clip was actually a bar that goes right through underneath the disc.
So, I tried to remove the bar, which indignantly refused to budge. I tried to press the clip at the centre of the disc down to remove it, but the bar was preventing me from doing this. I turned the idiot-designed thing around a few more times and tried to figure out a way to get this stupid bar out of the case and evenutally gave up.
My final solution?
Cut the fucking box in half (with a large chunk of it flying off and landing somewhere behind my desk) and the disc 'magically' falls out. Now I have to go and buy a case for this DVD because the case it came in was more secure than Fort-fucking-Knox.
I mean, for fuck's sake, I could understand if the security bar hadn't been removed in the store if they were kept bare on the shelves, but the fucking thing was shrink-wrapped!!
Also, which idiot thought a box like this was a good idea?! What happened to the exoskeleton boxes which we all know and 'love' and can reuse, unlike this stupid Yankee wastes of plastic?
Urgh!
P.S: Don't worry, kelemvor - the disc's not damaged. :p I'm watching it at the moment. :)