It's amazing that so many things that are medicinal, or otherwise intended for people who are not at 100% are packaged in a way that makes them impossible to open.

Zyrtec-D, and Flonase come to mind. Two great examples of companies that must really hate their customers.

Zyrtec-D has to be opened by peeling a micro-thin layer of foil away from a paper-thin piece of plastic.

Flonase is sealed inside a plastic blister pack that can only be opened with stout scissors or garden shears. It is designed to not be openable by human hands.

I'm sure this packaging saved the companies 1¢ per package in costs, and earned some North Shore middle manager the bonus he needed to buy his kid a second boat.

Sadly, the number of things sold on Amazon in "Frustration-free packaging" is dwindling by the day.

All of this goes along with what I call the Elderly Tax. As a society, in many ways we punish people for living a long life.

For example, at the grocery store, a theoretical eight-pack of bottled water costs $3.00. A theoretical 32-pack of bottled water costs $5.00. But no older person can lift a 32-pack of water. So to get 32 bottles of water, an older person has to pay 140% more just because they made the mistake of not dying young.