{"id":36903,"date":"2004-12-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2004\/12\/24\/how-to-open-those-plastic-packages-of-electronics-without-injuring-yourself\/"},"modified":"2004-12-24T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-24T07:00:00","slug":"how-to-open-those-plastic-packages-of-electronics-without-injuring-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20041224-00\/?p=36903","title":{"rendered":"How to open those plastic packages of electronics without injuring yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small electronics nowadays come in those impossible-to-open plastic packages. A few weeks ago I tried to open one and managed not to slice my hand with the knife I was using. (Those who know me know that knives and I don&#8217;t get along well.) Unfortunately, I failed to pay close attention to the sharp edges of the cut plastic and ended up cutting three of my fingers.<\/p>\n<p> The next day, I called the manufacturer&#8217;s product support number and politely asked, &#8220;How do I open the package?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> The support person recommended using a pair of very heavy scissors. (I tried scissors, but mine weren&#8217;t heavy enough and couldn&#8217;t cut through the thick plastic.) Cut across the top, then down the sides, being careful to avoid the sharp shards you&#8217;re creating. (You might want to wear gloves.) <\/p>\n<p> If you bought someone a small electronics thingie, consider keeping a pair of heavy scissors on hand. That&#8217;s my tip for the season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small electronics nowadays come in those impossible-to-open plastic packages. A few weeks ago I tried to open one and managed not to slice my hand with the knife I was using. (Those who know me know that knives and I don&#8217;t get along well.) Unfortunately, I failed to pay close attention to the sharp edges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":111744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-36903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oldnewthing","tag-non-computer"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Small electronics nowadays come in those impossible-to-open plastic packages. A few weeks ago I tried to open one and managed not to slice my hand with the knife I was using. (Those who know me know that knives and I don&#8217;t get along well.) Unfortunately, I failed to pay close attention to the sharp edges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}