Pillboxes

[claidheamhmor]

Several months ago, I noticed an odd trend.

You know when you open a box of pills, the pharmaceutical information leaflet is around the sheets of pills? Well, I noticed that every time I opened the box, the leaflet would be around *that* side, so that I'd either have to pull the leaflet out, or open the other side of the box to get to the pills.

Naturally I started paying attention every time I opened a box of pills. A couple of days ago, for the first time I can remember - and that's at the least for several months - I opened a box of pills, and the leaflet was not on that side.

OK, am I getting into too-trivial posts here? Maybe.

Comments

[ereneth.livejournal.com]

And here, when I saw the title of your post, I thought there'd be some juicy D-Day or Anzio chat...

[jadedflame.livejournal.com]

I used to always have the same problem! :) That's why I shake pillboxes.
The sound of the little plastic thing hitting the cardboard straight vs the leaflet and cardboard differs slightly, so it gives me a better chance of opening up the "correct" side...

[claidheamhmor]

Hmm. Should I continue my experiment, or should I take your suggestion in order to improve opening efficiency?

[ereneth.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Ooh! Can your next post be all about dropping buttered toast on the floor??

[claidheamhmor]

I'll think about it. I may need to perform the experiment for a couple of months though.

[filialucis]

Heh. I've noticed this as well. To bypass the leaflet one almost always needs to turn the box around so the rear side is facing you. I guess it's deliberate because they want one to read the information?

Also -- matching you trivia for trivia here -- I can't remember the last time I was able to re-fold the leaflet correctly on my first try. What is up with the weird and seemingly random way they fold those things?

[claidheamhmor]

Re-fold the leaflet? Heck, I chuck them out immediately...

[filialucis]

I read them. *is a geek*

Joking aside, I tend to be on the unlucky side of the spectrum of users who get the side-effects. Or at least I've been on the unlucky side often enough that I like to know what to expect.