Mad Bags!

So, when you are shopping do you buy the name brand or the generic?  For me, it really depends on what the product is.  For example; paper towels, most of them can generally sop up the liquids you spill and since I rarely use them to pick up a bowling ball (as shown in name brand advertisements) the plain label variety works for me.  Foods are generally a non-issue as we are striving to exclude pre-processed foods from our diet.  If I am buying bleach, then the plain label generic is adequate.  Besides, is the name brand really that much better?  Bleach is fundamental chemistry.

However, there is one product that I strictly buy name brand—freezer bags.  When you are freezing foods, especially any meat products, you want the top of the line quality.  So, I buy the top-rated freezer bag (you can guess which one by the title of the blog).  This brand has all the latest gizmos, you know, when you close the bag the seal changes colors and this variety can pick up a bowling ball (I just can’t seem to get away from it).  The name brand boasts of its extensive testing and quality.

After finishing our weekly shopping spree, one of my chores is to unwrap any meat product and prepare it for the freezer.  Of course, I use a freezer bag to ensure that there is no leaking of air which can spoil your procured quarry.   I always follow proper handling instructions of course (ok, sometimes I cheat on that a little).  So, after separating the pieces of meat, I opened a box of the heavy-duty freezer bags known for their “toughness”.  As went to unzip the first bag and load it, it tore the entire zipping mechanism completely off the bag.  Hmm, well I guess there can be one bad bag in the batch.

So, I tried the next one which ended with the same results.  Third time is a charm, right?  No, not so much, another bag, another torn off zipper (I feel a male pants joke coming on here), this was getting monotonous.  I carefully checked the box for signs of being cut by those who, “carefully” open stock in the back of the store, no marks visible.  I tried several different bags randomly throughout the box and the results were consistently the same—pure shite.  Well, this is completely useless, unless I can just use clothespins to seal the bags.

I realize that sometimes you can get a bad product, but I wonder how many of these boxes of bad bags were sold to the public.  Didn’t someone on the production line notice that these bags were defective?  I write this because it seems like these situations are increasing with all products.  I know that most stores will exchange the product but isn’t your time worth something?  In addition to exchanging the bad product for good, shouldn’t they also give you gas money and maybe a voucher to a spa for the stress created by this piss poor product?  Just saying!

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