As a good Scotsman, I always try to be careful with my money and frugal in how I use stuff. It really makes my blood boil when I discover I'm being ripped off by the tricks of the retail trade. One long-running issue is in the matter of foot cream, although this rip-off can apply to any soft product marketed in plastic tubes. The same problem arises with toothpaste, condensed milk, hand lotion ... and so on.
I use a foot cream after my shower. For many years I preferred a pump pack but it was a pain when the level dropped and there was always a little bit at the bottom which I couldn't get out. I resorted to chopping the bottle in half so my fingers would reach.
Somewhere along the line I switched to a brand which packaged their product in plastic tubes. They didn't seem to last as long no matter how hard I squeezed. I decided to cut one supposedly empty tube in half to see just how much was left, and I was amazed. I estimate that almost half of the original amount was still there but not accessible through the usual roll and squeeze method.
What a con. I suspect that a good proportion of the buyers of that particular foot cream would just chuck the 'empty' tube away and reach for another. And that, of course, plays into the hands of the multi-national organisation which is behind the brand.
I wondered whether the internet had anything to say about this and found an organisation called B & C Guides who explain in great detail how to cut the tube in half, carefully open out the 'bottom' bit and use it as a lid or cover which can slide over the piece containing the remainder of the cream so it won't dry out. It's not rocket Science; it's much more important than that.
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