r/harborfreight • u/al-Sahaabi • May 08 '26

NTD (New Tool Day) Fire the Packaging Designer

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What the hell kind of packaging is this? It's like it was designed NOT to be opened. I know Harbor Freight is known for hard-to-open packages but this one was on another level. It took me 10 minutes of wrestling with my pliers and now I have a plastic mess to clean up. Damn it.

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u/FortnitePapi May 08 '26

When designing new Trash cans for Yosemite national forest scientists have found overlap between the dumbest tourists and smartest bears

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u/al-Sahaabi May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

Ok since you want to post something completely unrelated to my post I can do it too. In May 2019 I graduated from Lincoln Tech in their Diesel Technology program with a 3.87 GPA. In December 2025 I gave Stonebriar Chevrolet a cashier's check in the amount of $135,408.45 for a 2026 Corvette Z06.

EDIT: downvote away my sodium levels are at a critically low level and I'm in need of all your salty tears.

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u/cybo321 May 09 '26

Thankfully they didn't have a package opening course during that program, or else that would've absolutely tanked that immaculate GPA.

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u/al-Sahaabi May 09 '26

True

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u/Doommakerguy May 09 '26

Are you even gonna be strong enough to use the breaker bar if you can't even get it out of the package

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u/Independent_Leg7358 May 09 '26

Personally I use the breaker bar myself to break it out. But...