Last year the postman delivered a shrink-wrapped rigid cardboard box
measuring about 12 x 9 x 6 inches. Inside was a vast supply of foam chips
protecting a single packet measuring 3 x 2 x 0.5 inches that contained 2
tablets of a well known antibiotic!
Tristan
-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Balin <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 15:04
Subject: Ridiculous packaging
>Have just bought the Oxford Clinical Mentor through mail order.
>It comprises:
>1CD in jewel case
>in sealed polythene
>in a rigid cardboard box
>in an outer cardboard box
>in sealed polythene
>in 2 layers of 'egg-box' foam
>in a rigid cardboard box
>wrapped in nylon tape.
>
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