What Doctors Don't Tell YouForget road rage – the new symptom of modern living stress is ‘wrapping rage’. It’s been identified as a new cause of frustration and injury, and it’s a probably that is getting worse as manufacturers pack their wares in evermore difficult and dense packaging.
A poll among the readers of Yours, the magazine for the over-50s, found that 71 per cent had hurt themselves while struggling to open packaging, while 70 per cent admitted that they had abandoned efforts to open at least one package because it was impossible to breach.
(Source: Yours, February 2004; 16-8).
Tom Ferguson MD
Daniel Redwood DC
