DVD's

Over the past few years, I've picked up the bad habit of collecting DVD's. This is mainly due to Best Buy's $10 DVD sales that are meant to get people in the store to buy things that they actually make a profit on.

This Christmas, my list consisted mainly of DVD's and as I began to organize the collection and unwrap them, I became consumed with anger as I usually do whilst trying to open the cases. My question is a simple one: why, oh why, do they need to make DVD's so hard to open? The answer you would probably get from the evil DVD conglomerate is that they are trying to prevent people from stealing DVD's from the stores; if people can open the case, they can find the magical sensor bar that sets the alarms off and discard it onto the floor (or more strategically, put it in someone else's bag or pocket).

So they need theft prevention, I get that. I would go so far to say that the shrink wrap they cover it in should be enough. I've never seen a Best Buy store that isn't crawling with employees or at least full of people meandering about. Doesn't one think that trying to get shrink wrap (the crinkly kind that not only makes noise when you look at it but also has a propensity to stick [via static] to parts of one's body they didn't even know they had) would be kind of obvious? Wouldn't they get caught?

But no, the evil conglomerate goes further and puts this clear label placed with Gorilla Glue over the top that is nearly impossible to remove without damaging the plastic case. Worst yet, some conglomerates are more evil than others and put similar labels on the side AND the bottom. If you are lucky enough to get them off, then they attack you by wrapping themselves around your fingers, on your jeans, and across your rear end. Perhaps someone would think it amusing to walk around with a "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" label across your butt (and no, I don't have that movie) but not I.

This is further proof that the world is against me... Or just telling me that I should stop spending so much money on DVD's...