I agree with the kleenex box's. Drives me nuts. I have know realized I need to open the slit smaller (shorter) and It helps.

Welcome to "Made in the USA with Imported Materials".

I rarely use tissues (toilet paper is always available and where it belongs!) so I haven't noticed that issue. But you caught me just in time to gripe about laundry products where the lids hold back the last of the product. Who overengineered this and why? Here's the top of a Lysol Sanitizer bottle I just pulled from recycling. I've cut off the top to show why it holds liquid. I used to shake the bottle like crazy and then finally got smart and just poke a slit in the bottom of the bottle when I'm at the end.

Anything with a pump (like lotion) or a trigger (like glass cleaner) leaves a lot in the bottom.

Turn the tissue box upside down and grab the first tissue.

i swear one day the cereal box is going to be as wide as one flake.

Turning the tissue box upside down doesn't always work, I still have to dig out the one tissue that I want, and takes two hands. Frustrating.

Just bought my favorite wipes yesterday - now come in packs of two instead of three, for the same price. grrrr. I mentioned it to the store clerk. He just shrugged and said, "Yeah, a lot of companies do that now". I realize he isn't the blame, but just had to vent.

Kleenex boxes make me stressed too. No matter if they are name brand or generic. Sometimes a whole bunch comes out when I pull the first one.

I got mad when I bought toothpaste on sale for .99 They were all in a bin so I grabbed 2 of the Colgate Total. It's premium so always at a higher price. Only when I got home and opened it, I saw that the tube was a lot smaller than the package. It was 60ml instead of 90ml as the regular Colgate was. Had I shook the box I would have heard it rattle.

Looking on the box, the size was very miniscule print.

Shrinkflation is one thing, but they shouldn't be allowed to shrink the product AND raise the price. One or the other, but not both.

Jars that used to have flat bottoms and now have an inverted bump taking up space. Mayonnaise and peanut butter come to mind

For pump bottles (I use liquid foaming hand soap), I pour the leftover at the bottom into the new dispenser - and I reuse the pump because there's always product left in the tube.

Or the size shrinks *and* the price goes up.

I only buy the Puffs brand of tissues now. No annoying pop up function. You can grab just one or a few, no problems.

Plastic jars for mayo and peanut butter have those inverted bumps for stability. It helps the flexible plastic used from getting crushed and also keeps the jar from toppling over easily. If they didn't have them the plastic would have to be much thicker and heavier.

And those items are sold by weight, and you can scoop out every little bit of mayo.

I'll try Puffs....

"Bugging me - drives me nuts-frustrating-grrr-make me stressed too-I got mad"

Quoted without comment other than to think - really?

Really? 🙄

I was just using some stick deodorant this morning and wondering if they count the part that stays in the bottom of the dispenser as part of the weight, and/or how much of that they count.

I've been hearing about shrinkflation - and skimpflation - for some time now and noticing it in many products. Did you know there's someone who tracks it?

https://consumerworld.org/

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Consumer World was founded by Edgar Dworsky (aka "MrConsumer") in 1995. A companion site spotlighting the loopholes in the fine print of advertising, MousePrint.org, was launched in 2006. He has been a consumer advocate and consumer educator for over 45 years.... "

If you place mustard upside down in the fridge when it gets low..then remove the top at the very end..every morsel gets out. I've never wasted kleenex...that's confusing. I think expecting package to make up for your being in a hurry or careless is not on the manufacturer.

" Really? 🙄 "

I think most everyone understands reduced package quantities alone or coupled with smaller price increases as a technique to raise revenue for product producers. My comment had to do with expressions of what seemed to be disproportionate emotional responses over an everyday matter.

Folks getting social security, or the smaller minority getting pensions, along with people currently employed who get salary adjustments, are happy when payments are increased for cost of living index adjustments. Input cost increases flow through to price increases. Usually don't have one without the other.

I detest the fact that 16 ounce cans are now 15 or 14.5 ounces.

I've noticed the 'red, white and blue' themed commercials where rival makers of soft drinks tell you that, for your own good, they're selling bottles and cans of their sugar water in smaller sizes. My grands like ginger ale, and when they're here, I open a 2-liter bottle. I wanted smaller amounts on hand for myself, and now have a six pack of 7.5 ounce cans. That's great for *me*, but would be only about two swallows for DGS (18, 6'2"). Aren't you impressed that they're thinking of our health? <smirk>