Rant: Ready Meal Packaging

I just spent six minutes preparing a 'ready meal'.  

Not dissimilar to this one.

The instructions state 'remove film lid carefully with a scissors'.

There is a reason or two they've phrased it thus.
Firstly it is an intricate operation. You do need a scissors.
Definitely no chance of grabbing a corner and ripping off the lid, the plastic is too thin.
A knife is no good either because the glue is too heavy.

It literally needs to be snipped with careful precision around the side of the tub.

Now it's not just me is it, but aren't these things supposed to be convenient? Is that not the entire reason behind them?

Why do the company who produces the meal not have a better plastic and glue set-up?

Probably expense. And so, they come up with the delicately phrased instruction.
If you're prone to over-thinking such things with a mild amount of paranoia (as I, for instance) just might be, you'd be forgiven for being wary of eating this meal at all.
Surely the company include the specific instruction to avoid lawsuits - it's the only reason for any health and safety instruction these days, let's face it.

Is that plastic, when melted into the food particularly carcinogenic? You have to wonder.


So ultimately...:

Is having to cut ready meal packaging off carefully with a scissors any use?

Verdict: No indeed. It defeats the purpose of the 'ready meal' being quick and convenient and is a little worrying to boot.