Packaging

Am I the only one that has problems with the blast proof type of packaging that most everything comes in? or do I suffer from some deficiency when it comes to "breaking" into the impenetrable plastic fortresses that seem to enclose even the most lowly items. I realize that the packaging is an attempt to both protect the consumer and keep theft down,yet the thieves seem to be doing fine and the only ones suffering are the honest customers. Earlier this morning I worked for nearly 20 minutes to open a plastic pouch with my new sheets inside...go ahead laugh, it sounds easy enough but the zipper had an arrow shaped head on it that prevented it from unzipping and there wasn't room to get any cutting implement under it to cut through it,and if you cut through the plastic pouch you run the risk of also cutting your new sheets. What exactly was the packaging trying to prevent? people from touching the sheets? people hauling them out of the package and the inner configuration of packing and somehow secreting them on their person? in the summer? Then again on the news today they ran a piece about a man walking out of a Fred Meyer store with hand guns he had stolen and placed inside a backpack,also stolen. Don't ask me why that didn't set off any alarms I can walk out of store and set off alarms without a single stolen item. Something tells me that the whole system needs a little more work,and please don't make it harder on the honest people who only want to buy and item and be able to get it out of the protective shield once they have it safely home. Interesting that they also sell special tools to open this kind of packaging which I am sure the thieves have stolen several of so they may not be available in all locations!