76 points

Because a single label has little value, but they are bought in drums holding 1000s of them. And this means that many enterprises decide to lower the quality of the labels and thus cut some costs.

After all, who will complain? Some rando on the Internet? 😘

permalink
report
reply
17 points
*

With some exceptions, it is at most a minor annoyance, the vast majority of poeple are not so hung up on it that they’re going to bother raising a complaint.

Besides, there is an argument to be made that the easier it is to remove an external label without leaving residue, the more likely it will fall off during shipping or stocking, or removed outright by someone before the customer gets it. These kinds of labels stay put and that’s what the company wants until it’s paid for.

Hell, the label OP posted has “Important” right there. The manufacter wants to ensure that label stays right where it is until its in the customers hands so they can convey whatever they need to convey. These types of labels absolutely accomplish that.

permalink
report
parent
reply
35 points

The label says “importado”, which means “imported”. It really had no important information on it. Of course, compared to other things this is a minor nuisance at most, but I still get mad every time. They even added a second label saying that the bowl is not dishwasher safe. And my wife bought a whole set, 20 pieces, 40 labels.

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

where I am import labels usually have information that is legally required. if they fall off in transit the item could be considered illegal to sell. (not like anyone checks labeling requirements though)

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Nah, it says “IMPORTADO”, not Important. And if both the manufacturer of the product and its seller/re-seller accepted it, it means they think it “good enough”.

Money beats logic, quality, professionalism. I work in corpo, I can attest it to be truth.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Manufacturer, seller and buyer are in the EU, the import label wasn’t even necessary…

permalink
report
parent
reply
0 points

Because… everyone’s gotta cut down on costs and use cheap paper 🤷.

permalink
report
reply
3 points

Vegetable oil or isopropyl alcohol will get rid of the remains.

permalink
report
reply
17 points
*

Mildly infuriating? No sir, this is seriously infuriating if I’ve ever seen it! 🤬

permalink
report
reply
1 point

That was my first thought!

permalink
report
parent
reply
19 points
*

Use a hairdryer, peel, remove last remains with a vegetable oil or WD40

permalink
report
reply
6 points

Alcohol also often works.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

WOW! My first reply on lemmy! 💖

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

And your second!

permalink
report
parent
reply
9 points

what’s really going to bake your noodle is that they replied from kbin.social

Welcome to the fediverse.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Yaaay!

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

What sourpuss downvoted that? Welcome to Lemmy! We’re glad to have you!

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points
*

You have to get to the point of “last remains” first. Dish soap worked just fine to remove the residue.

I didn’t think of a hairdryer, but that’s too many tools for such a job anyway…

permalink
report
parent
reply

Mildly Infuriating

!mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

Create post

Home to all things “Mildly Infuriating” Not infuriating, not enraging. Mildly Infuriating. All posts should reflect that.

I want my day mildly ruined, not completely ruined. Please remember to refrain from reposting old content. If you post a post from reddit it is good practice to include a link and credit the OP. I’m not about stealing content!

It’s just good to get something in this website for casual viewing whilst refreshing original content is added overtime.


Rules:

1. Be Respectful

Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.


2. No Illegal Content

Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means: -No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)


3. No Spam

Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.


4. No Porn/Explicit

Content


-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.


5. No Enciting Harassment,

Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts


-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.


6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.


7. Content should match the theme of this community.

-Content should be Mildly infuriating.

-At this time we permit content that is infuriating until an infuriating community is made available.


8. Reposting of Reddit content is permitted, try to credit the OC.

-Please consider crediting the OC when reposting content. A name of the user or a link to the original post is sufficient.


Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Lemmy Review

2.Lemmy Be Wholesome

3.Lemmy Shitpost

4.No Stupid Questions

5.You Should Know

6.Credible Defense


Reach out to LillianVS for inclusion on the sidebar.

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules.

Community stats

  • 6.3K

    Monthly active users

  • 986

    Posts

  • 62K

    Comments