Packaging Over Product is the the gadget-n-gizmo equivalent of Style Over Substance. Untold of the earth’s resources are routinely SQUANDERED on fancy, often oversized, often Fort Knox-y PACKAGING.
Behold the array of tags, fasteners and decorations that came from one one t-shirt, one sweatshirt and one cheap-y storage bin. Is this or is this not overkill for three items the combined value of which fell well under $100?
I can provide scores of examples. Over-the-counter DRUGS the containers large enough to hold four times as many PILLS as are in the PLASTIC. Random office supplies hermetically sealed with such sturdiness that OTHER office supplies must be brought to bear to gain entre. Needless to say, this is problematic when the scissors that are required to open a package are in the package that requires opening.
I’m not gonna lie. A lot of what constitutes commerce in America is really just mindless busywork.
Wasted resources. Wasted time. Wasted LIFE. Marginal-to-zero value added.