God is in the details, they say. But so is the devil. Especially when you’re hungry and drained after yet another bender day in this wild, wild world. And though jerk packaging designs do not apply solely to food, but come in many shapes and product categories, they are the solid reason why so many of us have some level of trust issues.
Like, putting three salami tranches on the side of a pizza so that it gets a “window view,” shining like a diamond out of the package, is borderline bearable. We bear this injustice only because we know it can get worse. Like a wrap packaged in such a way that it looks ⅓ bigger than it truly is.
So Bored Panda has compiled this list as a safe place to talk about shamelessly evil packaging designs that have been spotted all over the world. And even if the phenomenon is more or less universal, it doesn’t mean it’s okay. On the contrary, it serves as a reminder that it can always get worse than your chocolate box with 50% of the candy discreetly concealed from the packaging because it doesn’t exist.
Psst! More infuriating packages that boil even the most Zen blood of all can be found in our previous articles here and here.
#1 1001 Stickers And 768 Of Them Are Useless Squares. Thanks, Disney
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#2 Tricked By The Packaging Of My Moisturizing Cream
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#3 Is Anyone Else Bothered By Deceptive Packaging Like This?
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#4 Bought These Sticky Notes Cause I Thought The Gold Border Was Nice
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#5 My Sister Got This For Her Birthday
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#6 The Sticker Was A Lie
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#7 Ahh Yes, Reality Is Often Disappointing
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#8 “Printed All Over” And Deliberately Leaves The Pattern On The Outside Of The Package
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#9 Natural My Foot
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#10 Rolling Stone Presents (39 Of The) 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time
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#11 Both Weigh 500g But The Green One Is In A 30% “Bigger Bag More To Share”
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#12 So Thankful For My Singular Candy Topping
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#13 Thought I’d Buy Some Colored Pens. Turns Out Every Single One Of Them Has Blue Ink
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#14 Bought A Ball Pit For My Baby
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#15 This “Box” Of Beef Jerky
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#16 How Can They Even Call This “Non-Dairy?”
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#17 Sales Genius
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#18 This Cashew Packaging. I Was Wondering Why My Hand Instantly Hit The Bottom When I Opened It
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#19 Bought A Coloring Book And Pencils To Keep Myself Busy While I’m Off Work. Thought These Were Full-Size Pencils
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#20 New Packaging (Right), Same Quantity
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#21 800 Pieces. Yeah Right. The Box Is Half Blocked And 550 Pieces Are Tiny Dot Pieces. My Son Was Not Happy
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#22 I Was Wondering Why This Watermelon Juice Tasted So Weird
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#23 Bought Some Eye Makeup, Just Realized One Of The Eyeshadows Isn’t Safe For Eyes. Found Out Via White Print On A White Background
“Not intended for use in the immediate eye area”
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#24 New Means What’s Inside Is Not New
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#25 My Mother Ordered 1000 Plastic Blocks For Her Nephews. Ended Up Receiving 523
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#26 Brand New Protein Powder, Not Even Filled Half Whey
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#27 I Guess The Meatballs All Just Wanted A Window Seat
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#28 8% Alcohol Or
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#29 Tesco Is Selling “Flushable” Wet Wipes Which Are “Harmful To Aquatic Life”
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#30 New Cereal Box Is 11% Taller With 1.6% Less Cereal
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#31 No, It’s Not Bigger. It’s Of Same Size
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#32 This Box Of Mostly Sticks With Some Matches In It
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#33 Disappointment
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#34 9 Sticker Rolls. One Mildly Infuriated 7-Year-Old
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#35 “Made In U.S.A”
#36 Some Acrylic Paints I Bought
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#37 Went To Poundland And Had The Choice Between These And After Eights, Got These Cause They We’re Bigger, I Paid For Air
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#38 Pain
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#39 Actual Size Is Not The Actual Size
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#40 Coloring Kit That Is 90% Empty And Counts Each Piece Of Paper As One Piece In 100 Pieces
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#41 Coloring Book For My Son
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#42 Sneaky Packaging Cheating Us
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#43 Package Of The Cheese vs. The Cheese Itself
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#44 This Sour Batch Candy Bag Felt Oddly Light
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#45 One Of The Blocks Isn’t One Of The Blocks
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#46 Xtreme Jerks I’d Say
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#47 These Were Locked In A Glass Case Facing Forward So You Couldn’t Just Read The Back Before Purchase
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#48 This Pizza Tastes Like False Advertising
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#49 Even Worse – It’s Stale
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#50 Thanks Jetstar For My Large Box Of Pencils
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