Pre-Peeled, Re-Wrapped Bananas Are the Most Wasteful Sign of the Apocalypse Yet

Gizmodo ^ | September 21, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

[EveningStar]

In what has to be the worst case of wasteful packaging in the history of modern conveniece, a grocery store in Austria is actually selling pre-peeled bananas that have then been re-packaged in cellophane-covered foam trays.

[EveningStar]

See article for additional links. :)

[EveningStar]

ping

[Klemper]

Because it is so tough, in this day and time, to peel yer own bananas. =)

[Alex Murphy]

I don’t recall reading about this sign in the Bible :)

[jmcenanly]

They look like they are starting to spoil.

[KarlInOhio]

Not just wasteful, but your fingers get sticky if you hold the edible part instead of the peel when eating it.

[mass55th]

Obama would ask : Couldn’t they have just put peeling instructions in Austrian on the bananas?

[carriage_hill]

Yuk.

[JRandomFreeper]

There is a neat culinary trick where you can pre-slice a banana without taking the peel off. My kids always loved that.

/johnny

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

I don’t recall reading about this sign in the Bible :)

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“And lo, the minions of the wicked one waived about their uncovered bananas for all to see and there was much shrieking and unrest.”

Bear in mind, I’m posting from memory.

;-)

[AlexW]

Would you please peel me a grape? :)

[GeronL]

The packaging it comes with is perfectly fine

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Gaia ain’t gonna like this

[9YearLurker]

Exactly. Most have ends cut off, meaning they were starting to go bad. If customers had taken them home, peel on, in that condition, they probably would have been unhappy with their purchase. By peeling and trimming them and packaging them so the customers can see their condition, the store may be at least saving some waste from unsold bananas.

[JRandomFreeper]

the store may be at least saving some waste from unsold bananas.

And depriving me of cheap banana bread... the barstids.

/johnny

[CincyRichieRich]

I despise environmentalists, but I also hate this stupid crap like I hate bottled water.

[hinckley buzzard]

LOL. You need to comment more often.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

I didn't read the article but there must be some value to banana peels and that's why the supplier is stealing them from the consumer. Oh, here's one!:

Banana peels clean polluted water

[Past Your Eyes]

And they will spoil even faster packaged like that. Packaging is one of my big pet peeves.

[bmwcyle]

It is a banana for the lazy people who can’t get voter cards.

[Average Al]

Couldn’t they just package them in individual Trojans?

[mosesdapoet]

If the Austrians prefer to buy their bananas that way so what ?

[AndrewB]

Sometimes a banana is just a banana.

[Alex Murphy]

“And lo, the minions of the wicked one waived about their uncovered bananas for all to see and there was much shrieking and unrest.”

4: When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch."
5: Simon answered and said, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets."
6: When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;
7: so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink.
8: But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' feet, saying, "Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!"
9: For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken;
10: and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not fear. I give you a new commandment: put all those fish back in the ocean once the crowd's gone. From now on boys, we're eating beets."
-- Luke 5:4-10, the PETA Bible (red letter edition)

[TribalPrincess2U]

I would never buy those.
#1 I wash my fruit then peel.
#2 These were probably bruised and going bad. YUK! NEVER!

[Drango]

This is terrible. How are public school kids ever going to learn how to put a condom on a banana with these goofy things. Bring back real bananas so our children can learn.

[TribalPrincess2U]

LOL

[TribalPrincess2U]

I think good bananas are a thing of the past.

[Sirius Lee]

If the Austrians prefer to buy their bananas that way so what ?

Free speech. We get to call Austrians retards when they act like retards.

[Daffynition]

[I see my hands]

Should be shrink wrapped in yellow cellophane and packaged in a cardboard box illustrated with a bunch of bananas.

[Tucker39]

Ever hear about the hillbilly who was given his first ever banana by a neighbor who’d returned from a trip to Florida?

Some time later the friend asked the hillbilly how he liked the banana. The hillbilly replied, “Aw, it wasn’t too bad. But it seemed like a shame to throw away that big cob.”

[RetiredTexasVet]

It had to come to be .... too many progressives were performing sex acts with the skins still on .... those Chiquita stickers were getting stuck in a lot of unusual places.

[Malone LaVeigh]

[Salgak]

It’s a SAFETY feature, that’s it !! (grin)

How many times have we seen a strategically-placed banana peel trip up hordes of people ???

This is surely a nanny-state initiative to protect us all from the overwhelming dangers of carelessly-dropped banana peels !!

[F15Eagle]

Diana Krall - Peel Me a Grape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5XHRo5y5FE

[Verginius Rufus]

Isn't there a scene in The Gods Must Be Crazy where someone slips on a banana peel...in a banana grove?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Thanks! I try but I’m kinda new. I’d rather read and be thought an idiot rather than post and prove it.