Help!! I cannot open this…?

I sit and hold the bottle between my knees and use the palms of my hands to squeeze and turn cap. I get more pressure on the top that way. Rheumatoid arthritis in hands makes life difficult but rubber gloves and the stuff you can put under doormat to stop slippage is useful sometimes too.

Why do shops not provide a service whereby they will open the ungettable into bottles for people who can't do it or the people proof hard plastic containers that need a chainsaw to to possibly open them. It would be a much appreciated service.

Jannicans

Why do shops not provide a service whereby they will open the ungettable into bottles for people who can't do it or the people proof hard plastic containers that need a chainsaw to to possibly open them. It would be a much appreciated service.

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I think they do. But I can’t remember where I read it or which supermarket said it.

Hi that’s a great idea will try it.
I have a couple of ideas to open jam jars etc use a bottle opener to release the vacuum , if it’s not the vacuum that’s the problem then gently tap around the lid in the direction to open
Using a glancing tap . You will soon have it open.

Sometimes jars are easier to open if you hold the lid and turn the jar. Not 100% foolproof, but it works some of the time.

I use nutcrackers

I thought I must be getting arthritic and weak - when I got a large knife jammed in the middle of a red cabbage. I wanted to make some spiced cabbage with apple - to see if my daughter liked it, before Christmas). I just left it there until she came. She laughed, said 'All your knives are blunt!' - and got me this: www.amazon.co.uk/AnySharp-Knife-Sharpener-PowerGrip-Silver/dp/B0029X0RTU/ref=zg_bs_3187143031_sccl_1/259-2464915-9283718?psc=1&tag=gransnetforum-21

and the recipe (good, but I'll double the apple content next time): www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/red-cabbage-apples

I use my trusty Swiss Army knife to cut through the nasty little plastic bits Shinamae. They’re supposed to break when you twist the cap, but of course they don’t.

Yes, Hetty, that’s yet another thing to contend with. I really struggle with butternut squash! We’ve got an opener for jars etc. which I think came from Lakeland. It works well most of the time. Please try to avoid using sharp items, as I’ve cut myself in the past doing this, probably as I was enraged at the time!

As mentioned above.

I hope shinamae managed to open her mouthwash. Since it's a year since the OP I expect she managed.