{"id":2612,"date":"2010-06-30T09:34:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T08:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2010-06-30T09:35:57","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T08:35:57","slug":"do-you-suffer-from-wrap-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2010\/06\/30\/do-you-suffer-from-wrap-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Suffer From \u201cWrap Rage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This may sound crazy, but it is 100% true. More than 150 people a day are stabbing themselves when trying to open a ready meal packet<\/strong> or trying to open a stiff food jar using a knife. This was noted by a survey done by ‘Your Magazine’ which gave the questionnaire to more than 20,000 over 50\u2019s. <\/p>\n

The problems caused by trying to unwrap food have been referred to as \u201cwrap rage\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The terrible tea pot cosy- believe it or not, thousands of people have been injured by attempting to pick up the tea pot by the cover rather than by the handle. This has lead to severe burns and scalding. <\/p>\n

Even more amazingly the Home Accident Surveillance System last year got figures of 5,310 people being injured whilst putting on their socks, 11,788 people taken to hospital whilst putting on their tights or stockings.
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Here are the other crazy statistics found and the items that caused the injuries:<\/p>\n