Petty engineering design rant 3 - toothpaste tube lids

Okay, a short one this time: those flip-top toothpaste tube tops which tempt the brusher into supposed easy access to the minty-fresh delights within, but which actually just result in a trailing tail of said paste being smeared elegantly over the tube, your hand, and everything else in the vicinity. Who thought that was a good idea? Same goes for flip-tops on squeezy bottles of honey or ketchup - although with those you at least have a reasonable chance of being able to wipe them clean - on the toothpaste tube, the paste gets stuck forever in the handy little grooves they put on the lid to help you grip the top while unscrewing it. Like you should.












Screw top, or flip-top if you absolutely must, but not both. Thank you.