Culture Shock #39: Good luck baking anything in Germany

The following is my formal complaint to the people who designed the packaging for baking soda, baking powder, and instant yeast here in Germany. (For those of you unfamiliar, see below for a helpful image of how German baking powder is sold). 

To whom it may concern:

Have you ever seen a jar before? Do you hate the environment and also everyone? Who hurt you? Why were plastic-wrapped bundles of 10 gram paper packets your solution to what could've been a very simple packaging job? Even the U.S. managed to figure this out so I really do not understand what's so complicated. We even have a little contraption built into the lids of baking powder jars to help you measure out even spoonfuls. Where and how did you Germans manage to go so horribly horribly wrong?

Most importantly, please explain the need to pre-measure 10 grams worth of powder and put them into separate paper packets that cannot be resealed in any kind of effective or productive way. God forbid you only need 3 grams of baking powder. Now you have an open paper packet of baking powder and no good options in sight. 

OPTION A: Hastily roll the top of the paper packet over on itself and shove it into the back of your pantry. The packet will eventually tip over and its contents will spill everywhere. You will not discover this mishap until you undergo your annual spring cleaning ritual six months later, at which point the paper packet will be long-gone and you'll be stuck wondering if the white powder all over the neglected dry goods at the back of your pantry is worth sniffing.

OPTION B: Throw the remaining 7 grams of baking powder away to avoid confronting the problem of an open paper packet. Fuck the environment and your bank account.

OPTION C: Transfer the 7 grams of baking powder into an old jam jar. Forget to label the jar. Continuously forget if the jar is for baking powder or baking soda. Over the next six months, empty both your half-used packets of baking powder and baking soda into this one jar. You wonder why your baked goods don't taste or look like they used to.

OPTION D: Bind the paper packet carefully with a rubber band and then place the packet gingerly in the tupperware in your pantry designated for - you know what, screw this, no one does it.