A Smartie Popping Addiction...

I noticed today that the problem with eating Smarties, or Tic-Tacs for that matter, is that it is difficult to eat them without looking like you are popping pills. By filling your palm with a few taps to the upturned receptacle, and then cramming your palm into your mouth, you look like you are ingesting paracetamol or the like instead of the innocuous sweeties. This will make you look to the near observer as if you are being overly dramatic, and to the far observer as if you actually do have a problem with excessive self medication. The designs of both containers are just so that you cannot conventionally pluck the sweets between forefinger and thumb as you would with more conveniently rotund similar shaped confectionary such as the Fruit Pastille or the Rolo, as the mouths to the receptacles are too small, and even if you could, one Smartie alone, or Tic-Tac for that matter, is not enough to constitute a satisfying mouthful. This is an issue that I fear they have overlooked.