Hinge Problems

So forever ago. Like possibly even a year ago, the lid to our large cricket container broke off. 
Which happens on occasion. The hinges just feel too much pressure/stress and end up snapping off.
Mostly from people forcefully shoving the lid back to keep it standing up and not fall back down on us while we're trying to get crickets.

So for like the entire year, we left the lid off the crickets.
Because it was broken anyways, and the crickets couldn't jump out as well as it helped to give a bit more air flow so that the crickets inside the box wouldn't get too humid and kill them off.

So it wasn't an issue for us to leave the lid off.

It was an issue for customers though.
Because they didn't know that the crickets couldn't jump that high to get out.

So at least six times a day I would have to explain to customers that the crickets "Can't jump that high." or "Yes, the lid is off because it was getting too humid in there for the crickets." etc. 

Which got rather tedious. 

However, finally. Finally.
We ordered new lids -that have vents in them to allow the crickets to breathe.
And they came with hinges so that once more we could have the lid connected to the cricket boxes....

Only, my manager put the lid of the large cricket box on too loosely.
So it didn't stay up.

His reasoning?
He thought tightening the hinges all the way create too much pressure on the hinge which was why it was breaking.

Uhmmm No. I corrected him.
The hinges snap because workers are putting too much force on the hinge in an effort to try and keep the lid up. 
If the lid stays up, less pressure is put on it.
If the lid doesn't stay up, more pressure is put on it.

It doesn't matter if the lid rubs against the box and creates pressure that way on the hinge.
I didn't see it as the issue.

And so I was like "I'm not going to be surprised if the hinge breaks within the next week or so." 

Guess what?
Yah. I came into work to find that one of the hinges was broken. 

It hasn't been a full week yet, I'm pretty sure. 

*shakes head* 
My manager wasn't happy about that discovery.
And I was like "Told you so." 
Because if the lid stays up the hinges last longer.
It's only when the lids don't stay up that we end up breaking them.

-Sarnic Dirchi