Onward! That is, if I can get this bottle open.

So I did some work over the weekend. I exosap'd two exons, and transferred those to 96 well plates because those are easier to transport than a million little tubes.  Yesterday I amplified up DNA for three of the exons. The next amplification is in the PCR machine right now.  I need to make a gel and buffer to run a few samples on to make sure everything amplified correctly, but I can't get this bottle of TBE buffer open.  My research is literally at a standstill because I can't get this bottle open.  My hand is beet red from trying.  Any tips or tricks?  They would be greatly appreciated.