My celery is stuck!

When I bring a stalk of celery home it takes a while for one person to eat it. So—to keep it crisp I put it in a plastic container and put water over it. It stays cool and crisp! The last stalk I didn’t put in water for several days. It got limp. I finally cut it up and put it in one the tall plastic containers I have. I really filled the container full. The problem is the celery was limp when I put it in. Osmosis did its thing and the celery swelled. Kerbe and I have both tried to pull those celery pieces out of that container! They are really wedged in there now. I have finally resorted to cutting them out. How smart do you feel at 57 playing tug-of-war with a stalk of celery!