Haha, I've had practically the same experience! I always seem to drop the bottle too, and have ended up cracking the caps on every one I've had. Opening the bottle cap-side up seems to help though, less condish is likely to ooze out and I can usually push the tab up with the pad of my thumb rather than having to flick it open with my nails.

I'm too lazy to try and transfer it all to a better bottle. But man, the things I'll deal with for conditioner love...