Ok, everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s used to all the idiotic warning labels on everyday objects. Stuff like, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153M & M\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s are not to be injected subcutaneously.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
And we all wonder whether any given label was inspired by a lawsuit, or was just preventative planning by the in-house lawyers. At least, I wonder. Sometimes.<\/p>\n
So I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t talk about those kinds of labels. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s over-done.<\/p>\n
Today I was eating a pastry snack. A tart, if you will. Yes, and it was supposed to be toasted. In fact, this tart is intended to pop out of the toaster when it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ready. But I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell you the name.<\/p>\n
I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use the toaster, choosing instead to eat it cold (and more importantly, immediately). While nibbling on the edges, I had a look at the wrapper. And there, in RED, was the following warning:<\/p>\n
Due to possible risk of fire, never leave your toasting appliance or microwave unattended.<\/font><\/tt><\/p>\n Forget about the fact that someone thought that saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153toasting appliance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is better than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153toaster.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Though it does surprise me that they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bother to put \u00e2\u20ac\u0153oven\u00e2\u20ac\u009d after \u00e2\u20ac\u0153microwave,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d thereby including all the microwaves that are not confined to ovens.)<\/p>\n Forget about that.<\/p>\n They didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say that you shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t leave it unattended while it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plugged in (which would already be ridiculous). They didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say to never leave it unattended while plugged in AND actually toasting something (which would still be ridiculous).<\/p>\n They said to never leave it unattended. Never.<\/p>\n And these are the same people who are cautious enough to include *three* steps in the instructions for toasting, including, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cool briefly before carefully removing pastry from toasting appliance.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n So, do they actually expect anyone to follow this advice? (See how this is the opposite of the other kind of over-done warning thingy? Those are all about how no one would actually eat the shampoo, so why warn them not to. But this one is about how the warning\/suggestion will not be followed by anyone.)<\/p>\n I just wonder who thought that it was important to put in a warning that no one in his right mind would follow. Even a generous reading of the warning (including things like: while it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s toasting) still doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make it a very useful warning. Are YOU going to stand by your microwave oven the next time you bake a potato for 8 minutes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok, everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s used to all the idiotic warning labels on everyday objects. Stuff like, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153M & M\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s are not to be injected subcutaneously.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d And we all wonder whether any given label was inspired by a lawsuit, or was just preventative planning by the in-house lawyers. At least, I wonder. Sometimes. So I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t talk about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weeklyrob.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}