SWMBO has just got a new Toyota. The Handbook is full of puerile warnings and this seems to be a growing trend. I know manufacturers are trying to guard against possible litigation, but you can't cover every possibility.
There was a story some years ago about a woman in the USA(where else) who put her cat in the Microwave to dry it. She attempted to sue the manufacturer because there wasn't a warning against that practice. (cat as in pet that is, rather that catalytic)
Surely there must be a point where a user must exercise common sense and does not need to have warnings of the "exercise care when releasing the handbrake as the vehicle may roll backwards" variety.
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Make yourself very popular. Say it was printed especially for SWMBO!
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this reminds me of the warning on the back of the morrisons own brand peanuts it says 'THIS ITEM MAY CONTAIN NUTS'.
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Not while lawyers are willing to invent causes on a contingency fee basis and mobilise class actions.
Among my 2 favorite bumper stickers are:
"Stop animal experiments, use lawyers" and
"Done something really stupid? Let's sue someone for lots of money, and I may even give you some of it
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In Sainsburys there is a sign by the flowers for sale, it reads;
"Warning - these flowers and houseplants are for decorative purposes only and should not be eaten"
In the toilet, at the aforementioned supermarket;
"Warning, this water is hot and may scald"
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I couldn't believe it when written in bold red type on the packaging of a set of dual controls delivered from He-Man recently was a warning that the contents were not edible. It would not even have occurred to me to try.
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Supposedly there is a sign in America saying 'Road wet when rained on'.
Theres not much left to say is there?
Are all theses warnings replacing common sense? Are curbs to have 'caution lip, we accept no liability for any accident caused by this curb'
Crazy
Kev
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Someone has just used the phrase 'common sense' It seems that this is no longer applied to anything.
e.g. looking BEFORE trying to cross the road
Using Indicators to let us know what you are doing (some of us are not
telepathic)
Blaming someone else for your cockups/ lack of a brain (especially
applicable to politicians who continually deny being responsible for
anything)
It is a very sad world we have to endure and unfortunately it gets worse every single day.
Angry and fed up.
Andy
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sadly in the US door mirrors have "objects may be closer than they appear" stencilled in every mirror, actuallt making your rear vision WORSE because of the blind spots where the stencil is...
but my favourite nonsense is the US landing card "are you a nazi war criminal" - does anyone ever tick yes to that question ?
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We have a mirror fixed to the bedroom ceiling..... In one corner it has the following words etched onto the glass:
'Objects may be larger than they appear'.
(sorry, I'll keep taking the tabloids).
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