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"In the dungeons of your Mind, Who You got Chained to the Wall?" K.Rogers
eastern deserthow stupid do they think we are??
Just me, venting, I spend far too much time reading labels and the like.....
You know, the other day I was cooking and went to open a jar of sauce.....just out of habit, i read the label...couldnt believe it....."Heat until Hot" ....were the directions. Now, just how stupid does some retail giant think the general public is ?? I wonder what amount of ridiculous settlement I could have received if I had taken the jar, put it on the stove as is and just waited for the damn thing to blow up??? I mean, really, what about the directions on pill bottles....."Take By Mouth".. I shudder to think about the reason behind this one. Seriously, imagine the poor person who went to the doctor for a headache, got the pills, came back four days later, still had the headache but now, added a sore butt???
One of my favorites is the warning on the sunscreen things for car windows. You know the ones, they go in the front window, are usually inch thick aluminum and on most there is a warning to "remove before driving". Now how far would one get with that one?? Of course, I have one that has no warning, wonder how unreasonable a settlement I could get for that one?? I mean really, do "they" think we are this unaware ?? I hate to use the word stupid but I get almost embarrassed when the people I used to work with, most were from the former Yugoslavia and spoke very little english, they would read stuff like this on labels and ask me "why"?? "Dont people know how to use this"? Like the paint we used for the floor, it warned "for external use only, do not drink".....??????
While I do acknowledge there are people who misuse things like spray cans, inhalers and the like. Fact is, if one wants to sniff paint fumes, they are gonna do so with or without the warning. If one wants to do wierd things with an asprin, they will probably do the weird thing anyhow....I do not need to be told where to insert a pill, or that paint is for external use only, or warned not to drink fingernail polish remover !!
We probably don't, but todays society is so litiginous that companies have to "C Y A" in any circumstance that could arise. I think it is called "get rich quick". Do you remember the case some time back of the woman who sued McDonalds when she spilled hot coffee in her lap? I'm not sure but I think she won it too
I don't have stupid on mine but it might be that the stupid ones have a flashing light over their heads that some lawyers can see. And those lawyers have "GREED" written on their forehead.
I got a call from one of these late night advertisers at one of my jobs. The company & me personally was being sued for refusing to let one of employees file a workers comp claim. Nobody report an accident to me! Turns out if was a girl who earlier told us she'd wrenched her back while giving her son a bath. Seems that when she went to the emergency room & found out that her company paid insurance had a deductible, reality warped. Now she hurt her back moving a box at the office (we'd sent it UPS that day-total weight 18 lbs). I was fuming inside but I gave her the form & told her I'd need a doctor evaluation of her limitations before she could return to work. To her dismay the company's paid short-term disability didn't kick in until you'd missed a weeks pay & you still need that medical paperwork. I did get a offer to settle though, for a lifetime disability payment of 10% of her salary. Yeah Right! The lawyer filed suit. It took a year but it was finally settled for around $300. The lawyer got his filing fees back & I doubt she got a dime. It could have been very different if I hadn't worked with our insurance company's fraud group.
This is cute and really funny...I never stopped to think about the label warnings!! It definitely gives me a whole new prospective on them now!!! Thanks for the "warning!!! LOL!!
brdmommy
glad I'm not the only one reading these "instructions" and finding them really stupid.
HEY,,,,DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LABEL ON A JACKS FROZEN PIZZA READS THIS WAY..............DO NOT EAT FROZEN PIZZA.....AND.REMOVE PLASTIC BEFORE BAKING IN HOT OVEN????????? WELL,DUH!!!!!!!!! DO WE HAVE "STUPID" WRITTEN ON OUR FOREHEADS??
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