Layered Thoughts

I have to start this off with the picture as none of my own words could ever do it justice… So we’ve all used a toaster oven before, that awkward appliance that is not as quick as a regular toaster and not as powerful as a real oven.  And no doubt you’ve seen this warning message before as I know I’ve seen it a few times myself. But just think about it for a second.  The people who engineered the toaster oven are acknowledging that shit might catch on fire if you use their product.  Rather than figure out a way to prevent this from happening, the engineers just slapped this warning message on the machine and said “Be a fucking man and unplug the oven when it starts burning.” Their instructions are pretty serious as well, considering if you did open the door you would start a mini backdraft that would make it even harder to tell the newscaster why your hair is still smoldering. I would love to meet the engineer who said “we don’t need to fix this problem, we just need a sticker.”