Interesting moments....

[Oncefallen]

Do people in America sue companies for packaging foods with no warning labels?? I mean, why should a peanut butter jar have a warning label for peanut allergy?

They have to put warning labels on products. Many foods that are manufactured here, for example, let's say chocolate, go through a production mill machine, but that machine may also be used for packaging peanuts. Thus the need for the chocolate bar to have a label saying "may contain traces of peanuts." I'm sure they clean the machines off after using each food product, but traces may still remain.

It is reasonable (IMO) for companies to warn their consumers of possible cross contamination from different products in the same processing plant however some of the warning labels are there because people are STUPID and will sue the manufacturer for the consumer's stupidity.

Most places that sell hot beverages have warning labels on the cups stating that the contents are HOT. Well I certainly hope so, I order coffee expecting it to be hot. This is due to some lady suing (and winning) McDonalds because she burned a rather sensitive are after placing a cup of coffee between her legs while she was driving. The jury determined that McDonald's coffee was exceptionally hot and that she should have been warned about it.

Years ago shortly after "cruise controls" first came available in cars a guy sued (and won) GM when he crashed his motorhome after having set the cruise and got out of the driver's seat. The jury determined that GM should have warned him that "cruise control" was NOT an auto pilot.

We have warning labels on all sorts of household cleaning products warning that they are not to be taken internally. (beats me, I've never wondered what 409 or Windex tasted like)

 

[Oncefallen]

I work as a painter (buildings not art) and routinely hear stuff like "just paint it off white" or "I want that wall tan". People don't seem to realize that "off white" and "tan" are broad descriptions of a color range, not specific colors that every paint manufacturer makes. I could go into the paint store, grab a bucket of white paint and turn out literally hundreds of versions of "off white" by adding one drop of different color pigments at a time before the color shifted so far as to be considered pink, pale green, grey, or tan.

 

[Roh_Chris]

It is reasonable (IMO) for companies to warn their consumers of possible cross contamination from different products in the same processing plant however some of the warning labels are there because people are STUPID and will sue the manufacturer for the consumer's stupidity.

I agree. Sometimes the warning labels/measures are valid - like cross-contamination, child-proof locks on medicine bottles, etc. They are there for a good reason and I am okay with that. But I have a problem with warning labels that were put in place because a customer was stupid and was STILL lucky enough to win the suit against the manufacturer.

and the last one (which I am not sure is true) -

Well, I won't derail this thread any further.

 

[Lynx]

This is clearly a topic of its own, which needs its own thread. Look out for LOOK OUT, the thread about warnings you have seen that seemed odd, unnecessary or silly.

 

[Lynx]

So, back to the topic of interesting moments... Recently a truck rolled up to the drive-through and a girl handed the cashier the money. The girl sitting behind the wheel was all of six years old.

Her mother was a mail deliverer, and she had her own controls on the right side. But it sure was a funny gag. If I had the stress they have (they really are a bit under the gun to get their routes done NOW) I'd take advantage of the automobile configuration too.

 

[Malcyboy]

Hmmmm... Over here, we have local councils, who basically oversee things like council tax and such likes, they are also responsible for the maitenance of council homes, which they rent to people, my family currently lives in one... So anyways we were needed our boiler maintenance done, and so they sent two guys out....they came in and inspected it....okay and said, we will get someone out to sort this in next couple of days...okay....couple of days someone arrives....to check what stuff is needed....okay thats ridiculous....he then DUCT TAPES the panel he removed, so when they finally send the engineer out, that he would stick it back on right....

it took 4 guys to do a 1 man job... Le sigh

 

[rachelsedge]

My brother works at a Christian book store. They also sell CDs, movies, tracks, etc. He said a woman came in and asked if they had an A Capella track CD to a certain song.

 

[Lynx]

Well... you could get a split-track and just delete the music.