Stupid Warnings Are One Thing . . .

. . . but stupid instructions are another matter, entirely.

The Squire and I have been taking showers for so long that we no longer have a stopper for the bathtub. About three weeks ago, I was exposed to poison ivy, and as usual it got into my lymph system and proceeded to get all over. It moved from my index finger, up my arm, to my hip, the middle of my back – places I couldn’t even reach! I went to the local Doc-in-a-Box and was given two prescriptions and a suggestion that I take oatmeal baths to help soothe the itching.

I had to go several places to find a plug – apparently so many new-fangled faucets have the put hard-wired into the spigot that every few stores bother to sell them anymore. I did finally find one at the obvious place – Home Depot.

What threw me into absolute gales of laughter was that not only does the general public need to be told not to use the hair dryer in the shower or don’t pick up a chain saw by the round end, but they now need instructions on how to use a stopper! If you can’t read it, it says,

1: To insert, push stopper into drain opening.

2: To remove, pull stopper out by ring.

I weep for our young people.