Everyone please check all your saucepans as this major fault, could be very damaging or even fatal. 😮
Manufactures and supermarkets are in deep discussion, of how to deal with this flaw, serious consideration is been given to withdrawal of all stock from the shelves and never selling saucepans again.
Rumour, has it that the government has also been informed of this fault and it could mean a ban on the use of saucepans.
(No more hard boiled eggs then.:apologetic:)
How the fault was discovered.
An alert and intelligent customer, bought a £7 stainless steel saucepan with a glass lid from a local supermarket.
Took it home and tried it out and immediately discovered this major fault, at once she returned it to the store and demanded her money back.
Of course the customer service desk at the supermarket were happy to return the money and keep the customer happy. All the usual questions were asked, When bought? Have you the receipt? etc.
Then the saucepan was inspected, the handle was still firmly in place, the glass lid was ok, no cracks or blemishes, the actual saucepan metal was not deformed or had holes in, the thickness of the metal seemed uniform.
Then the ultimate question.
Excuse me madam but what is the actual problem with the saucepan?
Wait for it.
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Oh it gets too HOT.:highly_amused:
By: J Boyle - 5th September 2013 at 04:04
Is a burn as bad through layers of fat then?
Is being burned as bad as being judgmental and using cheap stereotypes?
In America, the Democratic party is strongly against any sort of lawsuit reform legislation…why? Well the trial lawyers’ association is a big funding source for the party. Who would have thought that? 😉
When I was a reporter, I had the party chairperson for the party defend that infamous lawsuit against McDonalds….”She was seriously burned” he said, ignoring the obvious self responsibility issue.
Guess what his job was? A lawsuit attorney.
By: Edgar Brooks - 4th September 2013 at 23:31
It’s because the handle of the tray gets too hot.
By: atr42 - 4th September 2013 at 22:50
XL189 😀
I had a ready meal recently. Said heat for 5 mins, agitate the tray then heat for further 2 mins. Quite why you have to swear at it in between heating cycles I haven’t worked out yet.
By: paul178 - 22nd August 2013 at 23:50
I have just spent an hour trying to fill a colander with water. Completely useless I told my wife it would never work!Still it makes a good cheese grater once you have managed to grind through the packing! Colliers Welsh Chedder with a miner and his pick in black packaging.Still better than prunes on toast I suppose!
By: XL189 - 22nd August 2013 at 19:17
On a bag of salad “sprinkles” (seeds!)….
“Carefully open zip, toss over salad”
By: paul178 - 22nd August 2013 at 18:54
Catch 22. My wifes mobile had a fault and the screen said “unregistered phone” I took it to a local guy who has a stall next to tesco. He said that the sim card was corrupted and flogged me a new sim card for a £1 with the advice buy a top up card from tesco. I did that and the phone rang in ok. Tried to put the £10 voucher from tesco on the phone using 150 and 146. All I got was a pre recorded message saying because I had no credit icould not talk to them.
Also on the phone before the corrupt sim card there was £8.60 credit.
T Mobile now have £18.60 of my money and I have sod all.
By: Mr Merry - 22nd August 2013 at 17:21
Interesting articles, and very nasty burns, though I wouldn’t have found the lady 20% responsable more like 50%. That said serves Mc D’s right for trying to brush off her claim like they did.
Bought the wife a new iron a few years, (I’m kind like that) and on the packaging it said ‘Do not iron items of clothing whilst wearing them’.
I thought what a stupid advice, then I thought of Darwin and the number of oxygen thiefs out there.
By: ZRX61 - 21st August 2013 at 21:33
Morons, they order a hot drink then don’t have the sense to handle it carefully enough to avoid spilling it on themselves. Mind you most of the Americans I’ve met shouldn’t be allowed out unescorted anyway.
The issue was the temperature of the drink. Look up the photos from that court case & it looks like the person was attacked with an oxy-acetylene rig & then thrown on a bonfire for good measure.
& here are the real details of the case:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/26862/real-details-hot-coffee-lawsuit
By: hampden98 - 21st August 2013 at 16:33
I always find it amusing when I look at a London Underground map and it says at the bottom “not to scale”.
Well, you would have a hard job sticking it to the wall if it was!
By: charliehunt - 13th August 2013 at 11:34
These three are fairly typical of these inane warnings:
Found a box of Tampax Tampons:
Remove used tampon before inserting a new one.
Found on a box of Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts:
Warning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated.
Found on “Bat Man The Animated Series Armor Set” Halloween costume box:
PARENT: Please exercise caution—mask and chest plate are not protective; cape does not enable wearer to fly.
By: Mr Creosote - 24th July 2013 at 12:06
A while ago I bought a microwave, and the instructions beginning “Unpack Your New Microwave” were tucked away inside the thing itself. Luckily I have experience of these things, otherwise I’d probably still be staring at the sealed up carton wondering what to do.
By: mike currill - 24th July 2013 at 11:44
I think that was due to them being sued in the USA when someone spilt the drink on themselves.
Morons, they order a hot drink then don’t have the sense to handle it carefully enough to avoid spilling it on themselves. Mind you most of the Americans I’ve met shouldn’t be allowed out unescorted anyway.
By: stangman - 23rd July 2013 at 19:48
All packaging should be labelled ‘Common Sense Required to Operate’
By: paul178 - 23rd July 2013 at 19:00
Is a burn as bad through layers of fat then?
By: trumper - 23rd July 2013 at 16:32
I think that was due to them being sued in the USA when someone spilt the drink on themselves.
By: mike currill - 23rd July 2013 at 13:56
This is a fun thread. I guess it took something like the saucepan story to kick it off though. I have also notice that B***er K**g & Mc D’s also state the obvious on their drink cups.”Caution contents may be hot.”. I hope they are or my coffee is going straight back.
By: Paul F - 23rd July 2013 at 10:57
On a pack of supermarket own-brand peanuts (not mentioning any names, but starts and ends with ‘A’):
WARNING: May contain nuts :stupid:
Yes, but what this proves is that whomever produced the text copy for the A**a labels doesn’t fully understand the requirements of EU Food Labelling /Allegen Labelling Regulations, which state that such warnings need not be present where the product name would be sufficient to identify the presence of an EU-defined allergen. So, a packet labelled as “Salted Peanuts” need not carry the “Warning may contain nuts/peanuts”
However, to avoid risk of being sued by an opportunisitic pedant for not having made it blindingly obvious to the less observant/knowledgeable consumer (;)that a product contains an allergen, many brands/chains tend to add warnings anyway. And I guess there may possibly be some people out there who are allergic to other nuts, but are fine with peanuts – the peanut product may well have been processed in a fcatory that handles other nuts too, and so there may be a miniscule risk of other nut residues finding their way into the peanut product. So perhaps A**a see the additional warning as a sort of “belt and braces” approach.
That said I once sat in meeting with senior Technical staff from a major UK supermarket, where one of their graduates suddenly piped up with “Oh, I didn’t realise Cod Liver Oil came from fish…..”. Made me wonder what is at fault – the UK education system, that supermarket’s recruitment process, or the EU Food Labelling regulations……
As the saying goes…”Is it just me…?”.
By: paul178 - 23rd July 2013 at 09:58
Saucepans? I thought they became redundant years ago with today’s generation. If it can,t be heated up in a microwave or delivered by a Graduate on a moped most people would not have a clue to do with it.
By: critter592 - 23rd July 2013 at 03:06
On a pack of supermarket own-brand peanuts (not mentioning any names, but starts and ends with ‘A’):
WARNING: May contain nuts :stupid:
#6 – hampden98 – Could’ve been nasty… :D:D:D:D
By: Richard gray - 23rd July 2013 at 00:36
Guess the poor woman is now back to using her old sauce pan which takes ages to heat up with the electric or gas on full power.
And talking of hard boiled eggs, I have noticed that on a pack of 2 hard boiled eggs in the supermarket.
The allergy advice is, May contain eggs. Eh it would be a surprise if it didn’t.
Best reply from supermarket assistant. Two lads about 20ish walked up to the guy working in the wine aisle and said “Hoi Mate do you sell frozen ice cubes?” quick as a flash he replied “Yes Sir we also sell unfrozen ones which we call water” It suddenly dawned on the lad what he had said. 😀
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