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warning labels - 1/24/2008 7:40:43 AM

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the thread on stupid lawsuits made me think of this:

What product warning labels have you seen that are just too silly to believe that it was necessary to put them on?

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 7:42:06 AM

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"to be used only under COMPETENT adult supervision"

if you have to point that out..........

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 7:43:58 AM

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A bag of nuts with the label,'warning, this product may contain traces of nuts'

Stupid or what? But I do suppose without such labels, lawsuits are a scary prospect for any producer.

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 7:50:25 AM

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Hmmm, let's see, the latest hair dryer I bought said that it should never be used while taking a shower. The big portable heater I bought had a plastic bag around it and the stamp on the bag said not to place the bag over my head because it may cause suffocation.

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 7:51:15 AM

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"This product was intended for use as the intended use only, not responsable for injury caused by using the product for a use not the intended use"... (however, the intended use is never actually mentioned. I forget what this was from, either a curling iron or a straightener...)

"This product is for indoor or outdoor use only". That last one is my favorite... if it isnt indoor, or outdoor... whats left? This was on christmas lights, mind you... internal?

"Not for internal use" on shaving cream...

On a cheesebread package : "Product may contain cheese"

And everyone has seen this, on Starbucks, McDs and other coffee cups. "WArning, Coffee may be hot" It better well be, or I'll be pissed.

I work retail, I see ALL sorts of stuff. You think 2 things. A) was thre realy someone dumb enough to do this at some point to warrant the label. and B) if there was, do you think this will realy help? There is no common sense at work in these things, obviously. If something like taking the hairdryer into the shower didnt throw up any red flags in the first place, why does the company think that putting a sentence saying "Do not use in shower" on the package is going to STOP them. I can see it. Someone showering, finishes shampooing, reaches for the dryer, to speed up the processs... since she hasnt finished showering yet but hates to end her shower with wet hair ( i guess... explain it otherwise!) but WAIT the TAG says not to.

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 7:54:50 AM

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"This product was intended for use as the intended use only, not responsable for injury caused by using the product for a use not the intended use"... (however, the intended use is never actually mentioned. I forget what this was from, either a curling iron or a straightener...)

"This product is for indoor or outdoor use only". That last one is my favorite... if it isnt indoor, or outdoor... whats left? This was on christmas lights, mind you... internal?

"Not for internal use" on shaving cream...

On a cheesebread package : "Product may contain cheese"

And everyone has seen this, on Starbucks, McDs and other coffee cups. "WArning, Coffee may be hot" It better well be, or I'll be pissed.

I work retail, I see ALL sorts of stuff. You think 2 things. A) was thre realy someone dumb enough to do this at some point to warrant the label. and B) if there was, do you think this will realy help? There is no common sense at work in these things, obviously. If something like taking the hairdryer into the shower didnt throw up any red flags in the first place, why does the company think that putting a sentence saying "Do not use in shower" on the package is going to STOP them. I can see it. Someone showering, finishes shampooing, reaches for the dryer, to speed up the processs... since she hasnt finished showering yet but hates to end her shower with wet hair ( i guess... explain it otherwise!) but WAIT the TAG says not to.

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ROTFLMAO! Exactly, DV!! LOLOLOLOL

(thanks for making me spew my beverage out my nose...LOL)

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 7:58:32 AM

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The best placard I saw (in a photo) was in the cockpit of a Canadian 727. The US versions had gone nuts with things like don't lower flaps below 175 knots, do not rotate under 120 knots- garbage like that- stuff that anybody who would read the flight manual or even a checklist would know. So there were placards everywhere. The Canadians threw them all out- and put up a single placard that read'- "Do not crash airplane."

How about the mattress tags- Illegal to remove....

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:08:54 AM

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hmm- side effects of pills come to mind. especially "may cause death" lol

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:18:16 AM

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listed side effects on a bottle of sleeping pills "may cause drowsiness" - I certainly hope so, thats why I got the stupid things, or on the same said sleeping pills "do not operate or drive heavy machinery while takign these pills" - to which I ask, if your taking a sleeping pill, why would you even contemplate driving or operating some heavy machinery? shouldnt you be trying to find the bed and some pillows?

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:19:42 AM

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At the resteraunt where we regularly eat breakfast, we usually sit next to the window. On the window there is this little sticker that says something about falling out of windows being hazardous to your health.

oh..and my hair dryer says "do not use while sleeping"! and Daddys military pepper spray has a warning about how it may irritate eyes.

my personal favorite is on the back of my sons childrens nighttime cold and cough medicine. "do not drive or operate heavy equipment"...I mean really....

Oh..and Midol has a warning about not using if you have prostate problems....and chainsaws and other saws often have a warning about not stopping the blade with your hand. I love that one in the garage. And go purchase a new rifle or handgun, inside the box there is a warning that "misuse may cause injury or death"

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:27:02 AM

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seems to me I saw a sticker on an iron saying something to the effect of: don't use this on clothes you're wearing.....

heh.

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:27:52 AM

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quote:

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The best placard I saw (in a photo) was in the cockpit of a Canadian 727. The US versions had gone nuts with things like don't lower flaps below 175 knots, do not rotate under 120 knots- garbage like that- stuff that anybody who would read the flight manual or even a checklist would know. So there were placards everywhere. The Canadians threw them all out- and put up a single placard that read'- "Do not crash airplane."

How about the mattress tags- Illegal to remove....

Haha yeah what's up with that? I've been around the legal system a long time, I've never seen anyone prosecuted for removing labels.

There was awhile where there was quite a bit of traffic on the interstate in an area that was very curvy. Apparently people were not staying in the temporary lanes because the city put up a big neon sign by both sides of the road that spammed the words "failure to follow lane dividers may result in accident or even death". Not only is that freaking odd for a traffic sign, they were so big and bright, people were getting into accidents and not following the lanes because the signs were so distracting. There was a reaction in the paper and they took them down, however, not before I chuckled to myself a few dozen times that some genius at city hall was never going to live down that bright idea (pun intended).

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:33:33 AM

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quote:

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"This product was intended for use as the intended use only, not responsable for injury caused by using the product for a use not the intended use"... (however, the intended use is never actually mentioned. I forget what this was from, either a curling iron or a straightener...)

"This product is for indoor or outdoor use only". That last one is my favorite... if it isnt indoor, or outdoor... whats left? This was on christmas lights, mind you... internal?

"Not for internal use" on shaving cream...

On a cheesebread package : "Product may contain cheese"

And everyone has seen this, on Starbucks, McDs and other coffee cups. "WArning, Coffee may be hot" It better well be, or I'll be pissed.

I work retail, I see ALL sorts of stuff. You think 2 things. A) was thre realy someone dumb enough to do this at some point to warrant the label. and B) if there was, do you think this will realy help? There is no common sense at work in these things, obviously. If something like taking the hairdryer into the shower didnt throw up any red flags in the first place, why does the company think that putting a sentence saying "Do not use in shower" on the package is going to STOP them. I can see it. Someone showering, finishes shampooing, reaches for the dryer, to speed up the processs... since she hasnt finished showering yet but hates to end her shower with wet hair ( i guess... explain it otherwise!) but WAIT the TAG says not to.

DV

The first one must be an imported product. That sounds like someone whose first language was not English. Also it is probably a generic warning placed on all their products.

The reason these warnings are put on products is that people are stupid and don't think things through. Then they blame the company for not warning them not to be stupid. That TV show "America's Funniest Videos" is full of people who don't think things through before they act. Perhaps there should be just one general warning on all products: WARNING: DO NOT BE STUPID

I don't think I'd want the job of thinking up all the stupid things people could do with a product just so I could write a disclaimer warning them not to do it. Now ... thinking up all the KINKY things they could do ... but would those warnings be allowed on the packages?

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:37:12 AM

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The labels are meant to address the forseeable uses and harm of the product and limit liability, even those that one assumes most mimimally intelligent human beings would not do. They attempt to establish that the manufacturer followed a duty of care to the consumer.

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:37:19 AM

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THere is a japnese made food processor with a warning that ways "not to be used for the other use"

ive been wondering for ages what the hell the other use is.....

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:40:47 AM

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Ever seen like cold medicines that say "may cause menstural cramping"? Ever wondered by it doesn't say "in women"? or how the hell the cold medicine can or should do that?

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:46:51 AM

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There is a social anxiety drug that has a main side effect of flatuence... which I cant see as DECREACING your social anxiety...

In the photo lab I work in, the chemistry for the machiens have "Do not drink" on them.
And there is a sticker on the machine on a shelft that sticks out over the machine and ONLY over the machine that warns of the danger of hitting your head.

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 8:51:01 AM

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The docking clamps on the 747 used to transport the Space Shuttle are labled: "Place Orbitor Here"

http://space.balettie.com/SpacePix/PlaceOrbiterHere.jpg

EDIT: Oh yeah....A Domme friend of mine was rather proud of her cattle prod. It has a label that read "For Use on Animals Only." I'm guessing the company lawyers had her in mind.

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 9:01:47 AM

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There is a warning on a Hitachi Magic Wand that states that the item is not to be used in wet areas!

Mind, some might like the effect if it should malfunction in a chosen wet area.

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RE: warning labels - 1/24/2008 9:03:22 AM

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http://www.dumb.com/productwarnings.htm

Most weird labels are because foreign countries suck at translating to English.
And every one fears their product is used wrongly in the USA because of the stupid amounts of money people can claim because of mis-use of tools, machines etc.

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