We bought a table lamp recently. Half price for £6 at a well known high street chain. It's "faux leather". That means it's plastic looking a bit like leather, but not smelling like leather.
You had to remove the plastic wrapping from the lamp shade and put a bulb in it. But no worries! There were full instructions - seven steps to do this, the last one being "Connect to the mains supply". Well, I suppose some people may think it runs on air.
In addition to these there were the "Important Safety Instructions" - 18 of them! Including the blindingly obvious (to me, anyway) "never allow the appliance to come into contact with water". But also "Never leave the appliance unattended when connected to the mains power supply." Does anybody really go round unplugging everything when they go out to post a letter?
So, not only 18 important safety instructions, but also seven additional safety precautions! I'm so glad we live in a nanny state. Otherwise I'd never feel safe turning on a table lamp again.
Now if only those flat packed furntiure items came with so many instructions, instead of just pictures! But life just isn't done that way.
You had to remove the plastic wrapping from the lamp shade and put a bulb in it. But no worries! There were full instructions - seven steps to do this, the last one being "Connect to the mains supply". Well, I suppose some people may think it runs on air.
In addition to these there were the "Important Safety Instructions" - 18 of them! Including the blindingly obvious (to me, anyway) "never allow the appliance to come into contact with water". But also "Never leave the appliance unattended when connected to the mains power supply." Does anybody really go round unplugging everything when they go out to post a letter?
So, not only 18 important safety instructions, but also seven additional safety precautions! I'm so glad we live in a nanny state. Otherwise I'd never feel safe turning on a table lamp again.
Now if only those flat packed furntiure items came with so many instructions, instead of just pictures! But life just isn't done that way.
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