How have we got to a point where an iron comes with instructions to not iron clothes while wearing them. Seriously. How?

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Wtf?
This is something people need to be told?
I'm starting to think the joke about a warning on packets of nuts that reads caution may contain nuts wasn't actually a joke!

That's a generic radio tag label applied to all high-value items that activates an alarm if you try to run out of the shop with it before the checkout lass/lad has disabled it with the magic "wand" thing. That same label will be applied to joints of meat.

Never used a Iron , washing machine has washing/drying cycle plus have a cupboard and airing thing .

Iron:A small portable radiator for DCat to bask near.

Ironing board: a raised cat bed.

Clean washing: cushioning for the raised cat bed.

There was a time when lots of people were deliberately doing stupid stuff and then suing the company - basically doing it as a "side hustle" to earn money.

This was off the back of an already growing litigation & compensation culture. Gone were the days where people would look out for themselves and hold their hand up if they injured themselves doing something daft.... Now, it was more common to sue a manufacturer or service provider for negligence, injury, etc.

The warnings started to increase at this point.

Then people started to seek out ways to deliberately harm themselves (superficially) so they could make a claim - That's when all the warning labels, etc. started stating the bleeding obvious..

Of course there are still many chancers around now still trying their luck. But the OTT warnings have at least closed down a lot of legal challenges and helped stem the tide.

My local newsagent sells tickets for the Aussie lotteries. They have a notice that says if a syndicate has "lucky" as part of its name, it does not mean you will win. I laughed with her about this and she said they had had to re-name all the syndicate names with prize, win or winner(s) in their names when some thickoids had complained they hadn't won.

FFS.

This one always makes me laugh. I have suggested it might be a useful one for a night out.

(As ever, the small print is the important part).

That's exactly the sort of fucking idiotic stunt I'd pull even with the warning.

I'm great academically, but have ADHD and very little common sense or impulse control.

I'd never sue anyone though, not least because I'd never get round to it.

I did that while working as an au pair abroad. One of my jobs was to cook the evening meal for everyone. The mum would hand me a recipe that day and I'd cook whatever it was. One day, the recipe included some sort of sausage, which needed to be sliced into rounds and then fried. What I didn't realise was that the tough "skin" was actually plastic. I discovered this when everyone sat down to eat and found bits of shrivelled burned plastic in their food. Luckily they saw the funny side.

Some black pudding comes in plastic casing, some doesn't. I thought I'd bought the one that doesn't. But I hadn't. Easy mistake to make if you have decent knives!

It's a device to iron curtains.

And hope you don't fall out of the window

I have to admit that I once used the Hob. I couldn't remember which Hot Plate I'd had turned on, so I put my full hand on to check. Boy, was that a painful learning curve.

Just waiting for the pretty sleeping masks in Claire's Accessories to start bearing the warning "do not wear while driving". A lot of their target market will not be old enough to drive!

See also a badge saying "I am 5", with the warning "not suitable for children under 3 years old, sharp point".

I know someone who had a takeaway burrito and started eating it without taking off the paper it was wrapped in.

Never underestimate the desperation of military recruits going through basic training who notice a crease in their uniform minutes before an inspection......

I did the shirt collar thing and burnt my neck as a young teen, too 😳

I love these threads. People are bonkers!

To be honest it’s a good warning to have. I think, but happy to be corrected, that people don’t use irons as much as they once did. For example, I have a clothes steamer and don’t actually own an iron. Other people might purposely buy non crease fabrics. In my circle at least, the use of irons isn’t super frequent. So therefore as irons are used less, do the pros/cons of irons have as much awareness? Is the exact temperature of an iron something the average person can accurately state on the spot?

People in a rush tend to cut corners. For me when I’m in a rush to iron something, I may use hair straighteners across an item I have on. I wouldn’t bring an iron to my skin, but I could totally see why companies would want to put a disclaimer on the label - it’s probably a byproduct of legal action.