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Originally Posted by ItWasMe
why does the register at work announce "scale failed" in a loud voice only after I have hit the button to reset the scale? By then I've not only pretty much figured out that the scale failed, but also solved the problem. I asked my boss this question, but he just smiled and walked away.
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It has been designed with the sole purpose of humiliation.
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Originally Posted by dlish
its a universal safety mechanism so that no one burns themselves. its so that anyone from anypart of the world knows that hot is on the left and cold is on the right without thinking about it
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True, but what about the second half? When I need to turn the hot water down because someone flushed the toilet somewhere, I also need to know which direction means "less hot".