For some unknown reason, people do stupid things
all the time and then want to blame the maker of a product for the disastrous
results. Not once do they consider
themselves responsible for their own actions.
Instead, the assign the blame and hire a lawyer who files a lawsuit. Once the lawsuit has been filed with the clerk
of the court, a judge then decides to hear the case because there is absolutely
no way on Earth that person could have known not to do what they did. Is this making sense yet? Let me give you a few examples of some
ridiculous warning labels that should NOT have been needed.
First, we have this warning label on a bottle of
medicine for a dog. Now let me ask you…how
many of you are going to give your canine companion an alcoholic beverage with
their medicine? I would say not many of
you. However, somewhere someone gave
their best friend an alcoholic beverage with their medicine and now this
warning label has to be put on a prescription for the human who is too stupid
to realize that mixing any prescription medication with alcohol is a bad idea. If it isn’t something humans should do, it’s
something you shouldn’t do to your pet. 
Second, we have this lovely little label on a
glass bowl full of those decorative glass stones. Now, why on Earth does it need a label on it
telling people not to eat it? Probably
because some parent decided that it wasn’t their responsibility to watch their
child and prevent said child from sticking decorative glass rocks in their
mouth. This probably resulted in the
child choking and the office where this was located getting sued. Brilliant!
Next we have this sign letting people know their
higher off the ground than they think they are.
We thought about this one and finally my human came up with what I think
is a reasonable explanation as to why this sign was needed. “Shasta, someone was probably leaning over
the balcony to get a better peek at what the person in the next room was doing
and just ‘forgot’ they were not on the ground floor. Then they fell over, got hurt and sued the
hotel/motel where they were.” Ok…now my
doggie head is starting to hurt. Any
moment it’s going to explode at the idea that people are too stupid to know
they are high up off the ground and could get hurt if they lean too far over a
balcony. Sheesh…even dogs know that one!
And last, but certainly not least, we have this
lovely little sign. I know that canines
frequently drink out of things we probably shouldn’t, but do you honestly think
most of us can read well enough to stop us from drinking out of a public
urinal? C’mon. This sign has to be the direct result of some
moron deciding he couldn’t wait for the water fountain to become free and took
a drink out of the urinal resulting in his getting sick. Of course, if common sense were common,
he/she would have waiting for their turn at the water fountain.
I’m sure by now you can see my point. More often than not, warning labels are the
result of some idiot doing something he/she shouldn’t have done in the first
place and suing the maker or owner for not placing a sign dictating proper
behavior to them. Really people? Grow up!
It’s time you stop blaming everyone else and take personal
responsibility for your own actions. The
rest of us don’t have time to read every stinking warning label that resulted
from your moronic actions!
