Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion

The very first instructions in the book that came with my new Frigidaire washing machine were these: “You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t follow these Important Safety Instructions. Failure to comply with these warnings could result in serious personal injuries.

I’m not a legal expert or anything, but it does not seem like a very good idea to me for an appliance manufacturer to be threatening its customers in this way. Frigidaire, I’ve read the instructions, okay, so you don’t have to be sending your goons after me!