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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Cancel button does not reset your toast back to bread.”

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Well, obviously. You need a reset button for that.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Me: pops out crumb tray to clean it.

Me: pushes lever up to raise toast to pull it out easier

Person who never flicked through the manual: WTH?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's people who don't even know there's a crumb tray to clean. Also, the manual likely has multiple languages and, of course, a bunch of warnings because people are stupid and incapable of taking accountability for their poor decision-making ability. "How was I supposed to know you couldn't put the toaster in the dishwasher?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Or alternative "How was I supposed to know not to insert a knife and damage the heating elements"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I take great pride in whacking the lever with one hand, then catching the toast in the air with the other.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I assume it's in like 4 or 5 languages though?

Also, gotta spell it out for the people with below average intelligence not to stick fingers, fork, or hands in it. The Toaster isn't a substitute for a rubber duck, etc. lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

They need to add a page for the intelligent people laying it on its side to make cheese on toast

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll bet 10-11 of those pages are safety warnings such as "Do not bathe with your toaster. Do not stab your toaster with a fork." Etc.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

And probably in all European languages.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If any of it contained repair documentation that'd actually be pretty cool, but I'm pretty sure it's mostly just "how to press a button", and "please don't put this in the bathtub"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah. It’s probably mostly warnings and warranty registration directions in 4 different languages.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ADVANCED TOAST: Practical Bread Theory In The Modern Age

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

There are people who read the manual - peace be upon them.

And there are people who do not read the manual. May they spend enough time on hold to reconsider the errror of their ways.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You should see the manual for the four-slicer.

[–] MacStache 7 points 1 month ago

Probably just covering legal bases so they don't get sued to oblivion because they didn't tell people that toast can burn at prolonged exposure to toasting. And other stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Did you know, the potentiometers scale is usually supposed to be minutes? Maybe it's in the manual 🙂

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I just checked, and it seems even my dualit classic isn't exempt from this!

Though to its credit, it's mostly "how to not set the kitchen on fire" and "how to get the best out of your toast".

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 5 points 1 month ago

Is one of the pages about why they chose to have 7 levels of toasting instead of 11?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

It annoys me on toasters like this that you can't activate just one side. If you want to toast a single slice then you still have to have all the elements on instead of just the ones where the bread is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I genuinely didn't notice the bossin' design on the toaster until I saw the even better picture on the manual!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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