Insect Screens Will Not Stop Children from Falling Out of Windows

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I love product warnings about obvious things and I wonder if they’ve ever stopped a single injury. I figure if you’re not smart enough to figure it out on your own, you’re probably not smart enough to heed a warning. – Assuming you’re able to read in the first place.

Of course, the reality is that these stickers aren’t put on products to warn stupid people. They are put on to protect companies from lawsuits from stupid people.

I spotted this warning a few years ago in an office building and just recently uncovered it as I was combing through old iPhone photos:

Waning Open Windows Can Be Hazardous. Failure to heed this warning may result in personal injury or death. Insect screens will not stop children from falling out of windows. Keep children away from open windows.

Warning open Windows can be hazardous. Failure to heed this may result in personal injury or death.

Insect screens will not stop children from falling out of windows. Keep children away from open windows.

Insect screens will not stop children from falling out of windows. Keep children away from open windows.

 

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