Re: Very disturbing coffee related event...


"Marshall" <mrfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:i790231cifopcrkf63niealo2d0ga7k9c6@xxxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:51:42 GMT, "*alan*" <in_flagrante@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


"Robert Harmon" wrote

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I can see where La Pavoni screwed up twice here:
1) The switch & light is not 100% visible from the working angle,
2) the fuses they use were substandard.

LP's not the only ones with potentially dangerous designs. I have a
Melitta Clarity that makes great coffee, but it can get the user in deep
doda.

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I do sympathize with you over the demise of your Europiccola but, really,
Robert, it's not just La Pavoni that "screwed up". Americans seem more and
more to unreasonably expect that every piece of equipment be 100%
idiot-proof. The only way to ensure that is to make certain that the piece
of equipment does not come into contact with idiots . . .

Would it be unreasonable to expect a manufacturer to design a kitchen
appliance so that, if it is inadvertently (or even intentionally) slid
back against wall, it doesn't burn the house down and kill the family?

Of course not, Marshall. Have I completely misunderstood the chain of events that led to Harmon's tragedy?

.

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