Re: Very disturbing coffee related event...

My rule is that things that can run "empty" without harm (toaster, mixer,
etc.) can stay plugged in, while those things that can self destruct or harm
others if run dry (coffee machine, stick blender) stay unplugged . The
housekeeper is instructed not to mess with the plugs and in places where
you had to unplug something to plug in the vacuum cleaner, I've installed a
tap with extra receptacles so she can leave my damn plugs alone (and still I
come back to a blinking 12:00 on my bathroom clock radio regularly - I think
she hits the GFCI test button). I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I
watch my housekeeper match wits with an electrical device and the device
wins every time - I think it comes from being raised in a rural society
where these things don't exist - I suppose (if I were not a farmboy myself)
that she would laugh if I had to catch and pluck a chicken or some other
common 3rd world type task.

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In alt.coffee, Robert Harmon <r_h_harmon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Our housekeeper has been told over & over that if
she unplugs anything to clean around it to make sure it's plugged back
in.


I have a different rule: The antique and the el-cheapo modern appliances
stay unplugged unless they are actually in use.

The well-made modern appliances are an exception.


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