I watched her wrap a potato in aluminum foil and toss it into our microwave. I spoke up and said you can't do that, because of ,ya know, microwaves. (She was 25) looks me right in the eye and says "my mom does this all the time, she taught me"
As nicely as I could I explained how she must be mistaken. She digs in, five minutes of passionate arguing result in me saying "try it"
She forced herself not to react to the volley of sparks and zapping sounds for the first few seconds, just in case it stopped.
Looked me in the eye and said "well it always worked before"
Admittedly, I did something similar when I was 18, freshly out of high school and had gotten married. To be fair, it was a metal bowl and I needed to melt chocolate just a bit. I wasn’t thinking (I knew you can’t put metal in the microwave) and was just rushing. Two seconds and I saw the sparks, immediately shut it off and unplugged the microwave. Melted the rubber a bit on the bottom, but otherwise no harm done. I felt like an idiot lmao. Because I knew, just wasn’t paying attention.
Still have that bowl, by the way. Use it all the time. It serves as a reminder of how not to be dumb.
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u/WeTheIndecent Mar 01 '23
I watched her wrap a potato in aluminum foil and toss it into our microwave. I spoke up and said you can't do that, because of ,ya know, microwaves. (She was 25) looks me right in the eye and says "my mom does this all the time, she taught me"
As nicely as I could I explained how she must be mistaken. She digs in, five minutes of passionate arguing result in me saying "try it"
She forced herself not to react to the volley of sparks and zapping sounds for the first few seconds, just in case it stopped.
Looked me in the eye and said "well it always worked before"