Reading the instructions

iron.jpgHow long has it been since you’ve bought an iron?

Pauline’s been together with our old iron longer than she’s been married to me and we’ve been married for well over 15 years. She tends to treat things very well so they last a very long time.

Of course irons don’t last forever and it was finally time to get a new one so she went out and grabbed a bargain yesterday. The thing that amused me was the instructions they provided. Pauline pulled the iron and the instructions out of the box. The instructions initially looked like just a small piece of paper but they folded out into something roughly the size of Japan.

How could there be so many instructions for an iron? As far as I’m concerned the instructions should be simple.

1. Plug in iron.
2. Rub over clothes.
3. Unplug iron.
4. Wear clothes.

I suppose there would be all the details of how to operate the steam settings and what heat to select for what kind of material but I do think that we make life over complicated sometimes.



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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He has worked in radio at Perth's media ministry Sonshine for over 25 years and has previously worked at ministries such as Compassion Australia and Bible Society.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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