found poetry
I meant to post this ages ago...like, after I stopped working at Southern Season 2 years ago. But, since I need a job for June, and Southern Season might be a likely candidate, I rediscovered the little notebook I used to carry around in my apron pocket while looking for the coffee department's phone number. In a slow moment while closing the tea department one evening, I wrote down these safety instructions that were included in a somewhat cheaply made teapot from China. Maybe it's not very kind or respectful of me to make fun of bad translations, but I'm not laughing at the person who translated it into English...just at how funny it came out. English arranged badly is amusing to me. So here it is, complete with typos and odd punctuation mistakes! It's actually kind of poetic and philosophical, if you applied these instructions to life instead of a teapot.
NOT TOY
--Don,t touch the fire directly.
--After pouring boiling water into the glass, temperature will rise up being very higher. be careful when the glass being burned.
--Don,t use food dry cleaner or tableware dry cleaner to wash.
--When the glass gets warm don,t use wet cloth to wipe, also tet glass keep away from the wet place.
--Avoid hitting or dropping it from higher place.
--Don,t use in the dangerous situation, please always put on the tlat.
--Don,t use together with the glass products and hard products.
--Crack is the reason for glass broken.
--Don,t wash the glass with something hard or abrasiving it easily.
--Don,t use out of the product timlts.
--When washing. please keep space with others.
NOT TOY
--Don,t touch the fire directly.
--After pouring boiling water into the glass, temperature will rise up being very higher. be careful when the glass being burned.
--Don,t use food dry cleaner or tableware dry cleaner to wash.
--When the glass gets warm don,t use wet cloth to wipe, also tet glass keep away from the wet place.
--Avoid hitting or dropping it from higher place.
--Don,t use in the dangerous situation, please always put on the tlat.
--Don,t use together with the glass products and hard products.
--Crack is the reason for glass broken.
--Don,t wash the glass with something hard or abrasiving it easily.
--Don,t use out of the product timlts.
--When washing. please keep space with others.