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It’s About People – No Joke!

Dec07
2010 4 Comments Written by Steve

I am getting down to a handful of days before I retire from Intel. Officially 26 days, but who is counting. With the holidays and vacation time that I will be taking – really the time is very short. I wrote a blog post internally that I want to share with you all. When you look back on 28+ years, there are lots of thinks that cross your mind. Some good, some bad and the others a bit ugly. Well, here is my post:

This will be my last serious or almost serious post for my career inside the four walls called Intel. Many folks were wondering if Steve was going to write something that was going to set Planet Blue on fire or maybe get himself a little Jeff Moriarty treatment. I am pretty sure that Planet Blue will be safe from any flames from this post. Jeff’s standing as blog king and chief pot stirrer will not be dethroned. I have been writing in Planet Blue for quite  sometime – started back in December 2006 and this post is my 252nd. Thinking back to my fear of jumping into this blogging thing – I guess I quickly got over that fear.

For over 28 years, I have been a loyal and dedicated Intel employee. I bleed blue! Like my profile says – 17 years inside the factory and the last 11+ in Information Technology. I still remember my first supervisor, Nadine Hill. She is still an Intel employee. She took a chance on someone that had no clue what chip manufacturing actually was (I thought it was chocolate chips). Those early days in Wafer Sort, Test, Burn-in and Finish were definitely some great times! I met many people that I remember before they became VP’s (Doug Davis the PE). One of my more famous moments comes when I asked Andy Grove to leave the production floor because he came in without a smock. At that time, I did not know exactly who he was by sight. Oh well, he thanked me and went and got a smock. I remember a certain young man that was working closely with me throughout my days in T6, JJ Roberts. Another loyal and dedicated Intel employee that I had the pleasure of working with early on in his career.

I had the pleasure of moving to Oregon and starting up the DT1 sort/test floor. A move that was a great stepping stone for me and my family. I spent three winters in the Aloha campus. Fond memories there as well! A couple of them come to mind quickly. First, we were first trying to come up with 6″ wafer shipping materials and I was asked to look into that. So, I went off to set up using the materials that the silicon came in on and developed a packing methodology that allowed us reuse materials. Had the pleasure of presenting that solution to Craig Barrett. But, maybe the best memory was we were having some problems in D1 with damaged wafers. I took one look at the damage and pointed out where it was coming from… Only to be told, you’re wrong! I bet Bill Siu his paycheck against mine – that I was right. I was right.. Bill has left Intel and I never did get to collect on the bet.

When one of softball buddy from Arizona, Scooter Belew was up in Oregon visiting – asked me if I thought about coming back to Az – my wife answered for me. “Yes, he can start tomorrow!” She did not care if I worked some odd shift or cared for the job, she want away from the weather.. Some like the rain, my family – not so much. We headed back to Az, where I started working in A4/T11. Working in the plastics assembly test line was fun! We shipped lots of product every week. We showed that the US sites can do high volume manufacturing for assembly test.  We worked hard and played hard. I can remember lots of quarterlies that were out of control. We were banded from plenty of places.. I had the pleasure of meeting Phil Ward. Later on, my wife and I introduced him to a friend of my wives and the rest is history. There were many more folks in A4/T11 that I could mention.. Many of you, I still see in the café. There are so many people that I want to thank from my team in Assembly/Test – too many to name. I do have to give a shout out to Nasser Grayeli for giving me a push and letting me move away from TMG to IT. 

Now comes the time in IT! I know many will say, I went to the dark side, I took a vacation… Well, IT is no vacation. Dark side, maybe. I was lucky enough to get to work for Linda Pfost. She had been my manager for quite sometime in IT. Maybe all but 2 years. She definitely knew how to make a team a team. I think back to our days in Flex – with Roberto Polo, Randy Williams, Jan Weber, Joe McAvoy and others. Probably my best time at Intel! We worked hard, played hard and had each others back. My first gig within IT was in GB resourcing! I met another loyal and dedicated Intel employee in Paul Scholz.  We made a proposal that we can reduce cost and reduce the supplier base at the same time (even when the dot.com boom was going on). We were told we were stupid and did not know what we were doing. Guess what? We did exactly what we thought would work and it did! That team was a small but hard working bunch – so AU, PR, TP, TP – thanks. When the opportunity to follow Linda in another area of IT came available – I was quick to follow. She stretched me to do things in areas that I thought I would never be interested in. Got to team up with Roberto Polo again! I also got to team up with Tony Saint, which I can safely say the laughs and good times were endless. The teams I managed have had some outstanding employee’s! If I had to pick a team in the future, some of them know I would be knocking on their doors (JW, JM, SM, AR, DD, MW, JK, JM, ND, RG, SW, DM, DQ, MF, BC, JF and the list goes on).

When I made the decision to retire, which was a tough one, I wanted to leave with giving back some to Intel. Along came Elizabeth Crupe with an offer to take my management experience to the “New to Management” series. Having the opportunity to share my stories, examples and teach the new managers has been a wonderful way for me to give back. I almost grew up at Intel (I will never grow up). I truly enjoyed teaching those classes.

Lastly, I want to discuss the internal social computing team and how things have grown. Back in the day, who would have thought that this would actually be inside Intel? Many talked like they wanted it, but actions did not follow. The since left Intel, Jeff Moriarty, started a path toward of adding some social media capabilities to our internal collaboration tools, but it took Laurie Buczek to get the road paved! We all know who did what! While Laurie was out on sabbatical, Linda Pfost and I presented to Paul Otellini on the progress made and plans. That presentation went very well! From these social tools I have met some special people – Jeremy Schultz, Stace Karussos, Melanie McBride, David Wade and Greg Leff. From my blogging, I have had discussions with folks that I have never met in person - Paulette Moore, Susifina Afemui, Benjamin Buck and Joel Rubicam.  I want to give a shout out to all of the Planet Blue Ambassadors (JS, MSL, SK, JS, AA, BA, DW and others) that give of their time freely to keep this social movement moving forward. I did my small part and will miss it!

I know that there were many great loyal and dedicated Intel employees along my 28+ years. I wish I could have a roll call for many of them.  I can easily think of over 1000. Many of the names that I have mentioned I will still be in consistent contact after Intel. We have formed a bond that is much more than a solid working relationship. Everything that gets done at Intel is done through people! When teaching the “new to management” classes I stress that point. People get stuff done. In the factory we have machinery to help the people, but it is still the people.  People make coming to work fun! Never forget that.

I want everyone that I have come in contact with to know - YOU HAVE HELPED TO SHAPE THE PERSON THAT I HAVE GROWN UP TO BE!

Thanks…

There are many other folks that I could have mentioned in the blog post, but they have left Intel. So, I want to take this opportunity, if they are reading my stuff to give them a little shout out for helping me over the years… Jeff Moriarty, Kristen Walczewski, Brian Higgins, Steve Hudnall, Randy Williams, Pat and Cheryl Harrison! There are many folks that worked for other companies that I have come across that are still very helpful today – Jeff Hanlon, Shawn Plowman, Scott Holden, David Harradine, Gia Lyons, Evo Terra and Jeff Russell - just to name a few!

It is all about the people!

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Fall Break 2010

Oct16
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Steve
Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami, Florida 2009
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Last year was the first year that my wife and I made a trip during her fall break session. We had a blast – if you had not read it before – here it is. For this years trip, we decided to go where the weather was a bit warmer – Miami with a  short cruise in the Bahamas. Main purpose is using the time to step back and relax, read and reflect.

We started off with a couple of days in the South Beach area of Miami. Nice way to start off – on the beach! South Beach is an experience in and of itself. For me the people watcher, I had a ball. We did take some time to wonder around the shopping experience of South Beach. It was a Sunday and the streets were packed with shoppers, vendors and the locals. We had a mission on this trip to stop and enjoy lunch at Van Dyke Cafe. The food did not disappoint! After some more shopping and taking in the sites – back to the beach for the sunset! Watching the sun go down over the ocean is probably one of the best views in the world.

Monday rolled up pretty quick and we were off to the next leg of the adventure, four day cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas. We have found that cruising is definitely a lot of fun – done it more than 10 times. Nothing like unpacking once, not worrying about where and when the next meal is and just enjoying time relaxing. The itenary for this short cruise was Key West, Fl; Nassau, Bahama’s and Cococay, Bahamas. Last week’s weather scare of a hurricane in the area did not stop us from having a good time. We did encounter some rain in Key West and Nassau but not enough to stop us Arizona folks from having fun! Cococay is a private island that Royal Caribbean leases. It is set up for all of the usual island fun – relaxing in the sun, swimming with nature in the ocean, water sports a plenty and a great BBQ. The weather was sunny and we had a blast.

I was able to finish Linchpins by Seth Godin, which I will publish my book review on shortly. I was able to get plenty of relaxation time and think about my next chapter in my life coming up soon. For those that don’t remember or don’t know – I am retiring on 1/3/2011. I will be moving onto whatever is out there for me…

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Found It

Sep20
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Steve

I think I have found what truly gets me going! A little over a month or so ago, I was asked if I wanted to teach an internal training course. It is a “New to Management” Program that was developed in house for our brand new managers. Since I was down to my last 130 days of employment with the company (remember past post, I am retiring to kick off the new year) – figured why not. I have been experience and looked forward to giving back. I was completely excited about the opportunity and couldn’t wait to get started.

Two months later, I have completed 2 sessions of virtual training on “managing individuals” and “managing teams”! This experience has lived up what I was expecting. So much so, that I want to share my experiences to date:

  • After reviewing the material and looking for those opportunities to share my experiences with the material – I got to reflect on my years of service (28+) and the many experiences that I have had. Some of them were extremely good and some that were learning experiences. Walking down memory lane was awesome.
  • Getting familiar with the materials helped me to connect with many of the principles that I follow and some that I had forgotten. Managing is a learning journey that never stops.
  • Virtual classes are difficult to gauge how well everyone is doing with the concepts, examples and activities. From the questions and discussion in the classes – I can say that many of them were engaged. 25+ students and only one person scored the held my attention below a 5. Many comments from the students, centered on my excitement, energy and commitment made the virtual class better than expected.
  • I got to share a lot of my examples! I truly love telling stories and especially those “good old days” ones. I enjoyed sharing the stuff that has worked, what didn’t and what I learned.

I really felt like I was on top of the world when I completed each session. The classes went well, the discussions were rich and the class participation’s really seemed to enjoy themselves. Feedback afterwards was awesome to read! I am truly re-energized from the experience. So far over 25 new managers that I have shared my experiences with – I got to listen to what they are going through and the issues that they are facing. How can I not be excited about at least 3 more sessions each till I retire? I asked for more – if possible…

Maybe I will continue this – once I retire. I think I found something that truly hit home with me…

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What Was said, What Was heard!

Aug27
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Steve

We all know that communication needs to be two ways. We have the sender that says something (“What was said“) and a receiver that hopefully heard the message (“What was heard“). They do get mixed up from time to time. Over the past, weeks I have been communicating, listening and adding some of my peers to this discussion. Below you will find a list of some of the more humorous “What was said, what was heard”.

What Was Said What Was Heard
Be More Assertive. Make them agree with you.
Scope is not clear. That’s not what I meant.
Your data is misleading. That data makes everything look bad.
You’re a bit too aggressive. Being a “B” (male or female version)
Think out of the box. Heard all your ideas before, get some new material.
Emerging Market Strategy. Moving jobs offshore.
You always offer ideas on how to improve. Too opinionated.
Viewed as a SME by peers. Total Know It All.
Keeping it real for me, thanks. Better use a “filter” (don’t say that) for others.
You’re doing great! Probably has no clue how I am doing.
Fly under the radar. Don’t tell anyone – what they don’t know will not hurt them.
That is not what I meant. Bring me a rock exercises are fun, not!
Disagree and Commit. Just agree with me, it is much easier.
You are too valuable to the organization. No transfer for me.
Need to be more open-minded. Have to get alone with everyone.
That will not work. Not invented here, so of course it will not work.
Site strategy. More compressed office time.
That should be Zbb Nights and weekend work.
Only the best and brightest work here. Someone is full of themselves.
It’s confidential. It’s a test… Will I or won’t I tell someone?
Put your corporate hat on. Suck it up…
Let’s bin that. Ok, now that one is dead.
Take it off line. Done listening or Shut the hell up!
That’s Steve being Steve. Ignore him; he will eventually go away.
Not a good idea in this environment. Didn’t think of it, so we are not going to do it.
You’re a solid team player. You are not a leader.
Too foster better work/life balance involve teammates. You’re too slow at this task.
You take a very direct approach. You sometimes leave a trail of dead bodies.
You need to find a new outlet to support your career passion. Your career desires don’t fit within this group.
One-way rotational What the heck? (Trying to rotate me out?)
Is it done yet? Moving a bit slow.
Sorry, I was on mute, what you say? Not paying attention (mute your ears?)
Your Program or project is not strategic. Time to update the resume.

We all know there are more.. Please share…

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Cube Farm Etiquette

Aug16
2010 2 Comments Written by Steve

Maybe it is because I just got back from sabbatical or maybe it is just because the office area has more people around me.. But, I feel it is time to bring up a subject near and dear to most of our hearts – cubical etiquette.

Here are my basic simple rules that I would hope that we all can follow:

  1. All cell phones are put on vibrate. There are a number of you all that think those ring tones are special or cute. Well, for many of us – not so much. Please when entering the building – place the cell phone on vibrate. If you can’t feel vibrate, place on the desk next to you. I bet you will see it moving across the desk..
  2. Personal phone calls. Hey, we all have them from time to time. There is nothing wrong with them – just when the subject matter gets a little off base. I really don’t think you want to share some of the topics of you personal life with your cube farm mates. We are in a very open area… the walls have ears (and your voice carries).
  3. Loud talkers (and that goes for me!) we need to remember that there are people in the office area (besides ourselves). If you are going to be the main talker in a meeting or decision – well, try to get a room. If unavailable – well remember your voice carries. Please use you inside voice… For those that forgot or never knew what that is – six inches should be the carry distance. If they can not hear you on the call – more the mic closer to your mouth or change the batteries in the headset.
  4. Music in the office area to keep you focused is awesome, except when…
    1. If I can hear you music over the cube wall (and you are using your headset) – you have that volume a bit TOO LOUD. Please take care of your health, turn the volume down and save yourself from some hearing loss later in life.
    2. Singing along – please stop!
    3. Whistling, humming and drumming in your cube… Maybe it sounds awesome to you, but the rest of us – not so much (again). If you are ready for American Idol – great, but practice at home.
  5. Smells – We are in a confined space… We have to be very mindful of (and it is open to interruption):
    1. Food – smelling burnt popcorn and some leftovers are not good.
    2. Cologne or perfume – use in moderation.
    3. Kickin off the shoes… Please don’t.
  6. If you happen to be off for an extended period of time – SAC your phone, please!
  7. Be professional and remember to be respectful to your neighbors… We all are working!

For the folks in their cubes – that are having problems getting work done or having their frustration level reaching boiling point. You have every right to – politely ask for people to do the right thing. No need to get angry.. We have one person in our area that comes by and reminds us about the cellphone not being on vibrate – she does this politely. Some of us have labelled her the cellphone police… In a nice way. Only takes one ring and watch us all scramble to turn our phones to vibrate… I am loud, I know that and have warned my fellow cube mates. Told them - if I get too loud they can shhhhh me.. or ask me to take it down…. I am quite okay with that.

Remember to just be respectful in letting your fellow cube mates know – they may not realize it!

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The 150th Post…

Aug11
2010 2 Comments Written by Steve

Would the 150th post be considered a milestone? Who really cares, besides the author? Here it goes… When I started this back about 1 1/2 years ago, I really did not know how far I would go or for how long. I started with an idea that I wanted to write about a couple of my passions – Leading and Ice Hockey. I have added some book review, observation and travel to my personal space.

Leading and managing still have a huge spot in my heart. The other day, I announced (in my internal company blog) that I was going to retire after the first of the year. In that message, I stressed the importance of the people that I have led, worked with or coached over the years – taught me more than I have to them. They truly have challenged and help me grow! I hope to take those learning’s and apply them to the next chapter of my life.

Ice hockey is still of interest for me. Not like it was before the hip replacement surgery. I can not coach on the ice – so, I help out other coaches from a far. I probably will not be writing much about this in the future.

The new adds of Book Review, Observations and Travel will continue. Observations for sure – I am having some enjoyment from that one. With my recent announcement – I should have a little more time on my hands – hoping to add more travel… With travel comes more reading…

Here is to the next 150 posts! Cheers

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First Day Back

Aug10
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Steve

As many know, I had been on my sabbatical from Intel for the past 9 weeks. It was a wonderful time. I completed many of the TO DO’s that I set out for myself. All good stuff.  What I want to write about is that first 24 hours of getting back in the groove.

Last night, I was busy preparing for the next day drive to the office… Had to set the alarm clock – now that one hurt a bit. Not that I slept in late and did nothing the whole time.. But, I did not have to hear that annoying sound of an alarm. My internal clock told me when to get up. I had to gather up all of my work belongings. You know put the laptop back in the bag, insure that the AC adaptor was in the bag and all of the other office items I brought home (over the 3 other sabbaticals – I have had a few items come up missing from the old desk). Since I had not seen my badge in 9 weeks – it was a bit hard to remember where I last put it (found it in the glove box of the car).

I woke up bright and early – too early! I must have been excited to get back at it. 9 weeks is a long time. I was really looking forward to the drive in, getting to see my cubicle farm mates and get started earning my paycheck. I am so glad that I wrote down my laptop password, because if I had to remember it – I know I would be calling into the help desk for a password reset. Once logged in, I got my usual IT updates from all of the time I was off. After 30 minutes or so and a reboot. I was off to opening up email. I wondered how many I would have. I guess about 5 thousand! Well, I was off by 100%. 10K emails were in the inbox. Spent most of the morning deleting!

From time to time, I had folks stop by and get caught up on the doings of my sabbatical. I got caught up on what I missed while I was out. Office environments are way cool sometimes. For those folks that were not physically in the office – I got some instant messages (just happened to see you logged in – you back? – of course, why else would I be logged in).Got some more emails – just like the IM’s. 

What all did I actually get done. Well, the inbox is under 125 unopened. Deleted a bunch, answered some and filed the rest. Should be all back to speed in a couple of days. Had some great discussions with folks. Touched base with many others. Some even told me they read my personal blog to stay up on my happenings. Read plenty of material on the internal professional networking (blogs, forums, wiki) tool to get up to speed on other items that are important to me.

Definitely a long and tiring (but exciting) day!

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A New Journey Begins

Aug03
2010 4 Comments Written by Steve

Wanted to give everyone an update on a post I made about a month ago, Life Changing Decisions. Short summary, I was at a cross-roads with making a decision on to retire or not. I made a decision – I am going to go ahead and  retire from Intel. Timing of when this will completely happen is yet to be finalized, but I have till 1/3/2011.

This was not an easy decision for many reasons. I have been working for Intel for over 28 years. During that time, I have grown up, learned a lot, raised my family, traveled to places I know I would not have traveled to and have met some amazing people. I have put in 28 years at one company. Something that in today’s world, just does not happen that often. I was 22 years old when I started, just out of college and was looking for some stability for me and my new family. I guess I found it.

For entertainment value, I thought I would put in the stuff that I will not miss…

  • Meetings, Meetings, Meetings and more meetings – I hate to count up the hours that were spent in meetings. Sometimes we had meetings to prep for meetings. Sometimes we had post meetings on the meetings. In order to get work done – you had to schedule a meeting with yourself on your calendar.
  • Email! I don’t know what has happened over the years, but email had become the number one way to communicate. Yes, it beat out meetings. Why? Because you usually got one to five emails around the meeting. The email’s I will not miss – did you get my voice mail (now our voice mails go to our inbox), those that come from the person that sits in the cube next to me,  reply to all blasts – asking to be removed from the distribution list and my all time favorite ones – an email asking if we can talk!
  • Processes… To say that I have seen an increase in processes over the years – that is an understatement. Some are completely necessary, I get that. Others, well let’s say some people have jobs because of them.

I will miss stuff as well, like:

  • The people! There are some amazing people that I have met, worked with and helped out over the years. Without them, I know I would not have had as much fun as I had. Would not have gotten much done by myself. Would have hated to sit in my cube – waiting for the next meeting or email.
  • Experiences and memories that I have. Even those that are not so good. They shape us into who we are.
  • My usual parking spot… I started in 1982 in the Chandler CH2 building.. Looks like I will end my time in Chandler CH2 building (I have had stops almost in every building in Chandler and some in Oregon). I joked when I came back to CH2 about 5 years ago, I started parking in the same spot in 1982. Well, maybe Intel can put up a marker on my parking spot!

I am excited and nervous about the journey that I am about to take. I am not going to stop working.. I just will be doing it somewhere else.

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Ever Get a “Bad” Feeling?

Jul21
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Steve

From time to time I am asked how do I know when to decide one way or the other? Sure we would love to have all the necessary data to decide which way to go. Sometimes that just is not possible. Where data is missing – something kicks in. We all have our own special sense of knowing what is right or may not perfect, but good enough. I have laughed at times and commented that my gut tells me. I truly don’t believe that it is my stomach telling me, but it is a feeling that I get that just knows. Feelings – not very scientific, but what are they. To me they are the experiences that I have had and the information that I have collected over the years that gives me the push for the actions that I chose. Ring true to some folks? Look back on growing up – how did you know not to touch the hot stove? Parents told you to, but yet you did somehow experience it (hopefully not getting burned, but close enough to know). Dating – always a good one… When you found someone special – how did you really know? Had to kiss some toads (experiences) to find the prince. 

New experiences come everyday. How do you usually handle them? I say, we usually form our opinion rather early on and act on our feelings first. As much as I like to think that I am very deliberate and cautious on these things, I am not. Meeting people for the first time, do you size up the person across from you? Do you draw on your experience with others to help understand this person better? Do you look at the company that this person keeps to help form some understanding? And yet, we have to remember not to judge the book by the cover…

Feelings are real.. If used properly they can help you make decisions or what course of action to take. Those feelings are your experiences and information that you have gathered! Use them wisely.

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Who Needs Instructions? Or Warnings?

Jul20
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Steve

Who really reads the instructions? Ever really look at the warning labels? Maybe it is me, but when I order a “hot” coffee – I would hope that it would be hot! What has this world come to – that we have to have warnings for everything that common sense should apply? Have we become a society that we have to have pages of warning to protect the company that manufacturers or produces the product? I have a copy of more questions. Are we that stupid that we need to have every potential items spelled out? Does anyone really read them?

I did something the other day that was just out of character, I read one. It was for a Remington Hot Roller product. Why read that one? Random test and it happened to be around. Below is what was in the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS:

DANGER (To reduce the risk of electric shock)

  • Always unplug this appliance from the electrical outlet immediately after using. I guess that one can make sense, since there is no timer on the device
  • Do not use while bathing or in the shower. Now this one is pretty good. Stupid consumer warning – electricity and water do not mix. Or have people really done this?
  • Do not place or store this appliance where it can fall or be pulled into a tub or sink. We should know this too..
  • Do not place or drop into water or other liquid. Now we have written it 3 times. Electricity and water – bad.
  • Do not reach for an appliance that has fallen into water. Unplug it immediately.
  • Unplug this appliance before cleaning it. Especially sent the cleaning instructions have you using a damp cloth to clean.

WARNING (To reduce risk of burns, fire, electric shock or injury to persons:)

  • This appliance is for household use only. Not sure what else a hot roller set could be used for, but there probably are some very creative uses, that just don’t come to me.
  • An appliance should never be left unattended when plugged in, except when charging a rechargeable appliance. Definitely a generic statement, as this one is not rechargeable.
  • Close supervision is necessary when this appliance is used by, on, or near children or individuals with certain disabilities or special needs. I have too  many ways to go with this statement.
  • Use this appliance only for its intended use as described in this manual. Do not use attachments not recommended by manufacturer. You would have to read the complete manual to understand that this is for curling hair only? Oh well… Reading is good.
  • Never operate this appliance if it has a damaged cord or plug. If it is not working properly; if it has been dropped, damaged, or dropped into water. Makes sense.. but we have our 5th reminder about water.
  • Keep the cord away from heated surfaces.
  • Do not wrap the cord around the appliance. Bold-ed, probably due to the likelihood that it will happen. What else to do with cord?
  • Never use while sleeping. To me, don’t use when sleeping comes in to different flavors. Don’t use the curlers while sleeping… Ok that makes sense. If you are sleeping and want to use this – how could you?
  • Never drop or inset any object into any of the appliance’s openings.
  • Do not use outdoors or operate where aerosol (spray) products are being used or where oxygen is being administered. Nice reminder for keep the hair spray away from the appliance.
  • Do not touch the posts that hold the rollers. They are hot. Hence hot rollers..
  • Keep lid open when heating rollers. This must have happened a couple of times, where the lid was melted due to the heat of the posts that are warming up the rollers, so you can curl your hair.

From now on, I plan on looking at the instructions for a couple of reason. First of all, everyone should read them for proper use and care of the products. That is a given! The second is for me to just look at the statements that have to be added for safety. Safety of hurting one’s self and the safety of the manufacturer or provider from getting sued. Where has common sense gone?

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