Confidence in Consumers

I have a strange little habit. I love to read the warning labels on things. I find it hilarious that whenever we buy anything, the warnings on the package are written for someone who has never lived on the planet Earth. It would never occur to me to use my toaster outside, in the rain, during a lightning storm. But someone, somewhere must have right? The toaster company could not have possibly thought that up on their own, right?

That's why I was shocked when I brought home a take and bake pizza from Target today. The directions told me to bake the pizza at 375 degrees for 16-20 minutes. That's it. 

It didn't tell me to remove the pizza from the box. It didn't tell me to take the pizza off the cardboard circle. It didn't tell me to take the plastic wrap off the pizza before I put it in the oven. And, it didn't tell me that the pizza would be hot when I took it out. I panicked. I needed more guidance. There was a customer service number on the box. Should I call it? Would that be too embarrassing?

 So, I did what any reasonable person would do. I threw out the obviously defective pizza and made chicken.