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- JCSaint, on 10/11/2007, -11/+92You know, the title makes it sound like you won't be able to go out and buy popcorn in Seattle. The building was evacuated 8 times in 3 years because people burnt popcorn and they thought the building was on fire. Ban it.
- KMye, on 10/11/2007, -1/+54" The memo also gives employees tips on how to prevent the problem, such as following the package instructions..."
- kaelyiesta, on 10/11/2007, -5/+34When I lived in the dorms, some idiot who had his mommy make him food his entire life would inevitably burn something in the ***** microwave and as a result we would have to leave the building. This happened weekly and sometimes biweekly. My solution? Verify some idiot burned food in the microwave, then go back to my room, lock my door, turn off the lights, wear ear plugs, resume playing videogame/programming/whatever and hope the firemen didnt notice I hadn't exited the building in an orderly fashion.
Really, the ban should only apply to the ***** that cant figure out how to use the microwave. A good ass kicking might help too especially if its at 2 am during finals week.
That rule could easily be applied to any office environment as well. If you burn something, you get treated like the stupid ***** you are and have your microwave cooking privilages revoked. No need to punish the group for the stupidity of one person. - katiedid27, on 10/11/2007, -6/+28Yes, the title is a bit misleading. When you actually read the article, it does make sense. 400 people evacuated because of burnt popcorn? I'm with jcsaint. Ban it. Eat already-popped popcorn. I live in Seattle, I know there's some around.
- MrBilly, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20With the money saved from lost productivity and the bill for the emergency response (i assume they start getting charged for false alarms), they could probably just purchase one of those popcorn carts for each floor. If people don't like the butter on the pop corn from the pop-corn carts, they cold also just buy a bunch of those air poppers for the break areas. The would solve both parties problems.
- Starflyer59, on 10/11/2007, -3/+20Ban people who can't figure out how to microwave without burning the popcorn.
- prisoner24601, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14@ Rukaribe
"Why is this important?"
The only thing that's funnier than this "let's hang out at the water cooler and spend a few minutes time talking about nothing in particular to get a laugh" mindset is the people who have the time to wander into Digg, waste that time reading the thread, then waste more of their time complaining that we are wasting time... - Dumbledorito, on 10/11/2007, -6/+16Burnt microwave popcorn is one of the WORST smells in an office outside of the IT guy who won't bathe. I don't think it warrants an evacuation, but it's an odor that has a half-life measured in days.
I'd just buy the building some Lysol or Febreeze or something... - aldenhg, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Thanks for not reading the article. Had you read it you might have learned that the reason they're considering the ban is that it has caused numerous false fire alarms and caused people to needlessly evacuate, but instead you stayed dumb and ran off at the mouth.
- DreKor, on 10/11/2007, -7/+15@Jasonquinn
"First, it's a one-in-a-million chance the building is on fire. (It's probably made of stone anyway)."
I don't know if you think we all work in castles or something, but my office is made of drywall and petroleum based carpet and cubicle walls. Fire is bad in that environment. - revenge7, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12The description seems to imply that banning indoor public smoking was a BAD thing.
- norman619, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Why the misleading title? They are talking about banning microwave popcorn form city buildings not banning it from the city. Why is this even a story?
- seattlephantom, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7 "The City just wants employees to follow this simple rule: Listen to the pop to know when to stop."
Since when was Johnnie Cochran elected Seattle Mayor? - Otto, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8What's really stupid is that there are technical solutions for this problem: Replace the smoke detectors in the kitchens with ones that detect smoke *and* excess heat. That way they don't go off just because you burned something in the microwave, they only go off when there is actually a fire.
10 minutes to research the problem and find a solution, or thousands of minutes spent trying to "enforce" stupid policies... Hmmm... - mrharvey518, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9I work in a large office and seriously every couple of weeks some moron burns the hell out of a bag of popcorn. Not only is the smell awful but the smell lasts for hours. I do think though that it is ridiculous that they would have to ban microwave popcorn because people can't stand in front of the microwave and make sure it doesn't burn. From experience, a lot of office workers are incredibly lazy and inconsiderate.
- qishi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7From the article: "Popcorn is not the easiest thing to cook."
Ouch. If making popcorn is too tough for you, life must be very, very hard. And if making popcorn is "cooking" to you... - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7LOL. I work in the Safety Department at a local university and I can't tell you how many times I've seen fire alarms set off and buildings evacuated by some idiot that doesn't know how to cook popcorn.
- mikeflynn, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9Banning public indoor smoking is the best thing that ever happened to this city.
- andrewthrice, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Popcorn, possibly the best smelling and worst smelling food.
- ubuntuedgy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6I hate to be blunt and use profanity, but sometimes you really need to in order to get the proper impact. You don't ban the cooking of microwave popcorn and make others suffer who are capable enough to make it. You fire the stupid ass who is so damn dumb that he can't make a bag of ***** popcorn and makes the building smell like ***** for hours. Dumb people ARE NOT guaranteed jobs.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Isn't the fake butter chemical supposed to be toxic anyway?
Ban the stuff... it smells like *****. - redrighthand, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8There is a major disorder with employees of Microwave Popcorn factorieshaving to do with some of the chemicals involved in production called "Popcorn Workers Lung" that should be enough reason to ban the product outright until a chemical resolution can be found.
- anarchyx34, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Forget the popcorn. I say they ban people from microwaving last night's fish dinner in the office microwave.
- iamnos, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I'm lucky. We have a popcorn cart in our cafeteria. There is microwave popcorn available, but nobody really buys it. Its much easier (and way tastier) to grab a bag made from the cart. A large bag (equivalent to a Large at most theaters) costs around $1.10. Its a wonderful afternoon snack. And given that there's no butter on it, its reasonably not bad for you. Sure its got some seasoning and it was cooked in oil, but all in all, better than anything out of the vending machines.
- quentinp, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Not really because sometimes people get the snack sized bags and if you still walk off and leave it popping it'll get nice and carbony.
- LostOnion, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4My building already solved the problem. We have a little coffee show on the lobby level that sells popcorn from one of those movie theater type poppers. The only downside to that is the aroma makes me both hungry and the need to go see a movie.
- scootinger, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5Marked as inaccurate because the title makes it sound like the city of Seattle wants to make microwave popcorn illegal citywide. And is this really Digg-worthy anyways?
- humbled, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Far from it. That "popcorn setting" usually sets the microwave to a preset time, like 3 or 4 minutes, and does nothing to monitor the actual state of the popcorn. In fact, most popcorn burning comes from people who think the popcorn button means that the microwave will stop when the popcorn is done.
- Shao00, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4It really pisses me off how lazy people are, it's an event that happens in our office every few weeks as well.
- Travisx2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Why not install a mic in the microwave.
Hit the popcorn button, it starts listening for the popping to slow down.
Then shuts off by it's self (or at 5 minutes, then forces you to start it again if there are still kernels to be popped. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3In other news "Brighter people flood Seattle in hopes of claiming jobs held by dim-witted city employees"
- MadMastaZ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3---10 years into the future of seattle---
*Dude in an alley wearing a dark coat.*
"Psst, yo, you want the corn? I got yer corn, I got buttered, light buttered, caramel, old fashioned, you name it."
EPIC FAIL TOWARDS SEATTLE. - holtonma, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3OVER my f*cking dead body they'll ban popcorn! I know my rights!
("...I'll ask the judge for a writ of habeus corpus... we'll put the SYSTEM on trial!") - ShooterMcGavin, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5I'm just going to add my $0.02.
Burnt popcorn is the worst. No, I take that back... stupid people are the worst... burnt popcorn is only a symptom.
http://jasonhaberman.com/index.php/2006/07/17/the-office-scourge/ - Lister169, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4That's why they have government jobs.
- brbubba, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3"Popcorn is not the easiest thing to cook. Who knows if it's really two, two-and-a-half or three minutes? An unsupervised bag can destroy productivity for all your co-workers."
Whoever the hell they quoted on this is a friggin idiot! Popcorn is easy to cook, people don't read friggin directions and they break the cardinal rule of the microwave, never leave anything unattended.
Simple solution to this problem, start fining the idiots who do it. $1000 or more for each offense and watch how fast people perk up when it means their hard earned cash is at stake. - Detergent, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Wow... I've seen an 8 year old microwave popcorn properly, and now people old enough to have a job can't?!?
- VeganG, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2It's rather funny that this came from an actual TV news website. The writer must've been in a sarcastic mood, it reads like a blog post from some of the lines in it.
- elchuy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3In the building I use to work at, microwave popcorn was banned because the CEO did not like the smell. He said the whole office would smell for hours after somebody popped popcorn.
- Blah_Blah_Blah, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"Perhaps what would happen is there'd be an underground market for microwave popcorn, people would sneak the microwaves into their offices, they'd do illicit popping," says Frank Video, a staff member for the Seattle City Council."
- jtorkbob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Holy crap, I thought you were joking too.
http:/www.butterflavoringlunginjury.com
(The name of the domain is actually amusing at first glance, but the situation is rather unfortunate) - Scottamus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2They should just give it away, It would be far less expensive than the money lost from all those fire drills and free popcorn would raise moral better than banning peoples favorite snack.
- rancemo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4"An unsupervised bag can destroy productivity for all your co-workers."
Please don't try to blame government inefficiencies on popcorn. Government is unproductive by definition. - ahnkou, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Man And popcorn is always burnt from the office noobs, smells up the microwave and the whole floor for days... im 100% for this
- franklink44, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3They ought to outlaw thinking, much less popping corn, in those government buildings before someone hurts themselves. Just another example of the caliber of workers found at your average government annex. And to think, these people "run" our government. God help us.
- heyitsgarrett, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4I read the description that way too. When the smoking ban hit DC at the beginning of the year, I couldn't have been happier.
Not everyone likes smelling your addiction. - ratbear, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Once again little ones, the city is considering banning microwaveable popcorn from city facilities (city hall, munincipal court, etc...) ONLY, not the entire city of Seattle. Read the ***** article.
- pixelbasic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Wow one step below the idiocy of Boston. At least they didn't call homeland security. Way to go Seattle. Good for you.
- playerZero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2i nominate this story for "most sensationalized, misleading title on a non-story." accidentally buried as inaccurate instead of spam.
- Charbo71, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2If people are to stupid or irresponsible to handle a bag of popcorn without burning it, are these the kinds of people Seattle wants working in their government?
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