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July 7, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Bed model image
A reader named Kevin points out:
I saw this picture in the online catalog for Humble Abode.
Not the best place to set down a tray full of lit candles...
Even if the candles made the bed more appealing from an advertising point of view(which I don't think they improve it all that much) I'm not sure I'd want to buy an item of furniture from people who would allow their product to be displayed with such a blatant disregard for safety. Although I am willing to admit the safety designers probably have absolutely no say in how the product is displayed for sale, you know the first idiot who burns down his/her bedroom is going to sue for millions based on this ad.
Makes me wonder if the photo studio caught fire several minutes later and they used this photo since they didn't have any better ones.
P.S. SEVENTH!!
I would love to write a sentence like this in their catalog:
"Glowing candles by your bedside create a calm, meditative, and flammable environment."
Oh, and the candles don't make the bed look any better, because they are so close to it -- almost under it -- that most of the light they give is blocked by the bottom of one side of the bed.
Hmm...would cetainly make for a quick wake up when you step out of bed on the left. I think I need to try that, I'm usually pretty groggy until that first cup of coffee.
Hmm...would cetainly make for a quick wake up when you step out of bed on the left. I think I need to try that, I'm usually pretty groggy until that first cup of coffee.
Hey pumpkin-noggin, it looks like you needed a cup of coffee when you posted your comment twice. Not to worry, I get like that sometimes too. Thanks for the giggle.
Watch out you might get what you're after
Cool babies strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
Hold tight wait till the party's over
Hold tight We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
All wet hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house
It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work baby what did you except
Gonna burst into flame
My house S'out of the ordinary
That's might Don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin' yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect starring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
When my love
Stands next to your love,
I can't define love
When it's not love.
It's not love.
It's not love.
Which is my face,
Which is a building,
Which is on fire.
When my love
Stands next to your love,
I can't define love
When it's not love.
It's not love.
It's not love.
Which is my face,
Which is a building,
Which is on fire.
I've got two loves
I've got two loves
And they go tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, like little birds
They're my two loves...
Count them one, two loves...
Count them one, two loves.
Which is my face
Which is a building
Which is on fire
It's not love.
It's not love.
Which is my face,
Which is a building,
Which is on fire.
Bruce Springsteen:
Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire
James Taylor:
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Billy Joel:
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Johnny Cash:
I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.
What you get by putting candles under the bed:
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping on your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir,
And folks dressed up like Eskimos.
Aw come on, you guys forgot these two:
From Midnight Oil:
How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees
From Farrah Fawcett:
I heard somebody say
"burn, baby burn!"
Bedside inferno!
"burn, baby burn!"
burn that mattress down, ya!
"burn, baby burn!"
Love, is a buring thing,
And it makes, a firery ring,
Bound, by wild desire,
I fell into a ring of fire,
I fell into a buring ring of fire,
I went down, down, down,
And the flames went higher,
And it burns, burns, burns,
The ring of fire,
The ring of fire,
I fell into a buring ring of fire,
I went down, down, down,
And the flames went higher,
And it burns, burns, burns,
The ring of fire,
The ring of fire,
The taste, of love is sweet,
When hearts, like ours meet,
I fell for you like a child,
Ohhh, but the fire went wild,
I fell into a buring ring of fire,
I went down, down, down,
And the flames went higher,
And it burns, burns, burns,
The ring of fire,
The ring of fire,
I fell into a buring ring of fire,
I went down, down, down,
And the flames went higher,
And it burns, burns, burns,
The ring of fire,
The ring of fire,
And it burns, burns, burns,
The ring of fire,
The ring of fire,
The ring of fire,
The ring of fire,
And it burns, burns, burns,
The ring of fire,
The ring of fire,
From the product description on the Humble Abode page:
With the look of fine grained Oak, the sturdy Maranti hardwood's natural warmth glows through the Autumn finish, protected by a clear laquered topcoat.
I can see the glowing (reflection) right near the candles! And perhaps the "protection" offered by the topcoat is fire protection?
What you can't see is that there is another tray of candles way under it. It was just lucky that the customer can't see it.
I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fi-YER
DON'T TOUCH ME, I'm a real live wi-YER
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first! call the fire department
Posted by: cj at July 7, 2006 12:11 AM