Microwave Lady

[Boozy]

I just remembered this absolute gem of an SC from my wine store days...
She came in while I was finishing a conversation with my manager about what I was going to make for dinner that night. My manager was giving me some suggestions, and I reminded her that my oven was temporarily out of order so I was limited to dishes that could be prepared on the stove or in the microwave. The SC interrupts and says "Oh no! Don't use the microwave! They give you cancer! And they suck all the nutrients out of food! Did you know that plants that have been watered with microwaved water die? Did you know that Russia banned microwaves in the 1970's?" etc. I listened to her for a few minutes and then just said, "Oh. I hadn't heard that. I use my microwave for as many things as I can." (I'm a big environmentalist, and microwaves use far less energy than ovens.) She replies, "Well, you're killing yourself. Do you have children? You're killing them!" I was about to reply that I didn't have children, when my manager interrupted and said "I have kids. I don't microwave the baby's bottles, but I microwave meals for the older two all the time. Now, can I help you find a bottle of wine?"
The SC just would not let it go. She absolutely refused to shut up about the dangers of the microwave. Finally, I just said we would have to agree to disagree and could we please just find her a nice bottle of wine.
(Ironically, she ended up leaving with the cheapest bottle of crap on the shelf. This thing was just absolutely loaded with sulphites and preservatives.)
Every time she came in afterwards, she'd ask me if I'd looked into it yet. I had (out of curiosity) did some quick internet research, and was not at all convinced. But I knew better than to argue. Finally I just said to her, "Look maam, I smoke about a pack a day. If I get cancer, it ain't gonna be from a microwave."
That shut her up.

[katie kaboom]

Finally I just said to her, "Look maam, I smoke about a pack a day. If I get cancer, it ain't gonna be from a microwave."

ha ha ha, great comeback

[It's me]

Gotta love it!

BTW, the whole "microwave ovens will kill you!!!" thing is a load of BS. Hit Snopes for the straight dope.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Gee, I've been babysitting my cousin's kids since they were babies. We always microwaved the bottle for them. They're 9 and 11 now, and seem pretty darn healthy....

Incidentally, the only thing that I worried about with microing bottles is that they don't always heat evenly so I always had to be careful to shake 'em up good after heating and test them to make sure they weren't too hot.

[Ljt09863]

BookstoreEscapee, microwaving a baby's bottle doesn't mean they are going to be unhealthy. there are actually two reasons why you aren't supposed to microwave a bottle.

1. it can heat unevenly and burn a mouth(you've already covered this)

2. it kills some of the nutrients in the formula.

so while it isn't going to kill them, or make them unhealthy, its not giving them everything they need. currently, the formula i have to use is $27 for a pound*....im not about to microwave it and kill whats in it. but you aren't doing anything bad by microwaving it.




* my poor baby is sensitive to the cows milk protiens and soy in formulas, so he has to have a special one that is over twice as expensive for the same sizes ive been getting. i hate how the doctor tested my son for this...he looked like it hurt him....

[Becks]

Finally I just said to her, "Look maam, I smoke about a pack a day. If I get cancer, it ain't gonna be from a microwave."
That shut her up.

Too bad you don't know where she is. They said on the news recently that white bread causes cancer.

[Misanthropical]

My husband is usually a very sensible person, but when I was pregnant he would not allow me to be in the same room that a microwave was being used in.

I don't get it, because he allows our children to use the microwave all the time.

[Sofar]

Why are people so afraid of microwaves? They are very simple machines. There is nothing mystical about them. They use ultra-short-wavelength radiowaves.

And your wireless telephone isn't going to give you cancer.

In fact, how about we all just try to avoid statements that begin with "I heard that" and end with "gives you cancer." That seems to be a popular conversational theme these days.

EDIT: (Your operator's manual will tell you that carousel microwaves work best if you place the object you want to cook off to the side of the revolving plate instead of in the center, this should help everything to heat evenly.)

[powerboy]

I had someone like that once. I just walked off. Hey I was not working at that store.

[Mr. Rude]

My husband is usually a very sensible person, but when I was pregnant he would not allow me to be in the same room that a microwave was being used in.

Your husband is trying to off your kids for the insurance money!! He was just waiting...RUN!!!


j/k

*Takes off tinfoil hat*