This is a coffee mug. Hi coffee mug!
This is a sticker of death. Hi sticker of death!
This is a sticker of death on my coffee mug. Hi sticker of death on my….wait…what?!
Since I’m pretty sure you can’t read that blurry tiny type on the sticker of death, I will recreate it for you here:
California Prop 65
WARNING: The materials used as colored decorations on the exterior of this product contain lead and/or cadmium, chemicals known to the state of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.
If you consume liquid from this device your children will be born with lizard toes and you will die.
Fine. So I added that italicized part in for dramatic effect, but really? I knew colored paint contained lead, but I didn’t realize that I could die from drinking my coffee in the morning. A sales rep brought our office a dozen of these as an incentive to specify their product in an upcoming project. WE CAN’T HIRE YOU IF WE ARE DEAD.
Also, as if that isn’t enough, I just spilled berry juice on the front of my dress. Right on the boob. I don’t need to tell you why that’s not awesome. Want to know why I spilled berry juice on my dress? Because my very male, very married co-worker (the same one who said my dog looks like a bath mat) just told me that “You look like the cute Dunkin Donut girl in that dress.”
Tags: birth defects, california prop 65, Safe drinking water and toxic enforcement law of 1986
