Is Reading Directions Really That Important?

Warning labels, no matter how silly, supposedly protect us from ourselves and manufacturers from lawsuits. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they’re just funny. Example: The do-not-remove-this-mattress-tag-under-penalty-of-severe-prosecution-and-fines. I look over my shoulder and tear them off with glee, daring the mattress cops to come and get me. ( If you’re a mattress cop, the last sentence…