Tag: warning label

Caution: Magnet

Posted on by Brian Garthwaite
Bright green sticker reads "Caution / Magnet / Avoid contact with computer discs"
Probably not an actual horseshoe magnet inside there.

Remember those days? Floppy disks and cassette tapes and VHS and all those different storage media using magnetic materials, which could be corrupted or unwritten with inadvertent exposure to strong magnetic fields.

For fun, see how many modern applications still use a stylized version of the 3.5″ floppy as a “save” icon. (As of scribbling this, Microsoft Excel does.)

Do Not Touch

Posted on by Brian Garthwaite
Orange warning label reads "CAUTION Touching or handling delicate optical components will destroy them"
If they could have added a klaxon, they would have.

There are times when you want your warnings to be relatively subtle. Visible, readily noted by anyone paying attention. And then there are the ones demanding you take notice.

Do you know what’s in here? (Not specifically.) Do you think you should open and check. (Not particularly.) Are you curious? (Yes, very much so.)

When there’s an obnoxiously bright orange label warning that fingers will destroy the contents, it’s easy to recall that there are loads of other toys around here which are a wee bit less delicate.

Yo-yos also come in bright orange.