#5: Deep-Fried Emergency
I worked at the college food court when I was getting my bachelor’s degree. My least favorite place to work there was undoubtedly the hamburger grill, partly because it made me smell like grease for the rest of the day, and partly because standing by the grill and the deep fryer inevitably led to burns. You can’t spend much time around a deep fryer before you realize that it is an accident waiting to happen.
So it really astonishes me to read a story like this and discover that some people don’t see deep fryers and immediately conclude that they want to keep as much distance from this thing as possible. Two important questions here: why did he have his lighter out over the deep fryer? And is shoving your hand into a deep fryer the stupidest thing I’ve heard of in a while? The answer to the second question is yes.