Microwave Ovens and Guys

1/20/04 | me

[CherylBower]

I'm at work. I work in an office with one other lady and about 13 guys. We have microwaves to nuke lunches.

I noticed this with my husband before I worked here, but thought it was just him.

Why do guys put 30 seconds (or however long) on the timer, and then remove before finished, and then never hit the reset button so that it shows the time again? The remaining seconds just keep blinking.

I don't get it.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

To keep women busy so we can maintain our control of the world. We know that women get annoyed when we leave the toilet seat up or don't reset the microwave. But they end up fixing that themselves, with us deciding major world events in the meantime.;-)

[ZGuy]

They are doing it wrong. Here's the better "guy" method :

Set the microwave for six hours
Put in your food and take it out when it's done leaving a bunch of time left on the clock
The next time you come you just have to close the door and hit "Start" -- No more having to set the time! (Until your hours run out)

Note -- This does not work for my wife because her internal chronometer is broken.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Guys like to be blinked at. That's why so many women make a habit of batting their eyelashes when talking to guys.

[N. Theknow]

We don't like to waste time.

[Moleman]

Too funny. I do this (not intentionaly) and it drives my wife nuts.

[sandpit]

It happens at my house too.

[Post Toasties]

I've occasionally been guilty of this but my question to you is what are the reason(s) that this bothers you?

[T'wit]

I have it wired so that raising the toilet seat turns off the microwave, and turning on the microwave lowers to toilet seat.

[Hillarys nightmare]

Sheez!.. I didn't know that men used micro waves! At least not professionally that is.

Generally speaking, my wife heats up my food at home. And when I am on the road or at the office, my secretary or another lady usually takes care of this for me.

Why until I read this post, I wasn't even aware that I have never even used a micro wave! Perhaps its because men don't usually operate appliances like this. But then again, I might not be qualified to answer this.

Good question though!

[thoughtomator]

Ha... you can't fool me! Trick question!

Men don't use microwaves... preparing food is what women are for!

[Living Free in NH]

Men don't use microwaves... preparing food is what women are for!

I agree. If there's an office with 13 men and one lady, what the hell is she there for? To clean up the office and cook lunch for the guys!!! < /sarcasm>

[radiohead]

Wow! I know the guys here won't understand how crazy-making that is, but it is. I'm glad someone had the courage to bring it up. My son kept telling me I needed therapy since it seemed to bother me so much. I tell him if he really loved his mother he'd reset the friggin' time.

I don't know why it makes me nuts (as does leaving the microwave door open, but that's another thread), but it does. Others may say that, in this world of Dims and terrorists, resetting the microwave isn't important. I say that it's the little things that get people killed, especially among family members. How many Thanksgivings go by without somebody getting killed over the turkey or football on tv?

Maybe we need a support group?