Ugh...

[DJFyrewolf36]

The stove in my apartment has the "off" posistion directly oposite of the "light" posistion making it easy to NOT turn it the wrong way. Most gas stoves Ive noticed have off and light on the same side...which is DUMB for forgetful folks like me who always end up turning the stupid things to low instead of off *thinking Im at home using my stove* Some things make no sense. PCB your mom is most assuredly not alone. Sometimes I need a sign lol.

Speaking of ovens being dangerous:

My mom was going to cook a pizza and preheated the oven. Problem was, there was junk at the bottom of the oven *turkey grease I think* Anyway, the stuff caught on fire inside the oven!! It was scary but funny at the same time.

Mom didn't like my comment "Well, I think the oven is preheated now. They always say flame baked pizza is better, now we can see!"

She gave me a dirty look and told me to go get the baking soda lol

[Edwina's Secretary]

My mother lost her sense of smell many years ago. As a result she cannot smell when something is burning. She has an electric stove and sometimes forgets to turn it off. She has ruined pans and even an iron she put on the stove to "cool off" as she can't smell the hot metal.

My father keeps an eye on it.

[anna_66]

I've never gone off and left the stove on but I do do something very stupid.
We got a new stove a couple of years ago (and yes, I still do this stupid thing even though it's been a couple of years ) and the knobs for the front and back are different than they were on my old stove.
Well, I have covers on the burners and I always seem to turn on the front one when what I really want is the back one. I bet I've done this at least 10+ times Luckily I'm always standing there to see (and smell) the cover start to smoke and stink.
Looks like I need a sign too