Why yes I do have a thesis to write, blah blah blah

[wzdd]

When I cook something in the microwave, I generally put it in for some time between 30 seconds and 3 minutes. This usage pattern is borne out by the wear on the buttons.

Comments

[lunaminor]

i mean, really, how often do you have to defrost jets?

[wzdd]

My last microwave had preset cooking buttons for some seemingly-random selection of foods, "frozen pizza", "roast chicken", and "fried rice" or something, so I was pretty disappointed with the uninspiring "Meat", "Seafood", and "Poultry" (apparently not a type of meat) on this one. Mystical jet defrost does make up for it a little.

[elfishski]

Why, as it happens I also have a thesis to write!

The 0 then 2 pattern makes sense to me, 2 minutes is just the right amount of time for hot chocolate making! The poor 6-9 buttons are bound to miss out on the love what with the whole minutes thing.

My microwave starts and adds 30 seconds every time the start button is pressed, some multiple of which is always "close enough", so I suspect the other buttons shouldn't show much wear.

[wzdd]

That sounds convenient!

Every time I put food in and press 1-0-0 I think at the last minute, "If I'd pushed 6-0 I would have saved myself a button press!" Which really goes to show just how much I should stop thinking about my microwave and do some work. :)

[liedra]

I was going to say exactly this!! And that explains some wear on the 6, because that's what I used to do :P

[mmaster]

Our one jumps in one minute increments. But the amount I put in most often is 3:30, so I'd imagine they'd probably get the most wear... Not having checked. :P.

[slashr]

A colleague at work said that he generally wears out the m & n key lettering on keyboards first, and o usually follows.