A few years back I was working for a major player in the kitchenware arena. We sold everything you might need to over-accessorize that particular room. I have to admit, at the time it was a great company and I enjoyed working there.
During one memorable shift, I was the lucky one who answered a phone call from a frantic customer. She had been in several days earlier and purchased some new pans. But it seems her cooking skills (or common sense) weren't as advanced as her anodized aluminum cookware.
She stated that she followed the recipe, but her oven exploded. And since she was using her new pans for the first time, she concluded that the pans must be defective. 
Here's the real story... The recipe instructed her to broil the meat. In case you don't know, when you use the broiler in the oven, your heat source is from the top. Then, after the meat was cooked, she was to add 1 cup of wine to make a tasty little sauce. And what did she do next??? She put the pan, wine and all, back under the broiler and shut the oven door.
Alcohol + flame = disaster. Yep, the alcohol caught fire and blew the door open on the oven. Needless to say, dinner was ruined. Can you say "extra crispy"???
People are idiots. (This might become a common theme in my blog posts). She actually blamed the pan for the explosion! I had her re-read the recipe, and sure enough, it did not instruct her to place the pan back under the broiler.
And we did not replace the pan. 
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