Readin' and Writin'

Over the past years I've become a shop-a-holic (via the net) and of course, an extremely avid cook!  End result being that I search many a recipe, and read reviews and comments on many sites.  I'm beginning to think that most of the population is illiterate!  The comments and reviews can be down right stupid, for crying out loud! 

When rating a product recently purchased, do these people READ the directions?  Then they rate it as a piece of crap, as they didn't follow directions...  What kind of BS is that I wonder?  I bought one unit that uses a plastic pitcher.  Reviewer claimed the first use, the pitcher cracked and began leaking.  I've used mine for perhaps 5 years, run the pitcher on the lower rack of the dishwasher more times than I can count.  Still, no sign of any damage from use, or cleaning...

Just this evening I printed a recipe for banana bread and then read some of the comments...  Someone asked the blog writer if there was flour in the recipe, as there was no mention...  I looked at my "copy" to see "2 cups flour (grandma used... {brand name.})

No wonder I rarely write a review, and try to double check any comment before posting - for spelling and wordage...  I guess the folk sometimes write before THINKING!  Or even READING, I can only suppose. 

Seems like a sad state if you ask me, though I was an English major in college and perhaps too critical...  Not that you'd know it by the way I speak at times, and the slang I often use.  Still, stupidity can irritate me at times...

Be well!