Walking through the home decorations, I happened upon this cute little globe...
Ask ANY submarine officer (and probably ANY naval officer) what legal disclaimer they would expect to see on ANY geographic product, and I bet you 99% of them will give you the same answer. Come on guys, say it together with me now:
"Not to be used for navigation."
Well, as I slowly turned this cute little globe around in my hand, I came upon a very startling legal disclaimer, and considering how recently I wrote about frivolous lawsuits and the resultant ridiculous legal disclaimers, I burst out laughing.
Oddly enough, this little globe could actually serve as an educational device to demonstrate the challenges of cartography and trying to print a representation of a three dimensional surface on a two-dimensional piece of paper. In this case, those challenges are highlighted by the attempt to cut and fold said piece of paper onto a spherical object to make it look like a globe.
swallowed Alaska and half of Greenland!
But alas, I can't use it for education.
In order to file a complaint with the manufacturer over their product, I thought I would visit their office in India. Since they didn't say I couldn't use the globe for Navigation, I figured I'd use this handy-dandy globe as my guide to seek out their office...
...but alas, those clever guys at the factory managed to HIDE their home office in Mumbai.
Okay, so as far as get-rich-quick schemes go, I can't really sue the manufacturer since they're in India.
But surely I sue the company that imported the globes, can't I?
In order to file a complaint with the manufacturer over their product, I thought I would visit their office in India. Since they didn't say I couldn't use the globe for Navigation, I figured I'd use this handy-dandy globe as my guide to seek out their office...
Okay, so as far as get-rich-quick schemes go, I can't really sue the manufacturer since they're in India.
But surely I sue the company that imported the globes, can't I?




