# Hire people who are smart enough not to burn popcorn in a microwave oven.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 19, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785 "2011-09-19T03:18:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785/1 "2011-09-19T03:18:13Z")

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**HIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE SMART ENOUGH NOT TO BURN POPCORN IN A MICROWAVE OVEN.**

Crap.  
Busted.

Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785/2 "2011-09-19T03:23:08Z")

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Hire people who are smart enough to post in the existing thread? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785/3 "2011-09-19T03:55:51Z")

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Sounds like a good plan.

Think you can get it through committee?

Tris

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785/4 "2011-09-19T04:46:32Z")

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I have found that the best way to prevent popcorn from burning is to wrap it in aluminum foil before putting it in the microwave.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785/5 "2011-09-19T04:57:55Z")

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Just how do you test for this sort of thing?

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785/6 "2011-09-19T05:00:06Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> Just how do you test for this sort of thing?

Give away free samples during orientation and training. Observe.

Tris

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hire-people-who-are-smart-enough-not-to-burn-popcorn-in-a-microwave-oven/596785/7 "2011-09-19T09:05:03Z")

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I’m guessing this was meant to be posted in the other thread, but since there’s not really much here, content-wise, I’m going to go ahead and close it.