When I cleaned out my kettle today, I peered over the edge the same way I approach a new mirror in a bathroom, coming at it from an angle with blurred vision. Relief told hold when I saw the bottom was now black from use.
When I’d purchased the kettle last year, I didn’t know I had to employ any rituals, which is why this kettle caught me out.
Mirrors are the first things I search for when entering an unfamiliar room. My senses attuned to the slightest reflective surface whether embedded into the back of a bookshelf or in an open drawer. So when a mirror, camera, or other reflective surface catches me out, you can be sure it’s a crafty one.
My COSORI Electric Gooseneck Kettle was a crafty one.
The first time I cleaned this kettle, I peered inside with no more forethought than it takes to peak inside the toilet bowl when checking for ketones. No rituals needed. I expected brushed stainless steel or a junction of heating elements, not a polished mirror with my face in it.
What an absurd place for a mirror! A practical joke, perhaps?
P.S. This happened before I built this website, so I don’t have a photo of the offending mirror. The mirror is no longer visible because it is black from where I accidentally boiled it without water.
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