Blinded by My Refrigerator; My Mom's Silver Service
Why does my refrigerator blind me every time I open it, sun or pre-dawn dark? A small rant about obvious missing features, my endless war against owning too much, and how S accidentally donating my mom's silver service years ago turned out to be a strange relief.
Some product features are so painfully obvious that it is impossible to understand why they don't exist.
It has been maybe ten minutes, and I can still "see" the blindingly bright light from the refrigerator when I close my eyes. Whether the sun is streaming in through the windows, or it is pitch-black in the house because it is pre-dawn, the refrigerator light still as bright when I open its door.
Why?
A simple little light sensor on the exterior of the fridge would give it all of the information it needs to know to dim the light a bit.
I guess it's just one more thing to break, but that doesn't seem to be a concern as they attach touch screens and computers to fridges and charge $10k for them.
But, anyway.....
