Thursday, December 18, 2008

If the United Nations Really Cared...

Here's my rant about the United Nations. I know that they are working hard on the BIG problems in this world in order to improve our lives. However, in working on the BIG problems, they miss the small problems that really make our daily lives difficult.  In China, these are the things that make my life difficult and I would love for the UN to step in and fix things:

  1.  All electrical appliances would accept the following voltages: 100-240v, 50-60Hz. Without exception. This would improve my life immeasurably and would probably reduce manufacturing costs as well.
  2. Flogging (or death) for people that violate the "walk left-stand right" rule on escalators and moving walkways (there's even a website).
  3. All water faucets must follow the "left hot, right cold" rule.  For circular handles, it's "counter-clockwise hot, clockwise cold".
  4. All cell phones (and any battery-powered electrical appliance smaller than a toaster) would be rechargeable using a USB charger. Oh wait, the Chinese government already mandated this for cell phones! Thanks for nothing UN.

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