[Serotonin]

It's not an expensive toaster, but when you buy even a cheap toaster you expect two things:

1. That it shall toast your bread

2. That it shall pop up when your bread is toasted.

The toaster looks good and is proficient at carrying out its primary function ie. that of toasting the bread. But it does not pop the bread up when the bread has been toasted, and I am reaching the end of my tether.

I have been pulling my hair out, biting my nails, and even shouting at the cat. It's making me very unhappy, and I'm not sure how much longer I can go on like this.

[lynn P.]

I'm sorry your malfunctioning toaster is making you feel like burnt toast - I couldn't resist lol. Have you changed the crumbs on the bottom - sometimes a lot of crumbs build up, so you have to take it over to the garbage and open that door and tap out the crumbs. It you haven't had it long, maybe take it back to the store. Maybe the number is accidentally turned too high. I hate it when I burn my toast - sometimes its not toasted enough and I'll push it down forgetting to push reheat and I burn it. Have you ever tried to scrape off the burnt part because you don't want to waste the bread - I have. If you've tried everything, treat yourself to a nice new one and have a 'rage quit' as my teenage daughter would say and throw the old one on the driveway.

[Serotonin]

I hear you, man. I'm seriously considering buying a new one, as although the one I have is only about 10 months old and still within the 1 year guarantee period, if I send it back it's going to cost me time and money, and they will only send out a similar if not identical toaster, and no doubt that too will sooner or later go the same way.

I hate it when my bread doesn't pop up when it's toasted, as when you go to get it it's usually gone cold, and then you have to re-toast thus risking burning it.

Never mind Obama, the Tea Party, or the next Republican candidate, this is the important **** in life.

Lesson learned: Don't buy cheap toasters.

They suck.

[lynn P.]

One time my toaster broke but I really wanted toast....so I bent a wire hanger....not the kind with a white coating, since that would poison me lol. Just the plain wire ones and place it on the burner and voila ...toast. Not the best but it works. I learned that from my mother when I was kid. I'm famous for burning garlic bread in the oven...grrrr. Yes you only get what you pay for.

[Serotonin]

I've made toast by grabbing a piece of bread with a pair of metal tongs and placing it over the gas ring flame before, but you have to be careful as the tongs heat up pretty quickly if your coordination is not great, and using an oven glove to hold it with is always a good idea.

Must visit ebay ...

[unaluna]

oh I thought this was a euphemism for the same issue as yesterday. my bad!

[likewater]

Can you put your finger under the pop handle and kind of encourage it to pop up? Sometimes i have to do that. When my oven worked i made toast in broiler but you have to watch it carefully. You can make really good crunchy cinnamon toast in broiler . Even butter toast i like that way. Now i'm mad my oven is broken, but on the bright side my toaster does pop.

[LiteraryLark]

O.o A husband is a lot like a toaster. Once they can't pop up anymore when it's time to deliver the goods, it's time to bring out the sledgehammer.

But, then again, it's JUST a toaster. You can always just get a new one and forget that there ever was a crisis....crisis....crisis...toaster...bread...CRISIS...O.o

Google first world problem memes...I think you could relate.

[LiteraryLark]

[Serotonin]

This.

No, actually it does toast, it just doesn't pop.

[venusss]

Imagine this sad with EASTERN BLOCK ACCENT:

You take a pan. Put oil in there. Like lot of oil. Heat it up. Fry the toast in there. Turn over, fry the other side. That is how we make toasts.

(also we put garlic on). Who needs toasters?

(I would add in Soviet Russia joke, but these aren't funny).

[LiteraryLark]

Originally Posted by Serotonin

No, actually it does toast, it just doesn't pop.

[lynn P.]

Its funny how this thread reminds me of my childhood. You know how the manual for toasters says......"don't insert a knife etc in the toaster". I would touch the element with a butter knife, because that one part would stop being red. I'm surprised I didn't get shocked.

[Serotonin]

Toasters can kill.

Treat your toaster with respect, even if like mine; he doesn't pop up.

And he is a "he".

I've checked.

Originally Posted by Serotonin

Toasters can kill.

Treat your toaster with respect, even if like mine; he doesn't pop up.

And he is a "he".

I've checked.

Maybe you should get a Female toaster, they are more sensitive to ones toasting needs.

[Serotonin]

Thst's actually a myth, and a bit sexist.