I bought a new watch recently, and I was disappointed when it got scratched after a day or so.  It turns out it has an acrylic crystal face, which Amazon says is "made up of plastic composite that is generally less expensive and less durable than a sapphire or a mineral crystal."  My old watch (same brand, same price) has a mineral crystal face, which "is made from what is essentially a form of glass [and is] more scratch resistant than acrylic."  I've had my old watch for about 8 years, and the steel body is dented and worn, but the mineral face is as good as new. #products

There's a series of signs with flashing lights on the highway that say something like, "If lights are blinking, tune to 590 AM for emergency traffic information."  One of the signs near my house has lights that are always blinking, traffic emergency or not, which completely nullifies the purpose of emergency flashing lights.  If the lights are always blinking and it doesn't necessarily mean there's an emergency, that means the lights serve no purpose.  It's the same thing with a local fire house, whose flashing lights are meant to signal an exiting truck, but since no truck is exiting, merely serve as "crying wolf" and wasting electricity.  These things remind me of store security alarms that everyone ignores and warnings about chemicals that cause cancer, which are also largely ignored. #psychology