Lazy or excusible ?

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Lazy cooks and food borne illnesses I had a little panic session awhile back when there was a story on the news about a certain kind of chicken cutlet that I like making people sick.  It's the pre-packaged breaded chicken entrees that are like chicken Kiev style (breaded chicken cutlet with herbed butter inside) or chicken cordon bleu style (breaded chicken with Swiss cheese and ham inside).  I panicked, I like these and I tend to eat them often.  I kept watching. Apparently what was happening was that people were popping them in the microwave for a few minutes, entirely ignoring the package's directions - and trying to eat them.  Maybe these people were getting these product confused with something more like chicken nuggets or popcorn chicken that are sold pre-cooked.  These entrees are raw and cannot be microwaved.  They must be baked for 30 minutes.  It's printed clearly on the back of the package.  So as it turned out it wasn't to product making people sick, it was people's lack of reading the instructions.  What do you think?  Are we getting lazier as a society?  Or is this a justifiable oversight?  Photo: Mine