Should We Be Allowed Gadgets?

I was reading about Tyco's Sony Syndrome woes this morning on Penny Arcade and began to realize the tragedy that my own gadget world has to offer.

Tyco was musing over his inability to operate a one-buttoned Pod Coffee-maker; sadly he's not alone. I thought I'd chronicle mine:

Offense #1:
Omitted cup from the machine.
Created a coffee river into the cats bowl on the floor. Fortunately I didn't end up with 3 drugged-out cats moon-walking on the curtains.

Offense #2:
Didn't put water chamber back on machine properly.
Created a water river into the cats bowl on the floor. Cats inspected their ruined food with some fear that this was a serving suggestion.

Offense #3:
Failed to put water in the machine.
Created HG Wells' Time Machine. Seriously ugly pump noises and fur-ball spluttering. Machine allowed to rest for a day to recover.

Offense #4:
Failed to put coffee in machine.
Created a nice cup of British tea, all water no tea.

As you can see I don't really fare any better than Tyco. The real question is, should we be allowed our gadgets, be wheeled to the retirement home, or do we inherently screw things up in our sleep-dazed state?

If I'd level gadget hell I'd also have to chronicle:

• Blowing up a computer's power-supply by moving the computer 5 miles
• Blowing up a PS2 due to my ham fisted soldering techniques
• Nearly blowing up a house by drilling through a water-pipe and then 2 minutes later a mains power-cable.

Hmmm - I think I'll stop there. It's best these gadget disasters are left untold.

[MW]