The first one is when I was guilty of such an instance.
I was babysitting for a family that had four children, and our families were really good friends. I had babysat for them multiple times before, so I knew the kids really well, enough to trust them.
They claimed they hadn't eaten breakfast (I was over around 1) and that they really really NEEDED oatmeal. This wasn't just a want situation anymore, their very existence depended on the consumption of oatmeal. Now.
I might be slightly spoiled, but I never really had to heat water on the stove. We're big tea drinkers, and we have a little hot water heater shaped like a tea pot. You just put water in, click the button, and a few minutes later, TADA, boiling water. Well, the family didn't have one of those. They didn't have a tea pot either. So how the heck did they heat up the water? The first thought that crossed my mind was maybe like a pot, but then how would you pour it without a spout? huh?!
So I asked the kids.
Whoops.
They show me this Pyrex measuring bowl cup thing. And I asked them, "So your mom puts this right on the stove?" Oh yes, that's what she does, yep. For a second I hesitate, but then I remember, you put glass baking dishes in the oven, it must be safe to put them on the stove!
Sitting at the table, they are all quietly coloring while I wait for the water to boil. It gets hotter and hotter...
And then it explodes.
Glass, hot water, go shooting EVERYWHERE with a loud bang. I yell at the kids to get under the table, picturing in my mind the discussion I'm going to have with the mom later:
Oh yeah, that blood on the floor is just from the glass wounds. No biggie.
Luckily no one got hurt (I got burned a little as I tried to clean the glass and forgot to actually turn OFF the stove...), and the mom was more then understanding.
And from this I have learned, glass on stove is BAD!
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