They put locks on everything.

When we were building this house 6 years ago I remember remarking on how all of the appliances came with lock buttons on them and how I felt like the makers of these appliances were just trying to add every bell and whistle they could to make you feel like you were getting your monies worth. I mean seriously, a lock button on the dishwasher? You close the door, you turn the dishwasher on, you open the door the dishwasher turns off, so what's that useless button for? Well, that all changed one day when Chase was 2. I was folding clothes in the laundry room when in he walks with white foam coming out of his mouth. Now, usually I would have gone into full panic mode, but this time I calmly asked him what he was eating, to which he sputtered and gagged and lead me into the kitchen where the dishwasher door was open and there sat a half eaten dishwasher packet, you know the one's, they have the dishwasher soap and yes bleach in them!! After a quick call to Poisin Control and a couple of glasses of milk later all was well and the mystery of the "useless lock buttons" were explained. Just like when one of us forgets to lock the ice/ water dispencer on our fridge we will find him using it as a carwash for his matchbox cars or trying to catch crushed ice into his mouth, which he is not that accurate at. I now use the locks on all of my appliances and wish that some other items in my house also came with that feature, like the vaccum, the bathtub, the phone the printer etc...