If we want to get pedantic here it didn’t technically “shatter”, it just broke cleanly in half… at least that’s what they’ll say when you try to return it lol
That’s not being pedantic. If it wasn’t shatterproof it would have shattered.
Yeah it is basically a safety ruler. Plastic ones that shatter can have a lot of sharp jagged edges, which isn’t great for kids.
Is that similar to when I buy no more tears shampoo but I still cry myself to bed?
thanks for that comment
It’s not “tear-free” as in it won’t make you cry; it’s “tear-free” as in it won’t knot your hair and tear it when you brush it.
Baby shampoos have special formulation that are way less irritating if you happen to get some in your kid’s eye. It’s not zero irritation, but it’s way less than a normal soap or shampoo.
My mistake
Still didn’t shatter
When I buy a shatterproof ruler, I expect it to be forged by the dark lord himself and destroyable only in the fires of Mt. Doom.
Once my mates got drunk and we thought it would be fun to try and shatter one of these rulers, on my bum.
Ended up actually shattering into a few pieces, however everyone was more attentive to how much I enjoyed it unfortunately.See, now there is a Dwight Schrute fan fiction origin story if I ever saw one.
I think it’s really brilliant marketing. If it didn’t say shatterproof, I never would have contemplated how shatterable my ruler is. Ruler durability was never even on my radar.
Since it did, I broke mine on the first day of first grade while testing it, and I needed a replacement.
Shadooby
Shatterproof is a big claim, shatter resistant perhaps.
