Emma’s scale was sitting on a bath mat. She moved it onto the cold, hard tile.
She stepped on. appeared. The scale beeped softly. It worked. Bedienungsanleitung Villeroy Und Boch Waage Dh 252g
Translation: Before first use or after a battery change, tap the center briefly with your foot to calibrate. Emma’s scale was sitting on a bath mat
The manual showed a little icon of a foot tapping the center of the scale. In German, it said: “Vor dem ersten Wiegen oder nach einem Batteriewechsel: Kurz mit dem Fuß auf die Mitte tippen, um das Gerät zu kalibrieren.” appeared
Emma had tapped it like she was knocking on a door. The manual said: One gentle tap. Wait for ‘0.0’ to appear. Then step on.
The scale, of course, didn’t answer. Because Emma had done what most of us do: she had thrown away the Bedienungsanleitung (instruction manual) the moment she unboxed it.