We bought a Frigidaire freezer that has a little weirdness in the user 
interface.

At first, we plugged it in and pushed a button on the front door. Next day 
I notice the little panel says 0F which I take to mean ZERO degrees 
Fahrenheit.
Next week, we got delivery of a quarter of a steer to go inside.  I wanted 
to prepare the freezer for a new large load, so I press the EXTREME FREEZE 
button.
This is meant to accommodate the extra cold needed to get a large bunch of 
stuff down to freezing.  After a couple days I pushed the button to raise 
the temperature back up to 0F which I took to be adequate.  It sticks at 
-17 and I can't find the manual.  So I leave it until I can. 

A couple weeks go by and I uncover the manual in a pile of papers.  I look 
for the instructions to tell me how to get back to 0F.    Interesting . . . 
This freezer has a Sabbath mode so orthodox Jews can turn off all 
electrical activity for the Sabbath.  Wow, I think.  This control panel 
must have some fancy capabilities if they went to the trouble of 
accommodating people's religious beliefs in the user interface.

I turn the page again and discover that 0F is NOT ZERO DEGREES Fahrenheit 
at all.  0F has nothing to do with my religious beliefs or lack thereof. 
 And it has nothing to do with the English language.  No.  0F on a 
Frigidaire Freezer bought in the age of cars that drive themselves . . . 0F 
means OFF.

What kind of appliance design engineer would create a Sabbath mode but not 
a proper notification that your freezer is not freezing anything?

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