Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: June 19

Grinders Gone Wild

Somebody hand the folks at Starbucks(SBUX Quote) a grande espresso. They could seriously use a pick-me-up about now.

The Seattle-based coffee company announced Tuesday it was recalling about 530,000 coffee grinders because they either switch on unexpectedly or fail to turn off. Operating a malfunctioning piece of machinery clearly poses a great danger to consumers, especially those sleepy-eyed worker-bees desperately seeking their first cup of coffee.

Starbucks said it had received 176 reports involving the defective bean-crushers, including three reports of hand lacerations because the grinders turned on unexpectedly during cleaning. The Starbucks Barista Blade Grinders and Seattle's Best Coffee Blade Grinders that are being recalled were manufactured in China and sold in Starbucks and Seattle's Best Coffee stores between March 2002 and March 2009. ...