Nope... that's how I know which end of the bedding goes at the foot. You think I'm kidding but it's easier to leave the tags and have them very visible (when making the bed) than to cut them off and have the nearly-invisible remaining stub of the label scratching you in the face when you crawl into a freshly-made bed. Just when you want to get cozy you have to tear the bedding off and turn 'em around.
Dean

I cut them off immediately. My "remaining stub" is nearly invisible and does not cause any pain and suffering here. :) I would much rather brave the abuses of the stub than see an obvious white tag..... (no disrespect meant to others who keep them..... to each their own!)

LOL.......Bumblebeez!! I guess I should have been locked up long ago! I cut the tags off of everything, I can't stand seeing them or having to rub against them. I cut all the tags of clothing, too, because they irritate my skin.

I'm with you nanny! I vote to cut those puppies off!

I'm looking at, at least 60+ years!

Actually, when I was a young 20 year old, those label warnings intimidated me and I left them on even though I knew I could cut them off!

LOL.......Bumblebeez!! I guess I should have been locked up long ago! I cut the tags off of everything, I can't stand seeing them or having to rub against them. I cut all the tags of clothing, too, because they irritate my skin.

"Actually, when I was a young 20 year old, those label warnings intimidated me and I left them on even though I knew I could cut them off!"

Intimidated you? That's it? When I was a kid, I thought you would go to jail for cutting those things off. Needless to say, I'm sure I don't have to tell you why, when my parents were driving on a road, I got scared when I saw the sign that read "freeway ends." Didn't they realize we were going to fall off the end???!!!

As for labels, I don't think about them, really. But like funfarm, I will use them as guides. It's so annoying to get the sheets just so, only to realize you've done them backwards.

I know it seems funny, and i was pulling your leg just a little, but i do leave the tags on. Like Lynxe, i do use them as a bit of a guide, especially with the fitted sheet. Without the tab, Murphy's law causes me to always get it 90 degrees off!!

Dean

I cut tags off everything, even though the 'mattress/pillow police' have probably been looking for me for years. ;o)

This post made me laugh. Years ago when our nephew was young DH had him believing that the lable police would come for him if he removed the lables from things. To this day he still is hesitant to remove lables. HE'S 33 with a college degree, but is still hesitant to remove lables. DH was that convincing!

I noticed there was at least three large tags at the bottom of our new coverlet. I finally cut the large one off but left the others about washing. Why I don't know because I know how to wash it. I also like knowing which end goes where but I don't like that you can see the tag from the room entrance. I did cut all my tags off my pillows. :O

cut them all off as soon as i'm sure i won't be returning the item! they're ugly and i don't like the rustling sound it makes if you leave it on!

LOVE the tshirts/underwear and clothes now that don't have tags--just have the printing on the fabric!

I like living the la vida loca! I cut them off. I used to worry that my Mom would get into trouble for cutting them off, even after she told me it was ok. After all, it says it right there on the label..

I always cut the tags off too. They bother me.

Lynxe-- When I was a kid we were driving in New Mexico and I saw a sign that said Do Not Pass. My dad drove right on by and I said Daddy! We aren't suppose to be here! We have to go back! That sign said Do Not Pass! I still haven't lived that one down.

I have a little story. I am using a quilt set that belonged to my mother. Several months passed before I noticed a large safety pin peeking out from one of the corners. Investigating I found that the label was attached with this pin. Bottom line- the label police intimidate 92 year old women, and me too because that label is still fastened with this pin.

Bottom line- the label police intimidate 92 year old women, and me too because that label is still fastened with this pin.

A long time ago I had a friend I use to board my horse with. Her mother was from war-era Germany, she understood English well enough, the mere mention of removing those sternly worded bedding labels scared the daylights out of the poor woman.

I rip them all off immediately . . . except . . . the one on DH's pillow. Our pillows are the same type, and he likes to think that sometimes I mix them up when I make the bed, and that my giant head is prematurely flattening his pillow. It is only by leaving the tag on his pillow and tearing it off of mine that he will believe there is no such nefarious activity taking place.

You should see it. He lays on the pillow and just "feels" it has been compromised in some way. So then he sits up and reaches in the case and feels for the tag. There is always a hint of disappointment there when he realizes his own tiny head is responsible for the flattening.

I never post a picture of my computer area because I'm writing from my prison cell....oh how I wish I had never removed any of those tags from my bedding, pillows, and throws! What was I thinking? In the past, I could just call across the cell to Martha and ask her if she thought I should have left things well enough alone, but now, there is no one to talk to about it. And when my latest package came with a new bunk-duvet and oatmeal cookies, I munched on the cookie while ripping off still another tag. Some of us are so stubborn....

Red
cell block 10

Martha turns all her tags into origami cranes....

Do you remove those white labels from bedding No! Not until I get home from the store. LOL

Years ago, the first training class I held--I opened by saying we were going to be bold and adventurous for the next 6 weeks. To demonstrate this I asked every trainee to reach down under their chair and rip off the "Do Not Remove" tag.

*It was a new training room with new chairs and all the tags dangling were making me crazy.

good thing I had already set my coffee cup down. I would be hard pressed to tell my office just how a cup of coffee was spilled on my company owned laptop.
Bumble- its mainly your fault- origami cranes from labels. and Red- you got Bumble started. shame shame.