Mum shares embarrassing five-year mistake after thinking her microwave was broken

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Kitchen appliances can be expensive to replace so it can be extremely frustrating when they appear to be on their last legs.

One mum who had owned a microwave for five years thought its time was up and she was ready to splash out on a new one, only to realise her hilarious mistake.

The mum had noticed the buttons on the machine appeared to be slowly wearing away and had finally given up - but when she inspected it further, she realised she had simply never taken the protective plastic off five years ago.

She shared a photo of the blunder on Facebook, and wrote: "For years, I thought the buttons were wearing. Turns out I never took the plastic off.