Metal Kettles

Who the hell thinks that metal kettles with metal handles are a good idea?? I mean seriously, does some guy sit there and say, "hey, let's design a kettle that, when used for its most reasonable purpose will quickly transfer copious amounts of heat energy to the user's hand." I'm sure the average person only burns themselves once or twice a month. The best is when you know about the problem and use a towel to hold the handle when pouring the contents. Then after you've emptied the vessel, you transfer it to the other, untoweled hand as if all the heat has magically dissipated during the pouring process. Sigh*