Coffee machine UX fail

[shadowspar]

So my inlaws have this coffee machine.

It brews into a small-ish hole in the top of a carafe.

Now, if the carafe isn't pushed all the way into the machine, the hole doesn't line up correctly...so instead of pouring into the carafe, the coffee streams all over the counter.

Someone at the company who made the coffee machine noticed this, and thoughtfully printed a warning on the machine.

When do you most need to see this warning?
When the carafe isn't pushed all the way in, right?

So what happens when the carafe isn't pushed all the way in?