Seriously - there should be a law that when someone writes a manual - like for software or something - they have to speak English (if they are writing the English version)
Today I have 2 giant manuals to read about 2 totally different things - but I would swear that they were written by the same person who does not have English as their first language...
It reminds me of the Wizard of Oz when the scarecrow tells Dorothy to go "this way" and points in both directions - that is what the manuals do - there is one diagram that basically just points in every direction and just says - "do this" which is like saying we have no idea what we are talking about but if we put in a bunch of nice graphics with arrows - it will at least look good!
Not that I would want to write manuals for a living but come on... why?
Well - here's to hoping that you aren't sitting at work right now trying to read a manual that makes no sense! :-)
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