The International Agency of Instruction Sheet Standards will be meeting, next month, to set standards for items that are often forgotten on typical sheets:
Quantity and types of first-aid items to have on-hand during assembly.
Number of beverages you earn for successful assembly.
The vast majority of instruction sheets and user’s manuals miss some of the most rudimentary instructions. Most of them are preliminary instructions ahead of the main plot. The authors assume that the reader already has the back-story of the characters. Granted, some cautionary notes are only necessary for extreme cases. “Don’t taste the paint.” should go without saying.
Some cautions we’d like to see:
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Don’t try to assemble this with the cat in the room; they’ll steal parts.”
The site has been restored after some administrative nonsense. WhoKnew is not reliable. There’s a rudimentary privacy policy in place and this blog posting should become a regular thing. I’m paying for the site; I might as well use it.
A spammer posted a comment, attempting to get me to click on a link to the void. Instead I will re-quote them, suggesting that you read this aloud at an upcoming meeting and see who blinks first:
After all, we should remember compellingly reintermediate mission-critical potentialities whereas cross functional scenarios. Phosfluorescently re-engineer distributed processes without standardized supply chains. Quickly initiate efficient initiatives without wireless web services. Interactively underwhelm turnkey initiatives before high-payoff relationships. Holisticly restore superior interfaces before flexible technology.
