Re: instructions for a pb&j sandwhich - a little OT

Subject: Re: instructions for a pb&j sandwhich - a little OT
From: Peter <pnewman1 -at- optonline -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 13:25:45 -0400


Sean Brierley wrote:
>
> The core of my disagreement is this: Sean H.'s tale is amusing, not
> really informative. Is writing instructions for PB&J sandwiches, or any
> other kind of sandwich for that matter, really and truly a *difficult*
> task, for a novice writer or for those who *know* how to write
> instructions. Do instructions for making a sandwich really need to be
> preceded by a list of assumptions made by the writer?

<snip>
> A "professional" tech writer whose instructions led me to putting a jar
> of
> peanut butter between two slices of bread would be somebody I'd think
> twice about hiring.

And how many times do help desks get calls from folks who can't find
"anykey," or who are looking for "myfile"?

--
Peter

"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a
minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's
longer than any hour. That's relativity,"
- Einstein-

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