Sunday, September 9

RTFM

The people who don't know what that means, are the very people who need to know. And vice versa. It all balances up.

Most people don't believe in reading user manuals. When they get into difficulties, they curse and fume before giving up.

I not only use manuals, I read them BEFORE using the product. Sometimes before even BUYING the product.

For example. Thanks to someone who lives with Albert, we need to get a new TV. As the only techno-competent inhabitant, I've been comparing features on consumer websites. And for more precise information I've downloaded several manuals for competing brands.

But I've had to take deferred gratification to new extremes, even for me. The cellmate has commissioned a piece of built-in furniture to house books and equipment, with a big space for a TV. But once the furniture has been installed, it'll be too late to wire up the TV behind it. So I've got the job of visualizing the length and variety of cables, buying them and bundling them, so the furniture guys can insert them now. All before we even know what kind of TV we'll have.

It's good to remember that these are only first world problems. How fortunate I am really.




9 comments:

  1. I also like to read the manual before I use something and I keep a file of them close to hand so if I have a problem I can do a quick check on it.

    I even have the manual for my cast iron cookware.

    I hope things work out. Most cabling is pretty standard so if Albert has a quorum set built in it will prob work out.

    Good luck.

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  2. Nanners. I always knew you were sensible. Albert takes things a bit too far though, travelling with a set of manuals in his iPod/phone, in case he has to solve a problem from afar. Or to figure out a camera feature.

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  3. I say!

    I've never read a manual. If it's not obvious how to clicky clicky to get it working, then I'm not interested.

    Surely you don't need cables anymore in NSC? Doesn't everything work via WiFi nowadays?

    MM III

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  4. I say!

    TVs go on walls nowadays. In fact, they should be big enough to take up a whole wall - that way you can see which way the ball is spinning, or if the seam is upright.

    MM III

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  5. Albert? What a manual? Is it for punters down at the docks who don't have much money? Teevees just appear. You don't do anything. Before you know, the workmen have gone and you've got a big telly. Magic! Hotboy

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  6. I say!

    Hotters is a big follower of the Cargo Cult. I came across this a lot in PNG.

    MM III

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  7. Hotters. Who changes the channels and adjust the settings for you?

    Mingers. Lol.

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  8. Albert? Who do you think? Hotboy

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