I’m a HUGE fan of my crock pot. And normally I’ll dump all my own ingredients into it, but Mike picked up a frozen pop-it-in-the-pot bag at the store (he didn’t realize it was for the crock pot at the time), so I put that together one night.
Let me show you the instructions:
There are so many things wrong with this.
First, you’re telling me to wash my hands – twice – after handling your packaging. Is there something wrong with the packaging that means I shouldn’t be handling it? And if so – why the hell am I eating the contents of it?!
Second, why did you not tell me to wash my hands before I even started? You don’t know what I was just doing…I could have been changing a very messy diaper for all you know. If you’re going to tell me at all, shouldn’t this be my first step?
Third, you’re telling me to wash my hands. Uhm. Really? As a tech writer, I have to ponder this. I document pretty complex software…so now I’m thinking perhaps I should add a step that goes something like this:
Step 10: Stand up and walk around your cube. I know that last procedure was a doozy and took a lot of concentration. For your health, we should now take a break.
Although, I’m not sure that it would make it past the editors…
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