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Subject:THAT'S Funny--was: RE: Writing error messages? From:kimber_miller -at- acs-inc -dot- com To:<pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 06 Mar 2000 14:40:27 -0600
Now, THIS is a funny tech writer story!
--Kimber
kimber_miller -at- cs-inc -dot- com
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From: Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 7:59 PM
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
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Subject: Re: Writing error messages?
<snip>
I wrote the following error message for an in house application: The
bell would ring five times and this message appeared: "you have pushed
the wrong @#%*@ button. You should be able to push '1' not 'l'. You keep
making this stupid mistake. If this happens I will explode."
My secretary ran out of the office screaming that her computer was going
to explode.
--
Peter
