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

[Peter <pnewman1 -at- optonline -dot- net>]

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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