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Subject:Re: HUMOR: Stupid instructions From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:34:45 -0600
Yep!
And it went into a black hole. Never heard a word.
I would guess the company's documentation is just as putrid now as it was then.
Jo Byrd
Paul Branchaud wrote, in part:
> Trying to steer my message onto something resembling a valid topic:
>
> Has anyone ever contacted the manufacturer of a product with poor instructions
> and offered their professional services?
>
> Paul
