Years ago there was this invention called the gas grill.
They came unassembled back then. My pop gave all 4 of his kids one for Christmas one year. Back then we gathered at his house on Christmas Eve.
My twin and I both set out to assemble ours that evening. He used the instructions. I looked at the pictures. It took us like 2 hours each. He finished first because using the step by step instructions made it so he has assembled his correctly.
I ran out of screw X but had plenty that were too short. And the correct screws had been used at like step 3 of 27. lol. So the required disassemble began. Ugh.
I was in my 20's back then. In my mid 50's now I read the instructions for even simple stuff. Trouble is often times things come with tiny little papers you need a magnifier to read.
I learned to read instructions in the 90's when performing maintenance of my automobiles. Things like unplugging the battery before working on anti-lock brakes or torquing the bolts on a water pump in the correct sequence ensured the project was completed like my brothers gas grill way back when...correctly.
I read instructions on paint cans, setting up a smart tv, recharging batteries etc.
Way back when I had a neighbor who never read instructions. I probably started so I wouldn't be like him. Example was when he'd go to fix his truck. He'd start at sunrise and end up using a table lamp long after dark while he'd bang on whatever the snag was with a hammer. It never failed. I'd see from my dining room that his truck jacked up as I drank my morning coffee. I'd ease two doors down and ask if he needed a hand. "Nah, I got this". By 4pm I knew it was just a matter of time before hearing hammering. And like water is wet, eventually "WHAM, WHAM (loud cussing, tool tossing and more) WHAM, WHAM".
Decades have passed and as I type this on a cloudy Sunday I ponder the now gray haired dude is attempting to swap a transmission on a late model Ford truck only to be smashing stuff with a hammer in a few hours....
Are you an instructions follower?
They came unassembled back then. My pop gave all 4 of his kids one for Christmas one year. Back then we gathered at his house on Christmas Eve.
My twin and I both set out to assemble ours that evening. He used the instructions. I looked at the pictures. It took us like 2 hours each. He finished first because using the step by step instructions made it so he has assembled his correctly.
I ran out of screw X but had plenty that were too short. And the correct screws had been used at like step 3 of 27. lol. So the required disassemble began. Ugh.
I was in my 20's back then. In my mid 50's now I read the instructions for even simple stuff. Trouble is often times things come with tiny little papers you need a magnifier to read.
I learned to read instructions in the 90's when performing maintenance of my automobiles. Things like unplugging the battery before working on anti-lock brakes or torquing the bolts on a water pump in the correct sequence ensured the project was completed like my brothers gas grill way back when...correctly.
I read instructions on paint cans, setting up a smart tv, recharging batteries etc.
Way back when I had a neighbor who never read instructions. I probably started so I wouldn't be like him. Example was when he'd go to fix his truck. He'd start at sunrise and end up using a table lamp long after dark while he'd bang on whatever the snag was with a hammer. It never failed. I'd see from my dining room that his truck jacked up as I drank my morning coffee. I'd ease two doors down and ask if he needed a hand. "Nah, I got this". By 4pm I knew it was just a matter of time before hearing hammering. And like water is wet, eventually "WHAM, WHAM (loud cussing, tool tossing and more) WHAM, WHAM".
Decades have passed and as I type this on a cloudy Sunday I ponder the now gray haired dude is attempting to swap a transmission on a late model Ford truck only to be smashing stuff with a hammer in a few hours....
Are you an instructions follower?
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