Well some of you probably didn't know that I was gone. I had some broken equipment here.
I had noticed that once in a while my monitor went off and if I clicked a switch on the monitor it came back. So I was expecting the monitor to go and it did. The monitor I was using was made in 2005. It was the Cadillac of monitors. It had bells and whistles. I bought it on a yard sale. The guy was going for a bigger better monitor.
So I went out to Best Buy and bought a monitor. I got time in the evening to set it up. I turned it on and NOTHING. So that really got my puzzler going. I started to think that what if it's the computer. There was a little button on the back of the monitor. The button was not labeled and there was nothing in the brief instructions they gave.
Today we phoned LG and asked about the button. We found out that it is an OFF ON switch. So as soon as I clicked the little switch, my new monitor came on. So I lost sleep on this issue and I used up some of my best swear words.
Why can't they write something a little clearer so that old people can understand?
I've said your last sentence SO many times - except for the word "old" which I believe should be "all" - "so that ALL people can understand", not just the techies. So often there are no labels on equipment and it's all just guesswork.
ReplyDeleteI love your line "used up some of my best swear words"!! Funny :)
Instructions are often incomplete or incomprehensible. There's no need for that, especially when it makes you use up some of your best swear words.
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ReplyDeleteI am glad your monitor problem was solved with the phone call.
Take care, enjoy your day and have a great week!
If the instructions are indeed there, they are probably too small to read.
ReplyDeleteI hear you! That and small print gets me!
ReplyDeleteYou are exactly right, Red. And sometimes the instructions are not in print but online which, of course, you can't get to if your computer isn't working! ;) Glad you got it going.
ReplyDeleteWell, it doesn't sound like anyone would have understood in that situation! I'm sure you're not alone!
ReplyDeleteThere are probably more swear words where those came from, try some in a few different languages, you can really get the venom going! I agree.... technology boffins need to provide easy to understand instructions for all of us.
ReplyDeleteWell, you better work on refilling your swear words...I notice I need more than usual lately.
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