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A few weeks back in my LetsBlogOff Post Things that make me go hmmmm post I mentioned a moment while unloading my dishwasher that made me pause. I know you all have been waiting with baited breath what that could have possibly have been.
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While unloading my plates from the bottom rack of the dishwasher one seemed stuck. This is one of the robotic chores so I wasn’t paying much attention. I pulled and it became unstuck and I put the plate away. Turning back to the dishwasher I thought I broke the tines that hold the plates in place because they were all flat. Looking more closely I saw what looked like hinges so I started moving the section back and forth. Hey look at that after 8 years of owning this dishwasher I learned that the sections can fold flat for large pots or bowls. Wow did I feel stupid.
Later in the day as I was logging on to the internet I automatically clicked no to the same message that has been popping up for the last 9 months. No I do not want to learn more about Explorer 8 at this time but I will later. Later…9 months…how much longer can I keep hitting the no button?
Those two incidents happening within a few hours apart made me realize I am not very good learning about new items that I purchase. I learn just enough to let me do what I need to and then I stop. Why do I do that? I pay a lot of money for these items why don’t I learn the full potential of what they can do for me?
Part of the reason is because I really dislike that all tutorials and instructions are now online. I like to thoroughly look through a manual and typically I jump back and forth between sections to understand a direction. Online instructions make that more difficult. Also I don’t have an iPad and lugging my laptop around can be a pain whereas a manual, depending on its size, is relatively easy to carry. Time is another reason but it is an issue everyone has.
I am not sure quite how to solve this issue as I look around my home and office and realize all the items that I know just a smidgeon about but at least I learned something new about the dishwasher.
Ginny -- I like this post. I know someone who has been known to write instructions from time to time -- professionally. (I'm not naming names) He tells me that no matter what you do -- people don't read instructions (online or otherwise). And I'll admit it, I don't really < no matter how many times that seems to bite me in the butt (posted on this a few times) -- and I keep hoping that I'll just see the light one day, wake up and be changed -- but for now I can't slow down, I've got way too much important stuff to do. great day & Thanks for posting Ginny.
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