auntietk posted at 11:03AM Thu, 10 March 2016 - #4260227

lol! I don't mind editing at all, especially when it's something that's fun to read! What's boring, in a redundant sort of way, is editing a manual for a piece of audio gear and having the person who wrote the manual resent you so much for criticizing his work that he doesn't make 75% of the recommended changes and publishes a piece of technically correct but basically unreadable drek. sigh it's good to be retired.

At one of the companies I worked for, in addition to doing most of the sculpting and machining and being the model making department, I got to write most of the instruction manuals for our own products (and even a few for clients)... I used to try and be as clear and precise as possible, but loved including stuff like "Step 1- Make sure you are fully clothed and seated in an upright position Step 2- Using your eyeballs, locate the red lever and without severing your index finger, rotate it counter clockwise until you hear a distinct click. If the lever snaps off, you have rotated it too far. A green light and lack of fire should indicate you have properly engaged the motor...." Not alway that sever, but fun stuff.