| 10. |
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If you do not understand
the instructions for setting up your DVD player, the instructions were not
written by a real technical writer. |
| 9. |
|
If, while having lunch
with a group, someone calculates every person's portion of the bill
including tip, that "someone" is an accountant. The technical
writer is busy documenting the accountant's procedure on the nearest napkin. |
| 8. |
|
Technical writers watch
other things on television besides Star Trek. |
| 7. |
|
While traveling in an airplane,
you notice that the person next to you begins to laugh uncontrollably while reading the
"In Case of Emergency" card. You are sitting next to a technical
writer. |
| 6. |
|
If you know a person who
has read an entire life insurance policy cover to cover, you know a
technical writer. If the person mentioned finding grammatical errors,
typos, and found a way to rewrite it for
improved clarity then you know a great technical writer. |
| 5. |
|
A technical writer's
favorite pastime - surfing the web and e-mailing examples of really awful
writing to friends. |
| 4. |
|
It is your first date and
while at dinner your date notices a typo on the menu. Don't bother asking,
"So, what do you do?" Your date is a technical writer. |
| 3. |
|
If while arguing, the
person lists your infractions (1. Yada, 2. Yada), you are arguing with a
technical writer. |
| 2. |
|
Feel free to invite a
technical writer to a party - technical writers are secretly party animals.
It's the training obtained while staying awake for hours while documenting
the most mundane tasks. |
| 1. |
|
You ask a person to
recommend a fascinating read and the person can't decide between the Chicago
Manual of Style and the Microsoft Solutions Framework Core
Whitepapers. Yep - technical writer. |
