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Originally Posted by Hitch
I just...I know you guys have listened to me say this for years, and I should be over it, but...what happened to people? Why can't they just READ and follow instructions? When did people get to be so damn DUMB????
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Two things:
"No Time."
"Can't be bothered."
Nobody reads anything. I've seen people installing software using a guide I wrote, and then got complaints that it doesn't work. Turns out they only read the first few words of a sentence, or the list of software and install it, keeping all the default configurations, and they skip all the "If you... then...", and "set X in file Y" parts.
Some people you also can't ask anything. The answer will always be:
"No time.... have to run...."
or:
"I don't know..."
IMHO, it's a matter of priority. Everybody thinks he's so darn important that HE doesn't have to read and/or follow instructions, or can't be bothered to look stuff up or even understand it. Other, lesser people can do that, and if possible, without having to pay them.