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Because they're men?
I've never known a man who would read the instructions before assembling anything!
I do agree with the poster who said it's difficult to wade through all the ephemera before you find what you need. It takes patience to get past the warnings and other languages before you find the information. I think people are so conditioned to that frustration that they oftentimes would prefer to ask rather than read instructions that may be very clear.
Usually I don't read them, if I can figure it out on my own, it's a lot faster and less confusing than instructions often are -- but if I run into problems, THEN I read the instructions.
Usually I don't read them, if I can figure it out on my own, it's a lot faster and less confusing than instructions often are -- but if I run into problems, THEN I read the instructions.
That's what I do too. I almost never ask anybody for help, I figure it out on my own. I've never understood why I am capable of this, but so many others are not. It's like living with somebody who needs your help to find the mayonnaise in the fridge.
This video addresses this issue and is quite funny:
Usually I don't read them, if I can figure it out on my own, it's a lot faster and less confusing than instructions often are -- but if I run into problems, THEN I read the instructions.
There's a good reason for that. Just reading the instructions first has no meaning. Trying to figure it out first then reading the instructions gives the instructions meaning.
But not reading and understanding procedures? That I can't answer. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that it is hard to think when not doing and reading is not doing. For me reading is hard. I did read this whole thread because it was interesting to me. I'm learning a new CAD software and I have not read the instructions, the tutorials or any of the helps. I'm just figuring it out as I go along. It would be quicker to do the tutorials but that is just too hard for me.
I think there are two categories of people: those who read directions and those who don't. I read them if I need to. My son learned long ago he needed to read directions when he opened a Christmas package containing a football game. He hurriedly began putting players together and later learned most of them moved backwards and couldn't be changed. It made him a believer.
I have a problem reading anything procedural, long and detailed.
Perhaps why I got in trouble many times at work, which I'm not saying I feel my time's too important to read through all the details. It just doesn't sit well with me. My brain can't wrap around all the little tidbits of information that's technical.
If you give me a book that explains something interesting or something I can elaborate on or fill in the missing gaps of information, I find myself better able to grasp my attention on than a "list."
By no means am I saying instructions are useless. My weakness lies in my inabilities to attend to and pay attention to all the specifics.
Anything I buy had best be either complete as is and self explanatory. Otherwise it will be broken within three minutes after I touch it. If you don't read the instruction, you might accidentally invent something new and get rich
I also don't stop and ask for directions when driving in a new area, I just discover new scenic routes.
If you are married and do as I said above. You may get to meet a Divorce lawyer in your future.
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