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Subject:Re: that Strong word From:Aoidìn Scully <ascully -at- FLEXICOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 11 Aug 1999 15:20:01 +0100
I'm doing troubleshooting-y instructions at the moment for a piece of
software that is so simple to use, I feel like using a similar
construction; "Just read what's on the screen and do what it says, you
f***ing idiots!! Who gave you a job anyway?"
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Cort [mailto:jcort -at- TOTALTEL -dot- COM]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 2:47 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: that Strong word
I gotta tell you,, "F---ing with the server." Sounds pretty good to me.
Sounds like that's what the guy's going to be doing.
Years ago when I was a programmer I had a brainstorm concerning error
messages. I decided if the user put in the wrong code, an error message
should come up reading "Incorrect Code". If the user made the same
mistake
again, a different message would come up: "Incorrect code. Can't you
f---ing read?"
For some reason my boss wouldn't go for it.
Jim Cort
Technical Writer
TotalTel
Jcort -at- total -dot- com <mailto:Jcort -at- total -dot- com>
