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PSA: In my first job, we figured out issues by asking the senior staff, not by reading manuals.
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the_jenny1mo ago
Our washing machine manual might as well be in another language when it acts up. I just call my dad, and he talks me through the fix in two minutes. It feels like we've outsourced remembering how stuff works to other people instead of books or PDFs. Makes you wonder what happens when all those people retire.
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the_mila1mo ago
Absolutely feels that way. Manuals are packed with terms that make no sense to most of us. In my experience, tenants call about dishwasher errors that the booklet explains with codes, not plain fixes. My grandpa could adjust a furnace pilot light blindfolded, but now it's all digital panels. When the handy folks retire, we risk losing a lot of basic repair skills. Short YouTube clips help, but they're hit or miss for specific models.
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