Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Sample user guide from my new "Dealing with the Physical World" service

Every day, tragically, people walk into the very doors that should have allowed them passage. Too frequently the victim is blamed.

The problem is simple. Some of us have been conditioned to expect that doors will always swing open.  
Three doors opened automatically today when I was shopping, so therefore my car door should...  **oomph**
It's an easy mistake to make. The modern mind, already burdened with the multitasking overhead of texting and refreshment quaffing, isn't designed to cope with the additional contextual dissonance of an antiquated manual door with its convoluted "twist-and-push" paradigm (or maybe it's "push-and-twist" -- who has time to memorize all the variations).

If you are nodding your head, saying something like "yes... that's it exactly" as people are turning to look at you (because they can hear your "thinking voice"), then print out this handy guide and stick it on all your doors, especially the glass ones.


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