{"id":2059,"date":"2016-08-14T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2016-08-14T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T14:40:56","slug":"amazing-amount-of-worthless-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/38enso.com\/?p=2059","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Amount of Worthless Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was cleaning out my shelves under the TV last week. I came across a bag with a dozen instruction manuals for all of the various parts of the entertainment systems. From the Optimum online connection to the DVD and sound systems and the TV set. I had kept them all for a decade but never looked at them once. If I had a problem, I went online. Look at the bundle!<\/p>\n

So much wasted money on printing, paper and shipping:<\/p>\n

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  1. Optimum Online Quick Installation Guide – but it is 24 pages long.<\/li>\n
  2. Acoustic Research Performance Home Theater Hook-Up Guide – this is a poster that has dozens of lines and graphs and is the most confusing thing.<\/li>\n
  3. Samsung DVD Recorder Quick Setup Guide – not sure what this is for.<\/li>\n
  4. Samsung Instruction Manual DVD-R135 – the same as the one before but in a different style.<\/li>\n
  5. Samsung Plasma Display TV Owner’s Instruction – a manual for a TV? Really?<\/li>\n
  6. Peerless universal wall mounts assembly instructions – just make sure you find a stud — and if not, anchor it with the plastic mounts.<\/li>\n
  7. Harmon Kardon gird to set up stereo – another really confusing grid of lines and diagrams.<\/li>\n
  8. Some “Important Safety Precautions!” sheet with a picture of a house – just don’t stand in water when handling electricity?<\/li>\n
  9. Optimum Quick Reference Guide – basically the same as #1, just extra stuff.<\/li>\n
  10. Cablevision remote control Operating Instructions – remote control? Point and click…<\/li>\n
  11. Plus a dozen other brochures and the like- you get the idea.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I tossed everyone of them into the garbage can.<\/p>\n

    I used to be so diligent in keeping every instruction and manual. I would put them in a plastic bag or a folder. I kept it nice and neat and placed it on the bookshelf next to the entertainment center. Then it just sat there for a decade. Collecting dust.<\/p>\n

    Not everything is better with our digital world — but instruction manuals are definitely better online and on demand.<\/p>\n

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