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by wallstprog 2280 days ago
From "Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance" (https://archive.org/details/ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleRepair-R...)

> "But they’re from the factory," John says.

> "I’m from the factory too," I say "and I know how instructions like this are put together. You go out on the assembly line with a tape recorder and the foreman sends you to talk to the guy he needs least, the biggest goof-off he’s got, and whatever he tells you. ..that’s the instructions. The next guy might have told you something completely different and probably better, but he’s too busy."

> They all look surprised. "I might have known," DeWeese says.