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Do things sometimes rub you the wrong way? I know they do me.

Currently, what's getting me steamed is the fact that a lot of people ask me silly questions.

For example: "I know I can copy this computer file myself, but can you copy it for me?"

Well, you guessed it gentle reader. The person who asked that got this as a response:
"What part of copy it yourself don't you understand?"

And of course the old standby: "How do you do X?" when "X" is fully documented in glowing detail if the questioner would just get motivated and open a manual.

It may come as a surprise to a lot of people, but the way that I learned the computer knowledge that I have was to

READ THE FINE MANUALS

Recently, it became so bad that I ordered an "RTFM" t-shirt to give a few people the hint.