Elvith Ma'for

He feared for it to get caught in a spam filter.

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# ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE BE WARNED  
# THIS ISN'T MY FAULT, BUT $TOOL ONLY 
# ALLOWS THIS DIRTY WORKAROUND
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# DO NOT CHANGE OR REFACTOR
# ANYTHING.
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# IF YOU NEED TO TOUCH THIS CODE
# INCREMENT THIS COUNTER AS A
# WARNING FOR THE NEXT POOR FUCK
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# TOTAL HOURS WASTED DEBUGGING
# 15
# TOTAL HOURS WASTED REFACTORING
# 8
# SUCCESSFUL CHANGES
# 0
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To be fair, I forgot an important bit of context. I was on vacation abroad when my car broke on a Friday afternoon. Our hotel room was only available until Saturday morning as everything was booked out for the weekend because of a huge event in the city. They asked me just to get a first indication and not waste time with random troubleshooting, so that I could get home and get everything checked completely with a more relaxed schedule.

From my view, it was a sensible thing to do. But the literal translation on their report they showed me was just “the warning light is lit” - not even which (though that is quite obvious, when you start the engine)

but some people don’t seem to be able to read one goddamn paragraph ever.

I had a problem with my car. It felt strange while driving. Made some unusual noise. Then a bit later the motor warning light came on.

I went to the garage, told them about the warning light and what I noticed the time before, what I suspected and such. A short while after the mechanic came to me and asked for a few details, as my description “wasn’t helpful” and the repair would be much faster with more details that told them where to look etc. Turns out the guy who checked in my car only noted “a warning light is on” and nothing else of my ramblings.

So sometimes it’s also paying attention to what might be important and relaying information.