A programmer's wife tells him: "Run to the store and pick up a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen."
The programmer comes home with twelve loaves of bread.
I am no developer, but that is something I would do, so I drive the wife insane by double-checking the lists before going and huffing at all the things I’m told to get *in the wrong order for how it is laid out in the store*.
@stark @paxterrarum I always make the list in order of aisle. And if sending my husband will give approximate location by 4 foot section within the aisle, which shelf, and color of item.
It doesn't always help. 😕
What triggers me is sweeping statements like “salad-y bits”. I don’t know what that is, and I certainly don’t like it bundled like that as I can’t tick off each item as I get them.
What if they are out of tomatoes? I can’t complete a “salad-y bits” entry if the shop’s out of tomatoes even if I could get the other 5-6 items insinuated.
I like precision, can’t help it. 😆
Precision helps eliminate unnecessary errors. 😀 @stark @paxterrarum