Just a minor and humorous grumble about imprecise language in safety warnings. The document I am going through this morning contains, in its glossary, definitions of various kinds of safety flags or call-outs placed in the text. The definition given for WARNING!:
Where? I’m imagining what these warnings will be like. For sharp objects:
For workplaces in Cleveland:
As much fun as that is to think about, I suspect the writer actually meant:
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I don’t know the ins and outs of the machinery in question, but I wonder if there’s similarly sloppy communication in the safety warnings themselves?
Sailboat