What caught my attention is not the physical stuff, but what starts on page 18 of the pdf: General Interference with Organizations and Production. It's recommendations for how to sabotage group work. I found the guidance sobering, as I have seen all behaviors at some point in my career. (I don't suspect sabotage, but rather incompetence.)
This manual tell you to do things that people warned you not to do when you were learning. Some of them for your own safety , some for safety of others and equipment.
For example. "Don't play with matches." in this manual becomes : "Play with matches", "Put your smartphone in airplane mode" becomes: "Turn on every possible connection in your smartphone."
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[ 5.8 ms ] story [ 33.7 ms ] threadWhat caught my attention is not the physical stuff, but what starts on page 18 of the pdf: General Interference with Organizations and Production. It's recommendations for how to sabotage group work. I found the guidance sobering, as I have seen all behaviors at some point in my career. (I don't suspect sabotage, but rather incompetence.)
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For example. "Don't play with matches." in this manual becomes : "Play with matches", "Put your smartphone in airplane mode" becomes: "Turn on every possible connection in your smartphone."