Murphy the Bastard

I read this the other day:

"Doctors, astronauts, and plumbers need training to do their jobs, but anyone with a copy of Publisher is a graphic designer."

You can find that and more over at this site:

http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-Graphic_Design.htm

It all closely ties in with this:

"..."Make something idiot-proof, and they will build a better idiot" or "The trouble with making something idiot proof is that idiots are so smart"."

You can find that quote over on wikipedia on the Murphy's Law article.

People make it really difficult to be nice.

"I can't edit this text."
"That's because I sent you a .jpg."
"?"

... or...

"I can't get this to print 4 up on a piece of Letter sized paper..."
"Well, your original request was for postcards that we would print 2 up."

... or...

"Can you just send that to me so that I can edit it?"
"Do you have Photoshop?"
"No."
"Then, probably not?"


Days like today make me want to go home and play games that feature explosions.