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Monday, August 29, 2011
UPDATE! There is a reason I put these on stuff
If you are wandering by a machine my crew and I designed, fabricated, and programmed the process controls for and it is behaving poorly for whatever reason please use this:
There is a reason we put it there! Please note the simplicity of the user interface! If you did I might have made it home after 8 hours instead of 14 today!
Ah ha! Maybe everyone thinks I am putting History Eraser buttons in?
Anon@ 7:40- If a machine is converting perfectly good raw material into perfect junk and that is plainly visible, hitting the E-stop is a valid option in my book. Using them does not have to be life or limb in peril. It was not inconvenient to repair, but production orders and ship dates are somewhat inflexible where I work.
D'oh! Always figured those were the "better safe than sorry" switches...
ReplyDeletePlease note the simplicity of the user interface! Another ijit sighting? The stupidity of some people never ceases to amaze me.
ReplyDeleteAt least you tried.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Scott... I would've hit it if someone had an arm off, or something.
ReplyDelete45er- Sigh indeed.
ReplyDeleteScott- Exactly! That is what they are there for!
Deb- LOL!
Stephen- Yeah, we DO try!
Brooke- Yep!
Make something idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
ReplyDeleteOdysseus, True that!
ReplyDeleteOdy beat me to it... Why oh why, if there is an emergency shutoff, won't they use it???
ReplyDeleteNFO- I don't know! Truly perplexing!
ReplyDeleteI say hit that button "Maybe something bad but may be something good"
ReplyDeleteMake it BLUE with the label "Instant Coffee" and they'd have a hard rime NOT pressing it!
ReplyDeleteMaybe they thought Emergency meant something life threatening, not inconvenient for repairing.
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ReplyDeleteDC- I may have to try that, LOL!
ReplyDeleteAnon@ 7:40- If a machine is converting perfectly good raw material into perfect junk and that is plainly visible, hitting the E-stop is a valid option in my book. Using them does not have to be life or limb in peril. It was not inconvenient to repair, but production orders and ship dates are somewhat inflexible where I work.