Here at CookiesbyDave.com, we strive to provide you daily posts of only the highest quality. We often fail.
Any who, we do try. Not that hard, but we do try. The process usually goes as follows…
- I see something silly.
- I tell my co-workers about it.
- If it receives even mild interest, I write about it.
The problem is that if the topic happens at work, I sometimes don’t have an opportunity to tell the story to my co-workers. That’s the hole in our quality assurance.
Take for example today. At work, our coffee maker had a slew of difficulties that were completely unrelated to each other. Some coffee had burned in the pot. The maker needed a good vinegar cleaning.
The story had the makings for a classic CookiesbyDave.com post, unfortunately I did not have a chance to refine the story at work. Even more unfortunate, I tried to perfect the story at the dinner table. After a seemingly endless story (about 5 minutes), the crowd (my family) grew restless and full of mockery. I had to wrap up my tale quickly and without much perfection.
I suddenly announced “This is the moral of the story…” The problem was that there was no moral to the story. I had long ago lost the crowd and the situation was growing into an open revolt. That is why out of pure necessity, I provided perhaps the lamest “Moral of the Story” ever. “Resurrection smells like vinegar.” Yep, lame and confusing. Not good at all.
That my friends is why the step of quality assurance should never be skipped. Unless of course, you are writing a post about a lack of quality assurance. In that case, run with it.