06-17-2015, 09:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-17-2015, 09:07 AM by Bourbon Betty.)
Quote:Zactartol's favorite 'innovation' is packing multiple unit instructions with single units, so that customers need to decide which model they're assembling from the list, often going down blind alleys that require them to go back several steps and start over. He delights in doubling the confusion by adding instructions in eight different languages on the same page, hopelessly muddling the layout. His favorite experience is watching a human try to assemble something that seems simple, cutting himself and making a fool out of himself in the process, only to resort to asking for help or calling a professional to assemble it for him. He's delighted by the number of assembly services that have sprung up and the lengths people will go not to use them until they don't have a shred of dignity left.
Oh you angel of redemption, you and your strange plans with weird symbols no one quite understands.
Quote:In terms of his Word, Zactartol is carefully building "Assembly" up -- the World Wide Web has added whole new dimensions to the process, as mail order becomes online ordering, and more and more complex items arrive with assembly instructions -- from computer components that need to be installed into computers to stereo equipment that needs to be wired together. To further these new projects, Zactartol has been ingratiating himself with various Servitors of Technology. However, he tends to be sarcastic about "innovation," owing to the circumstances of his Fall, and all too often he turns a Vapulan project into an excuse to make Vapula's assemblers look like idiots. Further, he comes close to pushing "do it yourselfers" who might turn into inventors to leave even simple projects to the experts rather than look like fools again, and Vapula doesn't appreciate that.
Zactartol's long term goals involve building on his Word even further. He recognizes there is just so far "some assembly required" can go, but thinks that by working hard and building up his reputation, he can position himself for a Word upgrade to Do It Yourselfers -- a Word with considerably more breadth.
Quote:In terms of his Word, Zactartol is carefully building "Assembly" up.
He recognizes there is just so far "some assembly required" can go, but thinks that by working hard and building up his reputation, he can position himself for a Word upgrade to Do It Yourselfers.