We Keep on Learning, Right?
Have you ever realized how little you know about so many things? I learned something today about my car -- and communication.
The picture below shows the little orange icon that popped up on my car's dashboard halfway through a 50-minute drive this morning on the highway. It didn't blink but it also didn't go away ... and it scared me because I had no idea what it was.
And honestly, with the exclamation mark in the middle, it looked like a punctuation mark.
Danger! It seemed to say. But from what? Why?
Everything in the car felt, looked, and smelled fine, so I kept on driving, asking my hard-working guardian angel to just let me get to my destination safely, where I could find out more about the light.When I got there, I took a picture of it and showed it to my friend, who immediately knew what it was "saying":
Low. Tire. Pressure.
Uh huh. Doesn't that icon just scream "Low Tire Pressure" to you? No, it surely did not to me either.
If it's something important, why wouldn't the designers make these icons look more like what they represent? Couldn't the words "tire pressure" or "low tire" have been used?
George Bernard Shaw's saying fits here: "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
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Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
5 years ago #6
Muchas gracias por leer y responder, @Yorledy Vivas! ¡Realmente lo aprecio!
Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
5 years ago #5
AI / computers are wonderful when they work as intended, John Rylance; I bless having a cell phone every day. And at least I know now what the "low tire pressure" icon looks like -- in case it happens again to my car or a friend's.
Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess
5 years ago #4
And of course I did drive the 15 or so extra miles to my friend's house, @Zacharias Voulgaris, but my heart was in my throat, so to speak.
John Rylance
5 years ago #3
Zacharias 🐝 Voulgaris
5 years ago #2
YORLEDY VIVAS
5 years ago #1