From "Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance" (https://archive.org/details/ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleRepair-RobertPirsig/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/Ze

From "Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance" (https://archive.org/details/ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleRepair-RobertPirsig/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleRepair-R...) > "But they’re from the factory," John says. > "I’m from the factory too," I say "and I know how instructions like this are put together. You go out on the assembly line with a tape recorder and the foreman sends you to talk to the guy he needs least, the biggest goof-off he’s got, and whatever he tells you. ..that’s the instructions. The next guy might have told you something completely different and probably better, but he’s too busy." > They all look surprised. "I might have known," DeWeese says.