If the questions are at all predictable, then the operator probably knows some of the answers before the questions are asked, even if it involves doing a task. (Odds are good that there are quite a few questions/tasks that can and have been parallelized.)

As for unpredictable questions though, I've seen such things in the form of randomly asking "Is {randomThing} {randomState}". That is very annoying, and you spend more time parsing the question and worrying about double negatives than you do actually checking the component.

If there is a problem with people not doing their jobs, perhaps the question should be directed to your HR department?

In reply to Re^5: Disabling keyboard input by SuicideJunkie
in thread Disabling keyboard input by hegotf

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