A pattern worth remembering

• eg (classic): I’m in a hurry so I leave the home door unlocked, and I shout to my family member “Please lock the door for me.” What I often forget to do before leaving is to confirm the person actually hears it.
• eg: after you hit winKey+L, we often walk away assuming windows would lock screen
• eg: after I run “gd2” I often walk away, assuming …
• eg: after I click “restart” I often walk away assume windows would restart, but quite often it couldn’t.
• eg: after we sent a phone message or email (say, a short ye/no answer) we often put it aside assuming the recipient has seen it.