I'm smiling now but I wasnt smiling in July 2010
I had been running without a watch for 5 years. All that changed last summer, when I found out that the Garmin Forerunner 405 was at Costco.
So I bought it. I though it was about time (no pun intended) that I owned a watch.
I was SO excited!! Finally I could track my distance on my rides AND on my runs, my heart rate and all sorts of fun data.
WRONG.
I could not figure out how to use it. Period. I sat with the manual..with the watch…with YouTube videos and had NO LUCK.
My ironman buddy tried to teach me. NOPE…could not get the hang out of it. I was kinda of pissed, as this watch was not cheap.
Finally last week, while attending a social media party called #whatthehashtag, I met @RobTyrie and I noticed he was wearing the
watch that I had not been able to use since JULY 2010. I told him about my fustration. Rob mentioned that it took him HOURS to figure out the manual.
(I believe him. I really do.) Standing beside Rob was was @aprildunford
who said that it was THE WORST MANUAL EVER and they fired the whole time who wrote the manual.. I asked Rob if he could teach both of us how to use it. He gladly accepted the challenge.
We met on Sunday at The Mad Bean for a coffee and I showed up with the manuals and the watch. Sadly April couldnt join us. He patiently taught me how to use it and it took hours!! (I’m not joking).
I wrote notes…the whole nine yards.
Has anyone else had this type of experience with a product? Does anyone else own a Garmin?
Do rant. I just did and it feels great. LOL
