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title: "“I need your help with some documentation” (Xtranormal Movies)"
date: 2010-11-04
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# “I need your help with some documentation” (Xtranormal Movies)

Last week my wife, Shannon, showed me a couple hilarious [Xtranormal](http://xtranormal.com/) videos. The first is [So, you want to be a lawyer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMvARy0lBLE&amp)? And then, [So, you want to get a PhD in the humanities?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMvARy0lBLE&amp)

After watching these two, I couldn't help but think of a scenario for technical writers. The following is a conversation I'm calling, "I need your help with some documentation." The project manager represents a compilation of all the crazy things project managers have said to me over the years.

[Video: Video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/er4U4sPlPxc)

After I made the preceding video, I feared project managers would call me out for being unfair, so I made a second video that tries to reverse the portrayal and show technical writers in a less-than-favorable light.

[Video: Video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/JtoVbwPqPYE)