“I’ve got a new job writing instruction booklets. It’s mainly manual labor”

“Manual labor” (physical work) doesn’t involve writing instruction manuals, but there are jokes.
 
“Does writing an instruction book count as manual labor?” was posted on X/Twitter by josh mueller on May 19, 2009. “Is writing an instruction book manual labor?” was posted on Facebook by Dave Knight on November 8, 2011. “Got a new job writing instruction booklets.  It’s mainly manual labour” was posted on X/Twitter by Puns AndOneliners on June 14, 2019. “The people who write instructions for places like IKEA must be in good shape. All that manual labor” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on March 20, 2022.
 
 
Wikipedia: Manual labour   
Manual labour (in Commonwealth English, manual labor in American English) or manual work is physical work done by humans, in contrast to labour by machines and working animals. It is most literally work done with the hands (the word manual coming from the Latin word for hand) and, by figurative extension, it is work done with any of the muscles and bones of the human body.
 
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josh mueller
@chnkchpmnk
Does writing an instruction book count as manual labor?
10:09 AM · May 19, 2009
 
Facebook
Dave Knight
November 8, 2011 at 1:40 PM ·
Is writing an instruction book manual labor?
 
X/Twitter
Traer Schon
@traerschon
Writing instructional booklets is manual labor
4:57 PM · May 23, 2013
 
Reddit—Puns
nerdEE—May 13, 2015
I refuse to write instruction booklets at work.
I hate manual labor.
 
X/Twitter
mo
@chuuew
Writing instruction booklets is a manual process.
6:44 AM · Sep 29, 2015
 
X/Twitter
Chris Pierce
@punforallages
Writing instruction booklets is literally manual labor. #pun #groanworthy #englishmajor #
5:59 PM · Jan 6, 2016
 
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Puns AndOneliners
@punsandoneliner
Got a new job writing instruction booklets.  It’s mainly manual labour.
https://punsandoneliners.com/randomness/manual-jokes/  #Manual #ManualJokes #Joke #Humour
From punsandoneliners.com
3:00 AM · Jun 14, 2019
 
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WSⱯꓛꓤⱯS ꓨNIꓥIꓶ
@SarcasmLiving
Got a new job writing instruction booklets. It’s mainly manual labour.
7:40 AM · Jan 2, 2020
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
TOYST_OF—March 20, 2022
The people who write instructions for places like IKEA must be in good shape.
All that manual labor
 
LaffGaff
Instruction Booklets
by LaffGaff
April 8, 2026
I’ve got a new job writing instruction booklets.
It’s mainly manual labor.