finger trouble

finger trouble
 n.β€” Β«Customers contacting the Helpline do so for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they don’t understand the remote control, the instruction book or are having problems caused by “finger trouble.” We willβ€”using Sanyo products and manualsβ€”talk them through the process and try to resolve the problem.Β» β€”β€œTechnical helpline support for Sanyo customers” Domestic & General Group Apr., 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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