Re: lighten up by anecdote


Phil Scott wrote:

I got off of the staten island ferry one night in 1994 or so,
on the staten island side a llittle after dusk, my rental car
was parked at the top of the hill and I had to walk through a
group of young men to get to my car. they began to taunt me
with some semi innocent but agressively asked questions, then
tried to surround me. Backed up enough to keep them all in
front of me, jammed a fist into my pocket agressively as I
crouched ready it rip.....I said 'if my hand comes out of my
pocket it is going to be way way too f--king late for you
guys'... the stand off took a minute or so and they turned
and left.

It goes to show the value of attitude and posturing. That has a place
in interpersonal interactions, but is too central to much of what goes
on in corporate life, often in place of substance.

The interviewer is not bright enough to relate to an answer
like that...thats why they hire idiots....they are looking for
people to fight off their orks for them... these think its
orks that are the problem...its not orks....orks are very good
sliced thin for sandwiches.....it is themselves that are the
entirely of the problem.

I really like ork sushi, with *lots* of wasabi.

This reminds me of the story of a pet-food manufacturer where sales for
a new dog food was plummetting a few months after its introduction. An
emergency meeting was called, and everyone, including VPs, project
managers, finance, plant managers and others attended. The room was
packed to the gills, and presentations were made with loads of power
point slides contains pie charts, graphs, and data. Hands were popping
up, and people were stumbling over themselves with all sorts of
suggestions...finally, a voice in the back managed to get a word in
edgewise, and shouted out ..."Dogs hate it!"

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