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The Engineer and The Manager

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."



The man below says: "Yes. You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees N. latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees W. longitude."

"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.

"I am," replies the man. "How did you know."

"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."

The man below says "You must be a manager."

"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."

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"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."

i like it

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Posted Sep 13, 2007, 21:55 PM
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this is exactly how it works with engineers. After his service you are in the exact same position you were in before it, but he doesn't accept it is somehow his fault.

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Posted Sep 14, 2007, 0:12 AM
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That was funny yet poignant.

But don’t you think ultimately it was engineers who should be blamed because they failed to create the system even though they know all the details of what is wrong.

Like the story presented, they kept on making mistakes of confine the scope of the struggle to the personal level. Just like they did in Animal Farm.


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Posted Apr 27, 2008, 21:36 PM
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said:
"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You got there by blowing hot air. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."


You forgot one of the best parts!

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Posted Aug 13, 2008, 11:08 AM
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This is a fact what happens with the engineer and a manager and it is so nice. {you don't know where you are, or where you are going} this happens with the manager exactly.
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