Another day
In my industry, there are many things that are considered impossible and improbable, and I have done almost all of them with great success. So it is no great surprise that when something I built breaks they call on me to fix it.
No matter that I always train people in theory and operation, they could fix themselves if they were even remotely motivated, but they just won’t be bothered to try.
That would require actual thinking, which most people will not do even under threat of death.
If we actually thought, jerry springer would be broke tomorrow.
Where there’s a Will, there’s a way.
There’s a huge dearth of Will out there and seems to me it gets dearthier every year. There seems to be a common denominator, Dumb Devices. Folks with Dumb Devices can’t seem to tear themselves away from the latest twitter feed of Kim K’s ass on their CrackBerries to be bothered to actually THINK. You can’t even carry on a conversation with a fucking Thumb Jockey. Hell, it’s hard to impart a quick bit of important information to a TJ. If you force them to give you their undivided attention for more than a few seconds they act as if they’re having withdrawal symptoms. I think it’s funny when they try to look at me and their DD at the same time:
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Dumb Devices: the new crack.
Of course, it’s entirely possible that I’m turning into a crotchety old curmudgeon. YMMV.
Yesterday we did the possible, today the impossible. If you want miracles come back tomorrow.
Or as my Dad put it: “The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer.”
Hmmmm….yeah, I could see that being rather bothersome, especially when you thought you had actually gotten through to someone, and thought there was a chance they would be able to either fix it themselves or properly operate it so it wouldn’t “break” in the first place.
On the other hand, look at the bright side…sounds like job security to me!!
It’s good to be useful. Cash those checks and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
I could be replaced by a disgruntled money with lice.
I do. Its just exasperating, at times.
I’ve done so much with so little for so long the impossible is now possible.
Hee hee.
We the unwilling
Led by the unthinking
Have been doing the impossible
For so long with so little
We now do anything with nothing.
Unofficial Ships Motto
(Former)USS John Young (DD-973)
Sunk off the coast of Hawaii for torpedo practice.
That is truly sad… What happens when you are no longer available? What then???