Sir Taxalot wrote:
JBR wrote:
The last bit reminds me of a favourite story involving a friend of mine, G. Another friend, C, worked in insurance, and had visited a hinge factory to allow them to quote to insure them. All very standard, until they found some of those hinges were used in space. Suddenly the liability was very different.
I mentioned this to G, and said, "Imagine having to know about that?"
His response, which became a bit of a work-motto for me, to counter my in-built 'oh gosh!' reaction, was "imagine having to care?"
I like that, and I have a feeling those two statements will bounce around in my head during some more of our upcoming 'working strategy group' meetings
I've also never thought about a factory devoted solely to hinges until now. This is just what I need when I'm procrastinating instead of getting on with my more important tasks.
I used to look round meetings, particularly while we were talking about something, and think "hmm, but who here actually *cares* about what we're doing" (as opposed to just going through the motions of being their workplace persona. Thanks to the internal market etc., there was too much 'I am in IT, so I must put IT's opinion!', replied to by 'well, I am in the Library, so here is the Library view!'.
Still, my bequest from this brief discourse is the mental image of a hinge factory, so I'm feeling good.