I recall a saying, "a good mechanic never has to force anything..."
-----Original Message----- From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 6:15 PM To: Ed Weick Cc: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] REAL-TIME FIELD OBSERVATION I'm too young to know this first-hand. But IBM folk-lore has it that there were very clear instructions to the field engineers (AKA repairmen). I paraphrase interpretively from memory: This machine is made to fit together without any part being forced. If you find you have to force a part to make it fit, something is wrong. Stop immediately and find out what the problem is. When the problem is resolved, the parts will go together without having to force anything. Is this really utopian? \brad mccormick Ed Weick wrote: > It needs cooperation. Whenever I try to assemble anything, my wife takes > the instructions (even before I can give them to her) and with something of > an air of arrogance takes me through it step by step. It may be an example > of women think, men do. > > Ed Weick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 9:49 PM > Subject: RE: [Futurework] REAL-TIME FIELD OBSERVATION > > > >>Ever try to assemble a barbecue??? >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 5:12 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: [Futurework] REAL-TIME FIELD OBSERVATION >> >> >>I never understood why "dads" feel such >>fulfillment in having children, until >>about an hour ago. (No sh-t!) >> >>My wife brought home the needs-adult-assembly >>tricycle from hell. [snip] -- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
