I recall a saying, "a good mechanic never has to force anything..."
I may have heard that too.
I'd amend it a bit: A good mechanic only forces things in a doomed submarine (etc.). Sometiems he has to remachine parts so he doesn't ahve to force them, when there is time to do so. And, if somebody's gotta force something, I'll take my chances with the good mechanic doing the forcing.
\brad mccormick
-----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
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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.
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