Thread: Economic rationalization

I've known a few like that in my working years. Most were screamers.

I had one, Region Sales Manager, that wanted to know why he and I (a propeller head) had problems.
I told him that I never knew when to believe him. Then I explained that as a manager dealing with employees and their questions there were only THREE answers.
1 ~ The truth
2 ~ "I don't know, but I'll find out."
3 ~ "I can't tell you that."

His response was, "That's a joke, right?"

A week or so later the VP of sales calls me. In a polite but demanding tone he asks if I told the Region Sales Manager the THREE answers. I confirmed and then he asked if the RSM thought it was a joke. Again I confirmed but I asked if there were more than three. The VP stammered a bit, a bit of silence and then he said, "No only three. But you're a propeller head and supposed to stick with binary." We both laughed and then he then told me to take SWMBO out to dinner and submit the expense to him.

About a month later it was announced that the RSM was moving on to another company.

We used to call them "Seagull Managers"

They fly in, flap around and make lots of squawking noises, $h!t all over everything, then fly out again.

Cheers

Doug

Doug, you forgot the bit about them taking anything they can.

We used to post a 'Seagull Alert' on the notice board when they were expected, even though we were several hundred km from the sea. None of them ever asked about it. (Yeah, I know, there's seagulls at Menindee.)