Everyone or Nobody?
Everyone or Nobody?
(OP)
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done!
I never knew it was cool to be a Nobody.
I never knew it was cool to be a Nobody.
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RE: Everyone or Nobody?
Very good MM, thanks.
Chris
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ctopher's home (updated 06-21-05)
RE: Everyone or Nobody?
Good Stuff! It's time for me to stretch my mouth.
RE: Everyone or Nobody?
At last we're getting somewhere. Although it seems rising out of nowhere, this happens everywhere, anywhere from here to eternity.
RE: Everyone or Nobody?
In a project there are five steps:
First is enthusiasm (everybody would do it)
Second optimism (somebody would do it)
Third pessimism (nobody could do it)
Fourth criticism (anybody could do it)
Fifth congratulations (to those who have done nothing but cut the inaugural tape)
a star for you!
Luis Marques
RE: Everyone or Nobody?
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and
spotted a stranger below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me,
can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I
don't know where I am."
The stranger below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 34 and 35 degrees
north latitude and between 69 and 70 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.
I am," replied the man, "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically
correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is
I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything,
you've delayed my trip."
The man below responded, "You must be in Management."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the stranger, "you don't know where you are or where you're
going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air.
You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people
beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same
position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault!"
RE: Everyone or Nobody?
The other answered: - Well, yesterday I was walking and thinking on my works when suddenly I was met by a wonderful women with this bike. Looking to me she shot the bicycle to the ground took off all her clothes and said: “Take what you want”. The first engineer waved affirmatively and said: - Good choice! The clothes wouldn’t probably fit you!
RE: Everyone or Nobody?
1.- Enthusiasm
2. -Disillusionment
3.- Panic
4.- Punishment of innocents
5.- Rewarding of non-participants
RE: Everyone or Nobody?
My version is a free version of your own but the conclusion is more or less the same
a star for you!
RE: Everyone or Nobody?
This is a favorite of mine...
There was an engineer who had a gift for fixing all things mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired. Several years later his company contacted him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of their multi-million dollar machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to get the machine fixed, but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the retired engineer who had solved so many of their problems in the past.
The engineer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day he marked an "x" in chalk on a particular component of the machine and proudly stated, "This is where your problem is." The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again.
The company received a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his services. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges. The engineer responded briefly:
One chalk mark..................$1
Knowing where to put it.........$49,999
It was paid in full and the engineer retired in peace.
It's just so true...