Engineers vs Managers
This time the battle commences while a Balloonist Manager
is "Lost"!!
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and
realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man
down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me, can you
help me? I promised
my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below says, "Yes. You are in a hot air balloon, hovering
approximately 30 feet above this
field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees North latitude, and between 58 and 60
degrees West longitude."
"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.
"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is
technically correct, but I have no idea what
to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."
The man below says, "You must be a manager
"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you
are going. You have made a
promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your
problem. The fact
is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is
somehow my fault."