<3aae6bf8.1bb0c...@broadcom.com>, Jim Freeman <free...@broadcom.com> wrote: >This story is true but I heard that it was not Henry ford but Chicago Edison >who >was having problems and the consulting Engineer was Steinmetz. This was talked >about in our Engineering 100 course at Purdue.
The story is also told about someone at Rolls-Royce and someone at Krupp. Truly international! There are several of these apocryphal stories, which may or may not have ever happened. They provide an insight into the rich pageant of life and warn against rash judgements. Consider these: John Doe (autocratic boss of the large company of your choice) sees a man sitting down, smoking and eating a pie. He gives the man a fistful of money on the spot and says, 'You're fired. I'll have no slackers in MY company.' A few days later, he sees the same man, walking round the site. 'I thought I fired you. What are you doing still here?' 'You can't fire me, I'm a government inspector.' Three candidates A, B and C show up for interview for a senior post with a multinational company. A says he wants a salary of 200 000 dollars. B says he wants a salary of 300 000 dollars. C tells the interviewer he wants 600 000 dollars. 'That's 200 000 for you, 200 000 for me, and we let A do the work.' -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. Phone +44 (0)1268 747839 Fax +44 (0)1268 777124. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Foxhunters suffer from tallyhosis. PLEASE do not mail copies of newsgroup posts to me. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
