On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:44:08 -0400 (EDT), Henry Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Made >> even more so when one considers that "documentation" is required these days >> in order that the right hand knoweth what the left hand doth... > >The "documentation" is mostly part of the problem, not part of the >solution. Its presence, in overwhelming profusion, should lead you to >expect more of this, not less. We were talking about this at work today. One person expressed the opinion that it's human nature not to check something you know was fine last week. I got my back up: "That's WHY you FOLLOW the CHECKLIST." There's just no excuse for not taking the few minutes to do the bolt check, when failing to do so can cost the taxpayers nine figures. (I'm the checklist Nazi\\\\\\\\\\\\\\operations supervisor at work, too.) You don't follow the checklist so things will go right. You follow the checklist so things won't go wrong. Everyone involved here should be put in stocks in the village square and publicly taunted. -R -- Son: Dad, I have a question about women. Suppose I Dagwood: Apologize anyway. Son: Yeah, that's about what I figured Dagwood: It saves time _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list