I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
And so the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're goin' through

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Nuthin' up mah sleeve... Presto!

When I worked in Management Consulting I was witness to many interesting things. One of those interesting things was seeing a new manager try to get a good review by presenting numbers for quarterly performance that would prove how much they were a better manager than the previous schmoe. To make sure they accomplished this task, in the quarterly presentation they included metric numbers from January, February, March and April (presentation was at the beginning of May). We were all polite during the presentation. As some of us junior people remarked after the meeting, "I wonder what they've got planned for next quarter?"

So, um, Ben Bernanke, what else ya got?

2 comments:

Todd Wheeler said...

"That trick never works."

Steve Buchheit said...

Todd, yep, the joke works on so many levels. While a tiger maybe good, it wasn't what you were looking for to begin with.