Work Tips

Seventy Ninth Post: Work Tips

I was in the barber shop a while back and I over heard the man getting his hair cut talking to the barber. He was talking about his grandfather who used to work above the mines on the surface fixing the equipment. There were periods of time while nothing needed fixed and it didn’t seem like he was working hard. So one day when nobody was looking, he took a small, obscure part from a pump and hid it in his pocket. So when the crew went to use the pump it didn’t work. Workers tried to fix the pump but had no clue as to what the problem was. So the man’s grandfather went to do his job. He looked at the pump as he had no clue as too what the problem was. After he put the part back, he started it up and acted like had just preformed a miracle. (This may not be the exact words of the story, but the point is clear.)

This is just one example of how a little hype can improve the worker’s reputation. In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Geordi La Forge is talking to Scotty from the original Star Trek:

Scotty: “You told him (Picard) it would take an hour. How long will it really take?”
Geordi: “It will take an hour.”
Scotty: “What? Your supposed to tell him it takes 2 hours and when you get it done in one he’ll think you’re a miracle worker.”

It is little tricks like these that make work a little bit more fun. A bet we could all think up little schemes like these. That is if we haven’t already used them.