Theorem #1 Please understand that I am not against children learning by experience, exploring their world and growing up with intimate knowledge of their universe. But, I do feel that there is a limit to this philosophy. For instance, one would not stand by while their child learned the consequences of Russian Roulette or hide in a box in the middle of the freeway.
When a child suffers an injury doing something dangerous, the same injury should be inflicted on the parents.
Theorem #2 In my business, it is common for the suits to criticize our actions. Suits refers to those that do not practice or perform in the daily activities of our job. Our refers to those of us that do the work. So, when criticized, our response should be,
You are absolutely right! I am a fuck-up and I think you should job-shadow me for the next 6 months to make sure that I do everything exactly like you think it should be done. Starting tonight.
Theorem #3 I’m pretty sure that most everyone has heard the term, “When the shit hits the fan.” It refers to those times when everything that could go wrong does go wrong and at times that are as busy as they possibly could be, and then some.
When the shit hits the fan, notice that there is no sighting device on the fan.
More theorems from your grumpy Uncle Dave.
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