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A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and | |
spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, | |
can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I | |
don't know where I am." | |
The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering | |
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees | |
north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude." | |
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist. "I am," replied the woman, | |
"How did you know?" | |
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is, technically | |
correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact | |
is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, | |
you've delayed my trip." | |
The woman below responded, "You must be in Management." "I am," replied | |
the balloonist, "but how did you know?" | |
"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you're | |
going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. | |
You made a promise which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people | |
beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same | |
position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault." |
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