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To: Ramius
"Nomatter how regimented the procedure or how serious the punishment for failure. People will screw up every now and then."

Not if the punishment is immediate reassignment to the nastiest, coldest, most desolate place on the earth. People with the fear of god in them are more attentive to details.

9 posted on 04/09/2008 11:18:07 PM PDT by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: rednesss
Not if the punishment is immediate reassignment to the nastiest, coldest, most desolate place on the earth. People with the fear of god in them are more attentive to details.

Not always. People in the process of making a really big mistake don't *know* they are making a mistake. If they did, they wouldn't be making it. The punishment they get may keep someone else from making the identical mistake, but only for a while.

25 posted on 04/10/2008 6:08:49 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: rednesss
"Nomatter how regimented the procedure or how serious the punishment for failure. People will screw up every now and then."

Not if the punishment is immediate reassignment to the nastiest, coldest, most desolate place on the earth. People with the fear of god in them are more attentive to details.

9 posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:18:07 AM by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)

Reminds me of an Air Force story. Air Force transport plane lands in Iceland. The pump to empty their bathroom holding tank is busted. Some airman has to empty the tank by scooping it out into a bucket and carrying it out of the plane. The airplane commander thinks the airman is moving to slow and threatens to bring death and destruction down upon him unless he speeds up. His reply, "I'm assigned to Iceland and my job is moving shit around by hand. Just what can you do to make my life any worse?"

27 posted on 04/10/2008 6:37:03 AM PDT by american_ranger (Never ever use DirecTV)
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