THE REASON THINGS GO WRONG

Monday, March 06, 2006

MURPHY'S LAW: "If anything can go wrong, it will."

PERRUSSEL'S LAW: "There is no job so simple that it cannot be done wrong."

GLASER'S LAW: "If it says "One size fits all," it doesn't fit at all."

FAHNESTOCK'S RULE FOR FAILURE: "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

RUCKERT'S LAW: "There is nothing so small that it can't be blown out of proportion."

OWEN'S LAW OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVIANCE: "Every organization has an alotted number of positions to be filled by misfits."

COROLLARY: "Once a misfit leaves, another will be recruited."