I'm writing this from work. I don't want to be here. I give up.
Imagine spending 18 months waving a red flag and yelling, "Hey! You know the bridge we're all trying to build? I think we're all using different construction plans!" Imagine going to person after person, from the builder to the architect to the mason and saying, "Show me your plans. How are you reading them? That's not the right way to do it - let me show you how," then see everyone go back to the old way of reading the plans. Imagine going to the biggest boss, who agrees with how you're reading the bridge plans, and telling her "I am really afraid that no one else is reading them this way and we're going to have a huge mess on our hands." Imagine doing this until you're hoarse from talking, until you're tired of the sound of your own voice.
And still construction on the bridge continues because the foreman was given instructions from big boss to change how he reads the plans but he didn't understand the new way and so could not communicate to others. And you stand there, watching the disaster unfold.
Imagine spending 18 months waving a red flag and yelling, "Hey! You know the bridge we're all trying to build? I think we're all using different construction plans!" Imagine going to person after person, from the builder to the architect to the mason and saying, "Show me your plans. How are you reading them? That's not the right way to do it - let me show you how," then see everyone go back to the old way of reading the plans. Imagine going to the biggest boss, who agrees with how you're reading the bridge plans, and telling her "I am really afraid that no one else is reading them this way and we're going to have a huge mess on our hands." Imagine doing this until you're hoarse from talking, until you're tired of the sound of your own voice.
And still construction on the bridge continues because the foreman was given instructions from big boss to change how he reads the plans but he didn't understand the new way and so could not communicate to others. And you stand there, watching the disaster unfold.
No comments:
Post a Comment