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Procuring a few more barrings
We begin this week by taking more proactive initiatives to rightsize the customer base of The Stack. Or, for those of you who aren’t management consultants: we’re barring more people.
The first nomination this week is from Mark Rumsby at EDS Consulting Services. “Any procurement manager. They would spend 15 months talking to you about the quality of Stack beers, only to buy a cheaper pint down the road,” he says.
“I suggest banning from The Stack anyone claiming to be a third-generation nerd,” suggests Antony Hawkins at University of Sheffield, “because the chance of a true nerd ever seeing the light of day, never mind a member of the opposite sex, is pretty remote.
“Therefore anyone claiming to be a third-generation nerd, or to be the nerd offspring of two nerd parents, is almost certainly a liar and therefore not to be trusted.”
We’re inclined to let the third-generation nerds stay, not least because – as Antony points out – beer makes people more attractive. On the other hand, there is not enough beer in the world that would make us want to spend time with a procurement manager. You’re barred.
I remember Debbie's father & mother very well as I worked for him from the start up in 1967(c) till its demise in 1992.I have very fond memories of my time there
Posted by :Norma | October 31, 2007 11:38 AM