philpem , Englisch
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The Parable of the Special Part

Jones and his manager Mr. Smith were in a design review meeting.

Jones was a bundle of pure enthusiasm: "The new Metroencabulator is the best we've ever made!"

Smith was unmoved. "Why do you have 19 different M3 bolt lengths, and why are some custom?"

"That's just how it is, sir," Jones said. "We need those sizes to reach the design goals."

"Jones," replied Smith, "There is plenty of room to drill these holes deeper. Then we can use all standard size bolts!"

philpem OP ,
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Jones's eye twitched. It always did that when he was surprised.

"Sir, I appreciate your input, you have been with the company for 30 years, but I don't see why it's necessary."

"Jones, I know you mean well, but each one of these custom bolts is something Field Service and Production will have to stock. We'll have to train everyone to watch out for subtly different lengths of bolt. Mistakes will be made - there's only 40 thou between some of them! Nobody can tell them apart by eye!"

zxguesser ,
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@philpem we have a Gala Tent marquee where the steel tubes for the roof are several different lengths, by a cm here and there, for no good reason.
We've colour coded all the tubes and joiners with rings of different coloured PVC tape, and helpers still manage to put it together wrong. 🤦‍♂️

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