- A man in
a hot air balloon realised he was lost! He reduced altitude and spotted a
woman below.
- He
descended a bit more and shouted,
- "Excuse
me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago and
I don't know where I am."
- The woman
below replied,
- You're in
a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground.
- You're
between 52 and 53 degrees north latitude and between 0 and 1 degrees west
longitude.
- "You
must be an engineer," said the balloonist.
- "I
am," she replied, how did you know?"
- "Well"
answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically
correct,
- but I've
no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still
lost.
- Frankly
you've not been much help at all. If anything you've delayed my
trip!"
- She
replied "You must be in management!"
- "I
am," he replied, "but how did you know?"
- "Well"
said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you are
going.
- You have
risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a
promise, which you have no idea how to keep,
- and you
expect people below you to solve your problems.
- The fact
is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met,
- but now,
somehow, it's all my fault !!"