A group of managers is trying to calculate the height of a flag
pole. They try to measure its height by lining up their thumbs and
then turning the thumb 90 degrees and marking a spot on the ground.
Then they try to use its shadow and trig functions, but no luck.
A engineer
comes by and watches for a few minutes. He asks one of the managers
what they're doing.
"We're
trying to calculate the height of this flag pole."
The
engineer watches a few minutes more and then, without saying a word,
he walks over, pulls the pole out of the ground, lays it down, measures
it, writes the measurement on a piece of paper, gives it to one
of the managers and walks away.
The
manager looks at the paper, snickers and says to the other managers:
"Isn't that just like an engineer?! We're trying to calculate
the height and he gives us the length." |
