Who's Up For Being Responsible?
February 13, 2009|
In an airport terminal, finding a decent place to sit at the gate waiting for a flight is never that choice. Last week though, I managed to secure "box-seat-tickets" and had the unique and good fortune to be exquisitely seated near a group of mil spouses traveling together, who luckily for me "knew it all." I tell you, if I could have had them as an Advisory Board during my tour on active duty, Sheez & ShazZam! life would have been grrrreat!
As I listened though, it became apparent that trouble lurked in their ranks. For they knew there were problems "in the unit" but that everybody who was saddled with the mantle of responsibility, were brainless twits. Brainless I tell you. Diaper-wearing, thumb sucking, twits. I mean, unit leadership were thumb suckers! So as I listened (I know, I know, ... bad Toad), a few things became readily apparent. First, they only knew one side of the story. Second, they only cared to know one side of the story and could not conceive of another side dealing with anything going on about them. Lastly, you could only continue to be on their team, if you shared their views. And although they knew (from their perspective) what was wrong, none had any idea what the fix could be. I mean, they didn't even get close to proffering a solution to any of the problems they perceived in the unit. And then, I started reading GBears post, Brass Blogs. And I thought, of those 3 things above, the 2nd one -- i.e., understanding the other side of the story, is the only one that originates in someone else's head ...(how's THAT for a twisted sentence? Sorry AFW.)
