TConnolly
Lifetime Supporting Member
An industrial salesman was making rounds out in the farm country and he stopped at a farm house to ask for directions to a local factory. The old farmer gave the needed directions and since he didn't get many visitors he jawed with the salesman for a while. Every few minutes a lazy old hound dog on the front porch would lift his head and let out the most pitiful moaning howl and then put his head back down. Finally the salesman asked the farmer, "Whats the matter with that dog?" The farmer replied "Oh, he's just laying on a nail in the porch." A few moments later the dog moaned again and the salesman asked "Well, why doesn't he move?" The farmer replied "The nail hurts him just bad enough to make him howl, but not bad enough to make him move."
Today I saw a perfect example of this in action. Rather than rod out a clogged heat exchanger that was causing an over-heating problem, Bubba the hound dog slapped on a loud F.S. warning horn and a temperature switch. So now not only does the operator know he has a problem that he can't do anything about, something he already knew, he now has to put up with the buzzer.
I bet someone uses a pair of wire cutters on it before the weekend. I just hope whoever does it doesn't get electro-zapped.
What other examples of hound dog problem management have you seen with respect to our field?
Today I saw a perfect example of this in action. Rather than rod out a clogged heat exchanger that was causing an over-heating problem, Bubba the hound dog slapped on a loud F.S. warning horn and a temperature switch. So now not only does the operator know he has a problem that he can't do anything about, something he already knew, he now has to put up with the buzzer.
I bet someone uses a pair of wire cutters on it before the weekend. I just hope whoever does it doesn't get electro-zapped.
What other examples of hound dog problem management have you seen with respect to our field?