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Due to popular demand, a further installment: SOCIAL SKILLS Engineers have different objectives when it comes to social interaction. "Normal" people expect to accomplish several unrealistic things from social interaction: * Stimulating and thought-provoking conversation * Important social contacts * A feeling of connectedness with other humans In contrast to "normal" people, engineers have rational objectives for social interactions: * Get it over with as soon as possible. * Avoid getting invited to something unpleasant. * Demonstrate mental superiority and mastery of all subjects. -- James Musselman President Radix/Cobalt Instruments, Inc. PO Box 897 Clovis, CA 93612 USA tel 209-297-9000 fax 209-297-9400

Come on, get to the good part: Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. BillW

On Tue, 30 Jul 1996 14:11:42 PDT, William Chops Westfield wrote: >Come on, get to the good part: > > Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily > available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't > understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't > fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have > enough features yet. > >BillW > Can we finally credit Scott Adams with these quotes? They are from his new Best Seller _ The Dilbert Principle_. Sincerely, Dave spam_OUTdporterTakeThisOuTvoicenet.com