前回のエントリーで、DCCという薬品で性病に感染したかと勘違いした話を書きましたが、その疑惑が晴れたとき、私はものすごくはしゃいでいたそうです。
いかにもホッとしたように「DCCだったんですよねー。分かってマジでホッとしましたよー」ってすっごいハイテンションで、お風呂に入ったら股間周辺に湿疹が出てたことを身振り手振りで説明した上、「なんか悪い病気かもってひそかに悩んでて、誰にも言えなかった。もーほんと、これって分かってればねー!!」と捲し立ててたそうです。「性病が感染るような覚えがあるんか!」のツッコミには「ないです!ないって!マジで」とやたらムキになって、さらなるツッコミを受けてたそうです。
そんなに嬉しかったのか、オレ。ていうか、そんなに性病を気にしてたのか…
面白いジョークをひとつ。アメリカのGM周辺で回ってるジョークだそうです。自虐的ギャグだと思いきや、かなり現実に忠実なんだそうです。それは、笑えねぇぞ。
Modern Parable
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (General Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River . Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing.
Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion. They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rower. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India ... Sadly, the End.
Something else to think about:
Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages. Toyota has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US .
The last quarter's results:
Toyota makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses. Ford folks are still scratching their heads.
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