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The Americans and the Japanese...

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Rancid13, Aug 10, 2006.

  1. Rancid13

    Rancid13 Cool Chick with a Black Prius

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    The Americans and The Japanese

    The Americans and the Japanese decided to engage in a competitive boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance. On the big day the Japanese won by a mile.

    The American team was discouraged by the loss. Morale sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found, so a consulting firm was hired to investigate the problem and recommend corrective action.

    The consultant's finding: The Japanese team had eight people rowing and one person steering; the American team had one person rowing and eight people steering.

    After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the problem, the American team's management structure was completely reorganized.

    The new structure: four steering managers, three area steering managers, and a new performance review system for the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive.

    The next year, the Japanese won by two miles!

    Humiliated, the American corporation laid off the rower for poor performance and gave the managers a bonus for discovering the problem.
     
    #1 Rancid13, Aug 10, 2006
  2. GreenSpeed

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    Ha! That sounds like the good old US of A... lol....

    I'm from Singapore btw... :)
     
    #2 GreenSpeed, Aug 10, 2006
  3. Alric

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    Tell me about i! Anybody heard about six sigma?
     
    #3 Alric, Aug 10, 2006
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    What happened to american team b who hired 20 illegals for the price of that first rower?
     
    #4 burritos, Aug 10, 2006
  5. daniel

    daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rancid13 @ Aug 10 2006, 08:27 AM) [snapback]300824[/snapback]</div>
    Yep. That about sums it up.

    I've read that the best and brightest American engineers go into armaments design, while the best and brightest Japanese engineers go into consumer products design (e.g. the Prius). The result: the U.S. has the world's most advanced weaponry, while Japan has the best consumer products. If they attack us again we can whup their nice person, but before too much longer they're going to own everything here.
     
    #5 daniel, Aug 10, 2006
  6. Wildkow

    Wildkow New Member

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    Just another chance to rip America huh guys. Pityful. <_<

    Wildkow
     
    #6 Wildkow, Aug 14, 2006
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ Aug 14 2006, 08:10 PM) [snapback]303273[/snapback]</div>
    It was HUMOR dude, get over it. ;)
     
    #7 tleonhar, Aug 14, 2006
  8. Sufferin' Prius Envy

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tleonhar @ Aug 14 2006, 07:04 PM) [snapback]303294[/snapback]</div>
    You are oh so right! It WAS humor.
    I laughed the first time I read it several years ago.
    Now I just roll my eyes every time I see it repeated. :rolleyes:
    http://www.uaw.org/solidarity/00/0900/humor01.html
     
    #8 Sufferin' Prius Envy, Aug 15, 2006
  9. Wildkow

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tleonhar @ Aug 14 2006, 07:04 PM) [snapback]303294[/snapback]</div>
    The orginial post was and it was funny, the follow ups were not and like I said just another chance to tear down the USA. Still pityful bordering on pathetic when someone tries to defend the people that do that.

    Wildkow
     
    #9 Wildkow, Aug 19, 2006
  10. wilco

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Alric @ Aug 10 2006, 12:04 PM) [snapback]300991[/snapback]</div>
    You work for Motorola?

    I work for a six sigma company... that resembles the American boat race team :p
     
    #10 wilco, Aug 19, 2006
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