How do you keep a decent idea or someone's best efforts from slipping away? If the wrong hands can record it (or have it recorded), they can copy it and turn it (into bullshit) against somebody in no time, then the wrong hands prevail again. They can do that with just about anything in life, and they can spin it a lot of different ways.
The football team wasn't pushovers last week, the wrong hands had to get something to steal/copy to turn them into the pushovers they said they were this week, but the football team had already forgotten that and was now focused on mistakes and what they did wrong again, trying to hold everyone but the wrong hands accountable, when really making mistakes is human. Perfection is for machines, and because they are made by humans, they make errors too every now and then.
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Get the Mistake mug.This theory recognizes that humans are not perfect and that for every mistake in a model or schedule
there will be another "mistake" in somewhat equal scope to offset each other, hence rendering the model or budget still valid.
The idea behind is that things will anyway fall the way they fall and we cannot control for that.
The optimistic view is that this theory rejects Murphy's Law, the negligent take on it is the "Trust me, it will be OK" approach to life.
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there will be another "mistake" in somewhat equal scope to offset each other, hence rendering the model or budget still valid.
The idea behind is that things will anyway fall the way they fall and we cannot control for that.
The optimistic view is that this theory rejects Murphy's Law, the negligent take on it is the "Trust me, it will be OK" approach to life.
Decide where you want to be.
Accountant 1: oh, crap... we forgot to add $1 million in income from product X sales to the budget
Accountant 2: oh, fudge... product Y's revenue is inflated by $980K...oh wait... based on the Theory of Offsetting Mistakes all is well, the numbers we gave the CEO are still valid, yay.
Girl: oh, crap... your condom broke
Dude: oh, fudge... you miscounted your days, your period is due today at 8pm.... you are not pregnant, yay.
Accountant 2: oh, fudge... product Y's revenue is inflated by $980K...oh wait... based on the Theory of Offsetting Mistakes all is well, the numbers we gave the CEO are still valid, yay.
Girl: oh, crap... your condom broke
Dude: oh, fudge... you miscounted your days, your period is due today at 8pm.... you are not pregnant, yay.
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You: mom, do you know of a mistake.
Mom: why yes honey.
You: when did it happen?
Mom: how old are you?
Mom: why yes honey.
You: when did it happen?
Mom: how old are you?
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Get the Mistake mug.John said, “honest mistake” after he handed the strip club dancer a $5 bill and told her to get him 2 bud lights. She threw the $5 back at him and said I am a dancer not a waitress.
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