Revolution 2.0
“Refer to Captain Smith” (EP.235)
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:07:10
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Introduction The “Reader’s Digest” used to be in every home and waiting room in America. The stories, humor and features were widely popular, and often passed along. All of the stories were said to be true; here is one from yesteryear about a Captain Smith during WWII. The good Captain was working away in the bowels of the Pentagon, handling vital war-related paperwork. He always arrived on time at his department, but he never finished until hours after everyone else had gone home. This happened everyday for over a year. He noticed that another Captain always finished early, and finally approached the lucky one asking, “How do you do it? You leave two hours early every day, and I work about two hours of unpaid overtime.” The response was, “I just take the harder work and mark it, ‘Refer to Captain Smith’. In a department this big, there has to be a Captain Smith.” Dodges like this used to be called goldbricking or passing the buck. When individuals do it, that is what it is still labeled. When groups do