manager VS engineer

Wook · 06-11-2002 1:19pm #1

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he
is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down
below.

He lowers the balloon further and shouts,
"Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I
would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."

The man below says, "Yes. You are in a hot air
balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this
field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees North
latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees West
longitude."

"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.

"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have
told me is technically correct, but I have no idea
what to make of your information, and the fact
is I am still lost."

The man below says, "You must be a manager

"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you
know?"

"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are,
or where you are going. You have made a promise
which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect
me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the
exact same position you were in before we met, but
now it is somehow my fault."