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Does your desk look like this?

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
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Worse.1
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I think mine's worse than yours.Often wrong, never in doubt.0
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Is that top one Albert Einstein's office?President
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An older former colleague of mine, who'd been in engineering probably 20 years longer than I had, told the tale of a draftsman he worked with long before CAD came on the scene. This person enjoyed reading newspapers and magazines when he should have been completing drawings. To facilitate that, he had a "busy kit" consisting of a mylar with some lines and symbols drawn, as well as various drafting tools glued into place in typical locations. That was kept rolled up to the side while he read.
When a supervisor approached, he'd quickly unroll the 'kit' and assume a pose consistent with the 'work' he'd been 'doing' on that drawing. Although they couldn't be rolled up, the desk pictures Alan attached resemble several engineers' desks I saw. In those cases, the center drawer held non-work-related material. It was kept slightly open for reading and, when a supervisor approached, slid closed, followed by shuffling of "stuff" on the top surface. In no case I was aware of did the supervisor catch on.
This may have been somewhat poetic. Engineering managers in large corporations tended to frown on clean desks, certain such orderliness indicated employee sloth.0 -
@Sal Santamaura wow sounds like a high school cheat sheet to pass the class! A bit sad in a career I'd say.Serving Northern Maine HVAC & Controls. I burn wood, it smells good!0
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If I have 1 sheet of paper that doesn't align with the one underneath or on top of it, I will tear the whole thing apart and organize it again. The only thing that upsets me more than clutter in my workspace is someone who chews with their mouth open. Nice, neat, clean, and organized. I had an old journeyman tell me when I first started, to always follow the 7 P's.
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Period!Often wrong, never in doubt.0
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Hi, This exemplifies the conundrum created by the difference between what should be and what is. Kids are taught ideals and then grow up to how it really is. No wonder there are a few cynics in the world.
Yours, Larry
ps, To Erin's question, here's an Einstein quote that may not actually be relevant, but it fits the desks: "Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age."0 -
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I hear you on the dashboard! But to tell you the truth, if I didn't have a desk, dashboard it is, fair game.Often wrong, never in doubt.0
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My desk. I aint
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That was supposed to say ain't complaining.Matt Rossi0
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