On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:44:17 -0400, Minnie Bannister wrote:

I heard this issue raised in a discussion of the Chrysler/Daimler-Benz
merger on the eve of its consummation. Chrysler was run by managers,
whereas Daimler-Benz was run by engineers.

A family friend who retired from Chrysler shortly after the merger
was very adamant that Daimler-Benz was run by folks whose ability in
any field was totally outshone by their complete and utter arrogance
(don't want to invoke the N**i word).

Driving home from Detroit yesterday, we stopped for dinner at a truck
stop, where we overheard a waitress telling another customer that she
was busier than usual because the cook had called in sick so the
managers were having to do the cooking and were not able to help with
serving. But in this case the managers were able to cook. What would
they have done if the managers could not fill in for the cook?

Call the union hall and get temp cooks off the waiting-to-be-employed
roster.

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane