I've expressed my frustrations with the muddled thinking of SMIs on many previous occasions. Well, today's experience indicates that there are still virgin seams of idiocy for the lucky Prospector.
I'll use an analogy to allow me to convey today's example of lunacy. It went something like this ...
SMI bad man, we have a major risk.
Basically we don't know how fat this person is so we don't know whether they
will fit on the bus.
bad man Ok, I agree that is a risk but it is hardly a
major risk as we have time to weigh them before the bus leaves and make
alternative transport arrangements if necessary.
There was a
pause ... then
SMI We can reduce the risk by arranging
personal transportation for the possibly chubby person now
This had me
perplexed so I responded with …
bad man How can you arrange personal transportation
for the person if you don't know the size of the passenger? Surely the risk is
still present and remains unmitigated?
There was another pause so I repeated my question.
Eventually the SMI came back with ...
SMI We have been given information on the
passenger's weight.
bad man If you have been given the weight of the
passenger then you know whether they will fit on the bus or whether you need an
alternative. There is no risk.
SMI Yes, that’s right. I'm going to close
down the risk.
I paused,
took a deep breath and imagined their slow, painful death...
It may have
involved lemon juice and salt!
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