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Subject:
training stories
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature Asked by: wicksom-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
18 Jul 2005 13:41 PDT
Expires: 17 Aug 2005 13:41 PDT Question ID: 545006 |
What are good sources of "training stories"? Any recommendations for collections of stories that could be told during trainings? In my mind, a training story should have a few qualities: 1) Short, typically a page or less, 2) Should get the listeners to think, that is, it has a point but isn't obvious about it, 3) Should have a universality, interesting to many different types of people. For example, a story I've picked up and used is the story of the steam engineer who was called in to repair a steamship boiler that was leaky, noisey and inefficient. The engineer spent a few hours asking questions, examining pipes, listening to the noises, and feeling around the structure. After this, he walked over to a red valve, pulled out a small hammer from his shirt pocket and tapped the valve once. Immediately, the noises disappeared, the leaks stopped and it seemed to be functioning much more efficiently. Everyone was happy, they congratulated the engineer and he left. A week later the boat captain received a $1000 bill from the engineer. Not comfortable with paying that much for sucha fast job he asked the engineer for an itemized invoice, which he received another week later. It said: For hitting valve with hammer $1, for knowing where to hit $999. |
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Subject:
Re: training stories
From: jakv5-ga on 01 Aug 2005 23:00 PDT |
no but here is a related story that I enjoy: The Captain and the Chief Engineer of a ship were having an argument about who had the harder job. This debate went on for a few months until one day they were both sitting in the galley revisiting the argument. The Chief said: "Your job is way easier, all you do is pick a point on the chart and set your compass to it" "No Way" said the captain. "Your job is way easier those engines are just a larger version of my diesel Chevrolet at home!" So each men decided to switch jobs for awhile to settle the argument?. about an hour latter beads of sweat are running down the Captains brow as he struggles keep the engines running. Finally the captain hears a large bang and the lights go out. Discouraged he heads back to the galley to admit defeat. "I am soooo sorry chief, I lost the plant. Your job is much harder than I ever thought". "That's OK...." replies the Chief Engineer "we ran aground!" |
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