What do you mean I'm wrong?

So there you are, things are going nicely, and everything is falling into what looks like a good plan. You can actually see some major progress taking place and the time for a real change is just around the corner.

And then, ‘John Kerry’ happens. And, no way did anyone see that coming?
You have to believe there is some serious tap dancing going on to resolve this wonderful “Press” moment. As of this morning, Kerry has agreed to ‘shut up’ for a while till this whole bad joke goes away.

(Usually allow for 24 hours for this to fall out of the media scrutiny… then hope someone, somewhere takes the spotlight away. I look for another news breaking story on Anna Nicole to get it down.)

I am neither Democrat nor Republican, though I do have a great admiration for Senator John McCain, and find it fun to watch politicians do what they do so well… trip, stumble and fall. Ah, were it just limited to the wonderful world of politics?

But, let’s face it… the best-laid plans of mice and men, and so on.

It just seems that there will always be that one statement… you just wish had never been said. Stupid comments are not limited to the Terrell Owens and John Kerry’s of this world. Don’t believe me, just sit back and listen.

You would be amazed at what you will see and hear in a given day. Then for even more fun, listen carefully to what comes from your own mouth at times. I have this punch in the gut feeling that as soon as I say something so amazingly stupid, even I flinch at it.

My first boss back in 1976 was an idiot. This is not a personal feeling as much as an observation. He did and said things that would make the most hardened HR veteran flinch.

But, there is one thing that I will always remember. He told me, I believe, after chewing my butt out for being such a bad worker and I quote “ Your work is so bad even the women look better than you.” He told me that whatever I did, never be afraid to say you made a mistake. He was a bit more colorful in his explanation than that, but you get the drift. His point was that once you say, “Yep, I was wrong,” then what is really left to discuss? Sage advice from a guy other supervisors referred to as “Beach Ball”.

So in hindsight, let me say “I was wrong” to many folks over the years. I learned and hopefully gained from it, who knows one of these days, Kerry and the like will learn to say the same thing.