Learning from WIT!

 

WIT is always a headache for me. Since young, I've never heard any praises from my parent that I was a witty kid. Likewise from my teachers. Generally, contribution to WIT is sort of compulsory duty since you are given a minimum quota to meet, which act like a stick and of course, balanced it with carrots of rewards and fame. I’m always more worry about the stick and dutifully meet the minimum requirement. So, here goes one of the suggestions, which I didn’t think that it was of significant value, after graduated in 199?.

 

 

 

 

Yeah, forgive my crappy English, even though I must have already put in effort to refine it. As usual, my excuse is that I am a Chinese Helicopter. And you should be like my students, who are more forgiving of the crappy English when I reveal my weakness and me being an extinct dinosaur, straight away. The moment that I click ‘send’, I’ve received my rewards of meeting the quota and knowing that I don’t need to put my boss in a difficult situation of having to remind me/us of not meeting the quota. So, whatever come back after that don’t discourage me at all (actually not so sure after such a long time). Maybe, at that point of time, I would be glad to offer them $10 if they could excuse me from the quota.

 

Life is not always interesting, but sometimes it did. The same idea was published in a magazine some time later. I was trying to google for that publication but not successful. Too bad that I didn't record the title and issue of the magazine since I must not have any intention of sharing this private learning lesson with my dear friends.

 

I don't think I could have read the magazine and then submit the suggestion. I was quite religious, and sometimes, spiritual, at that point of time, having believed that God is diligently watching my every move. Anyway, there were at least 2 reviewers who must be diligently and dutifully scanning the horizon or doing some landscaping, and hence should have known the then latest witty ideas. So, quite hard for me to beat the system.

 

 

 

 

IF that is a good idea, THEN I am super-witty since a rough calculation will reveal the possibly algo:

 

if (weightage >= (1*chilli_crab + 25*chocolate_bar)) {Good_idea_and_rewards();}

 

ELSEIF that is not a good idea, THEN just have a good memory and good laugh myself. It was lucky that I didn’t see it or rather, it was not, implemented in the organization, if not, I might have tempted to ask for an equal posthumous rewards. Anyway, I’ve brought 2 cabinets a few years ago at 2 different times and from 2 different companies. They don’t come with latch ('they' called bolt) for the metal bar. Maybe the cost is more important than the safety. Or maybe there’ve never been a person injured by the metal bar. Or maybe, my sample size of 2 is just too small to draw a conclusion. And of course, it is always a tradeoff of cost and safety, pretty subjective to measure. Have or have not, no big deal. I must have been exaggerated for the sack of the suggestion.

 

 

 

It have been almost >= 20 years and I'm seriously questioning whether there will be another 20 years for me. It is good time to declassify and share with my dear friends this interesting incident. Please have a good look if you’ve a metal bar nearby.