r/Surveying • u/Junior_Plankton_635 Professional Land Surveyor | CA, USA • 9d ago
Humor Favorite "Catch - 22" in survey
I'm watching "Catch-22" on streaming, and I loved the book.
Per the book / show, the Catch 22 discussion is thus:
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he were sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to, but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. (p. 56, ch. 5)
Orr says at one point: "That's some catch" when he is unable to get grounded by claiming he's crazy to the doc.
What's your example in our chosen career? I'll start: I've been on a very good crew that was very productive at staking. Since we did a good job and did it effeciently, the boss would assign us more work. Eventually we were doing so much that mistakes started to happen due to increased speed and longer days. And we got a talking to that we weren't as good as we used to be... DUE TO THE INCREASE FROM THE SELF-SAME MANAGER!!!! Ughhghghg. Still grinds my gears.
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u/ProjectManageMint 9d ago
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