The Dead Horse Syndrome

[nari]

This is probably well known to readers, but looked at in the light of bureaucracy and PT clinical practice, I think it has some relevancy.

Apart form that, it's a bit of facetiousness which is always healthy.

When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount and walk. (Tribal wisdom, Dakota indigenous people)

In modern context:

Buy a stiffer whip
Change riders
Threaten the horse with termination
Appoint a consultant to review the horse
Arrange a visit to other countries to see how others ride dead horses
Reclassify the dead horse as "living impaired" so as not to offend
Hire outside contractors to ride the dead horse
Harness several dead horses together to see if that increases speed
Provide additional funding and/or training to increase the horse's performance
Do a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve performance
Rewrite the expected performance requirements for all horses
Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.


Nari ;)

[Karie]

LOL Nari, I'm going to send this to my daughter whom is studying equine medicine....she will get a laugh out of it too!:D

[Diane]

That is one of the most hilarious things I've read lately. What if the dead horse is already in a supervisory position? Wait til it retires, I mean, expires completely?

[nari]

Nah, probably make it a CEO.

Nari

[emad]

Nari,
funny :)


Harness several dead horses together to see if that increases speed


I liked that so much and laughed at it , by the way , i have read your post 2 times !

Here,in 60s & 50s ,there were no cars for local maintenance of streets ,they were using carts with horses ,thus governement service . When the horse got too old ,the government does not get any benefits from ,just spend money over them to eat . They get rid of them through firing bullets on them .:sad:

Cheers
Emad