Man in a Hot Air Balloon
A man in a
hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman
below.
He descended
a bit more and shouted, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would
meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
The woman
below replies, “You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet
above the ground..
You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60
degrees west longitude.”
“You must be
a physicist,” said the balloonist.
“I am,”
replied the woman, “How did you know?”
“Well,”
answered the balloonist, “everything you told me is technically correct, but I
have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still
lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help
so far.”
The woman
below responded, “You must be in management.”
“I am,”
replied the balloonist, “but how did you know?”
“Well,” said
the woman, “you don’t know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are, due to a
large quantity of hot air. You made a
promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you
to solve your problems. The fact is you
are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now somehow
it’s my fault.”
END