How to do things the "genius" way.

I've done the dishes for so long that I have a strict form of organization that is both efficient and it looks cool.

Originally posted by Amazing Vrayo!!
I've done the dishes for so long that I have a strict form of organization that is both efficient and it looks cool.

Go into details:

Depending on your method, it could be genius, clever, or normal.

So, I ran into a scenario that would be great for this thread.

This is the elevator scenario:

Here's a description of the building:

Basement includes mostly the low-level (maintenance) staff, data center staff, and a small number of IT support folks.

First floor is mostly IT support with some software developers.

2nd floor is mostly project managers with a small number of supervisory staff.

3rd floor is mostly high-level managers.

Here's the scenario:

Myself and a middle aged gentleman are walking into the same elevator, from the basement. He gets in first. He says to me, "how are we doing today?" I smile and reply, "Oh, same old, same old: off of work and now it's time for school." I step into the elevator, he has already pressed "3" as the light is turned on. He then reaches over and presses 1, without asking me which floor I'm going to.

I then reply with something, which I'll tell you guys later.

But, is the person a genius for figuring out that the one and only place I could be going to is the first floor, in such a quick amount of time?

Discuss his actions and, if you're brave, guess what I told the man (don't worry, there is no trick. He correctly guessed.)

Jeeneeus.

Originally posted by dadudemon
So, I ran into a scenario that would be great for this thread.

This is the elevator scenario:

Here's a description of the building:

Basement includes mostly the low-level (maintenance) staff, data center staff, and a small number of IT support folks.

First floor is mostly IT support with some software developers.

2nd floor is mostly project managers with a small number of supervisory staff.

3rd floor is mostly high-level managers.

Here's the scenario:

Myself and a middle aged gentleman are walking into the same elevator, from the basement. He gets in first. He says to me, "how are we doing today?" I smile and reply, "Oh, same old, same old: off of work and now it's time for school." I step into the elevator, he has already pressed "3" as the light is turned on. He then reaches over and presses 1, without asking me which floor I'm going to.

I then reply with something, which I'll tell you guys later.

But, is the person a genius for figuring out that the one and only place I could be going to is the first floor, in such a quick amount of time?

Discuss his actions and, if you're brave, guess what I told the man (don't worry, there is no trick. He correctly guessed.)

Well, I'd assume the exit is on the first floor 😐

What the hell do you know? You're german.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
What the hell do you know? You're german.

Excuse me. I got a PhD in building exit management.

Additionally, I hereby take the guess that you said "pewty ballsy bewbzy fart!" to the man.

Well......yeah.

i couldnt read a past the first page.
too, much to read. 😬

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, I'd assume the exit is on the first floor 😐

....?

Duh?

It could not have been anymore obvious unless I directly stated, "the first floor is where people exit the building." 😐 But that's so painfully obvious that it really didn't need to be said. facepalm

Sure, there are buildings with multiple exits, on different floors, but those are the the very small exception.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Additionally, I hereby take the guess that you said "pewty ballsy bewbzy fart!" to the man.

That's a good guess, but you didn't spell "pewpty" correctly.

Here's what I said, almost verbatim:

"You correctly guessed that I was going to the first floor without even asking me. That indicates that you have insight into "personnel management" because you paid close attention to what I just said to you a few seconds ago. You're obviously a manager because you work on the 3rd floor, but your ability to deduce what you did, without thinking much about it, indicates that you've been managing people for over 20 years."

I stepped out of the elevator at this point and he says, "That's a lot of good guesses in such a short amount of time. 22 years, to be exact."

3 levels here:

1. Recognizing, quickly, the floor I needed to go to.

2. Recognizing the management insight and floor deduction.

3. Guessing, based off of the confidence, inflection, and words of the manager, how long he had been a manager.

Folks, that's how you get promotions: impress managers. It doesn't hurt to make a wrong guess, as long as the guesses are at least logical and intelligent. It is still building a relationship of trust and familiarity, which is useful if you apply for a position in the department of the manager you fraternize with.

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