Funny

“How many Oregonians does it take to change a light bulb?”

1 to decide the light bulb needs to be changed
5 to create a replacement project plan
1 to research what types of lightbulbs would fit
3 to attend Agile and Process Improvement Classes to learn how to make the replacement quicker and more efficient
1 to decide that it needs to be environmentally friendly
1 to research environmentally friendly alternatives
1 to decide to outsource the procurement of the lightbulb to India
5 who try to make the Indians understand the project requirements
2 to decide that the Indian product isn’t going to work after six months and $1million in wasted fees
1 to say “I told you so! Outsourcing never works!”
1 to discover that City Code has some obscure law that may not let the environmental version work
2 to interface with City Hall to discover that they don’t care, but the County has different rules
1 to go to the County to figure out what those rules are, only to find out Metro has a whole different set of rule
3 to ratify City, State, Country and Metro rules so that they’re compatible
1 to complain that the Bicycle Transportation Alliance was not involved
1 to wonder what other groups need to be involved
4 to interface with various citizen groups across the state and in Washington to get consensus on what type of light bulb to replace it with
2 to complain that the above group still forgot their special interest group
35 to get together, understand all the rules and make their recommendation about a new lightbulb that meets everyone’s needs
2 to discover that there is no budget for a new lightbulb
4 to fundraise for a new lightbulb
1 who gets tired of waiting and needs light now, to goes down to Fred Meyer’s, buy a new light bulb and installs it himself
1 to complain “he shouldn’t have done that”
1 to write the lightbulb installer up for not following procedures
1 to cut a check to reimburse the light bulb installer for his out of pocket expenses
1 to go back to the 35 person committee to let them know that the problem fixed itself
148 to feel smug that the process works and in the future it’ll be more efficient.