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[yakalskovich]

thronathon and collected_fudz now exist on Dreamwidth.-

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[paceisthetrick]

Not just overhead -- incompetent employees and inter-departmental communication failures. The mega-corporation is simply too big. We need to break them up to make them more efficient.

[yakalskovich]

That's what I meant -- overhead isn't just costs. In German, we say 'Reibungsverlust', which is 'frictional loss', an engineering term, used a a metaphor or generalisation. After an organisation gets too bit, friction eats up almost all of the output and entirely all of the flexibility.

[paceisthetrick]

I used to work in BPI, trying to streamline huge corporations to increase productivity. What a nightmare! I faced so much resistance in the departments who insisted they couldn't change their operations even after I demonstrated that they could!

[yakalskovich]

Oh dear. I have been preaching to the choir & carrying owls to Athens. I'm sorry!

[paceisthetrick]

No, but it brings back so many bad memories!

I guess I should grumbling about my own business, which is incredibly efficient. LOL

[yakalskovich]

If you are alone, it probably is: - you just do what you want, and you want what needs doing!

[paceisthetrick]

Yeah I tried having partners and employees and it was a disaster. I have a loosely associated partnership with a woman I adore and that is as much as I can handle. And then, with the economy in dire straits, business has tapered off.

Still, this year is going far better than last year!

[yakalskovich]

That is good to hear! Your feral kitties can have better fudz then.

[paceisthetrick]

OMG new black putty tat! I woke up this morning and saw him sitting on my patio! (he must smell the chicken.)

He's small, clearly young, and has that massive bulldog neck which is how I know he is male. I was able to get close enough to talk with him a bit. He's stand-offish but clearly not crazy like some of them. :)

[yakalskovich]

He sounds lovely -- is he Siamese (in general type, I mean, as he can't be colour-point) like the others?

[paceisthetrick]

He probably is the black oriental variety simply because this colony is predominantly siamese. He's a bit thicker around the neck, which is why I know he is male, but the siamese males (who do have the color-points) all have thick necks and some even have thicker fur.

I was just so pleased that he was so brave! Usually they flee as soon as I step outside. He clearly has bonded with the others who come into the house to eat and is doubtless eying the dinner dish thinking it is probably worth the risk.

And he's YOUNG! So we may be able to rehabilitate him and get him adopted. I did this once before with one and he became a lovely companion, even if a bit skittish. The girl who adopted him told me he would eat spaghetti off her plate.

[yakalskovich]

Awww spaghetti! Cats will eat such strange stuff. Mephisto was just tasting the curry ketchup on my (otherwise empty) plate.

[paceisthetrick]

Did I tell you mine eat guacamole????

Gawd, only in Texas!

The little ones are partial to corndogs. Vegan corndogs. On the stick, please. :P