Dubious Schemes That Went Awry
You thought it was a good plan, an innovative one, an edgy effort to accomplish your goal. But it unraveled like your friends and colleagues said it would. Confess now!
I confess that we were going to hook up urban youth computer experts with a major Hollywood-based magazine that needed their print zine repurposed to the web. Talent, meet need. Presto. Right! I learned the hard way that “Management” is not just a layer of fat to be cut during budget-tightening. The youth turned their attention to other things, as youth do. Even the high salary wasn’t enough to keep them focused and on-time. I ended up holding the bag, having to deliver a number of web pages myself, even though I had no time for such a task.
That wasn’t so “dubious” (dictionary def.: “of doubtful quality or propriety”) because a lot of people, a wide variety, had looked at the plan and considered it good. It wasn’t like everyone we told about the plan told us it wouldn’t work. Or we shouldn’t do it.
posted Mar 28, 2007, 8:40am by Rodolpho Carrasco
I also thought it would cool to wear my lime green, Dumb and Dumber-inspired prom tux (Salvation Army style) to church while my friends wore their normal black tuxes and escorted me, secret service style, to the front pew of the church during announcements. My pastor didn’t agree, but most of the congregation did!
“El pan no se hace pan si no se rompe la masa,” anyway you translate it, you can’t help but say “ouch!” Continue to confide in God my brother, he will carry you through this one too. I’m praying for you.
It really sounds like a brilliant idea. I hope it doesn’t keep you from taking a risk in the future.
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Growing up in the middle of a cornfield, I once thought it would be cool to chop down thousands of plants to make a giant labyrinth maze in the corn. The farmers didn’t agree.