Posted on 13 January 2005 under General
Stop reading here if you are easily disgusted.
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Consider a useful process. Why is the process useful? Probably because it helps to avoid some sort of cost or (better) to provide some benefit. In some cases a process, like making sure your parachute is properly strapped on, will help to avoid a disaster. To illustrate how a disaster can be avoided using process I experimented on myself.
Here’s how I did it:
- Yesterday I flagrantly ignored the kitchen paper replacement process that has been working at my house for years - “when the last sheet of paper is finished on the roll get a new roll out of the cupboard and put it in a convenient place in the kitchen”.
- This morning I paced around the house, in bare feet, talking to my friend Chris VL on the phone discussing the need for a coffee at the God’s Cafe this morning.
- I didn’t look where I was walking (due to animated conversation about the benefits of coffee) and I trod in cat vomit in the middle of the floor! Gross!
- After the initial revulsive concussions racking my body subsided I thought that it would be okay, I can just hop to the kitchen (a metre away) and wipe my foot with kitchen paper. No worries.
- I hopped to the kitchen, opened the draw where the paper is kept and, as you have already guessed, it wasn’t there. At this point I recalled my flagrant process violation and panicked.
- Military Grade Disaster!!!!!!
As you can see process can avoid disaster. Believe me.