The employee who has performed his duties faithfully and without fault for 5 years will be given an increase of five cents per day in his pay - provided the profits allow it.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, day
Murphy's laws, page 25
1791 quotes by Edward A. Murphy
Edward A. Murphy - engineer working on Air Force Project MX981
Was born on 11 jan 1918.
Died on 17 jul 1990, at 72 years old.
Died on 17 jul 1990, at 72 years old.
Origin country: United States
All vacations and holidays create problems, except for one's own.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about holidays, problems
Success is a matter of luck, just ask any failure.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about success, bad luck, good luck, failure
The value of any job task is inversely proportional to its deadline.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about work, value
When you see an item in the flyer, by the time you get to the store its either sold out or the price has doubled.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, stores, contentment, time
The person at the meeting or discussion who is right will be the person who is not listened and will later be blamed for coming up with the bad idea.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, people, meetings, idea, bad luck, rightness, bad
Just when you have no cash, you are in great pain and got to the bank to find the bank computers offline.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, money, bankers, computers, pain, contentment
Bills travel through the mail at twice as fast as checks.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about bills, fasting
If you have a little extra money to blow, something will break, and cost more than that little extra.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about money, contentment
If you don't want it, there is plenty of it; If you really need it, they're all out of it.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, need, contentment
The more you like a product, the more likely it will be discontinued.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, contentment
If you are shopping to find a certain thing, no matter how simple it may be, no matter where you go, you will find every conceivable thing except that which you are looking for.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, things, contentment
The one time you didn't make a copy of your 1040, that's the one the IRS did not receive.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, time, contentment
Slog all day and no-one notices, take a 5 minute breather to play Window's Solitaire and the boss silently appears behind you.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, heads, day, contentment
All urgent and critical reports are handed out on Friday evening and are due first thing Monday morning.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, things
The best time to ask for a raise is when everything has gone wrong and your boss is in a panic mode.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about salary, heads, bad, time
Never ask for a raise after you have successfully completed a project.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about salary, contentment
If you do it right the first time, you will not be asked to resolve the problem and therefore will not be in a position to ask for a raise.
EQuote by Edward A. Murphy about salary, rightness, contentment, time
