You pay peanuts and you get monkeys. In some organizations you pay doughnuts and you still get monkeys.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, contentment
The Customer is always unhappy about your product and service.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about customers
Little things make a lot more of a difference; but the little things don't get as much recognition.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about things
The pressure of responsibility taking a difficult decision is the result of a division between its importance and the number of participant persons.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about responsability, people, numbers
The quality of workmanship of any given object is inversely proportional to how well it works.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about quality
One's willingness to do something is inversely proportional to: a) the need for it to be done, b) the number of people who are relying on that person to do it.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, people, numbers, need
Ament's First Law of Corporate Survival: when you see the shit is about to hit the fan, shut your mouth.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about law, survival, contentment
Ament's Second Law of Corporate Survival: Duck.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about law, companies, survival
Inverse Rule of Contracts: the smaller the dollar amount of a contract the longer it will take to negotiate.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about affair, rules
One learns at least as much about management from poor managers as from good ones.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about heads, good, good luck
The more complicated the job is the less time and useful information you will be given.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about work, time, contentment
If the salesperson says, all you have to do is... you know you're in trouble.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about advice, problems, contentment
When a customer says: It's perfect except... you know it will be necessary to rebuild the whole piece.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about customers, perfection, contentment
The number of open service windows at banks, post offices, airline counters, etc... always equals [n/2 - m], n being the total number of windows and m being a random number between 1 and the total number of windows minus 1.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, numbers, bankers, being
The simpler and quicker your transaction, the more complex and time-consuming the transaction of the person immediately ahead of you in the line.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about affair, people, time, contentment
When you stand at your counter for hours on end and then go to break, that's when the customer comes and rings the bell for help.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about customers, help, end, contentment
Any item that you want to purchase from a catalog will always be out of stock at the time you want to buy it.Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, commerce, contentment, time