Subject: Problems (Page 8)

Everything goes wrong all at once.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Time

Everything is just out of reach.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

To beat the bureaucracy, make your problem their problem.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Envelopes and stamps which don't stick when you lick them will stick to other things when you don't want them to.

Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

Our meetings are held to discuss many problems which would never arise if we held fewer meetings.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Places Problems

The squeaky wheel doesn't always get greased; it often gets replaced.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

There is no safety in numbers… or in anything else.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist
Life Problems

If you think you're wrong, you're wrong

Corollary: If you think you're wrong, you're right.

Characteristics Murphy’s Laws Problems

If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Problems Situations

Office machines that function perfectly during normal business hours will break down when you return at night to use them for personal business.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Things

Dilemma: A politician trying to save both his faces at once.

Definitions Politicians Problems

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician
Fools Intelligence Mistakes People Problems

A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place (a diamond ring down the drain, for example) – or into the garbage disposal while it is running.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems

Most accidents in well-designed systems involve two or more events of low probability occurring in the worst possible combination.

Accidents Murphy’s Laws Problems

Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

Mistakes Murphy’s Laws Problems

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.

(1902 – 1983) American philosopher
Life Problems

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

(1885 – 1945) U.S. Army general
Problems

Whatever a parent does is wrong.

Failure Family Murphy’s Laws Parents Problems Young

If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

The only problem with having nothing to do is you can't stop and rest.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist
Problems Situations Work