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Two Interviews - John Dunn, Consultant, Ambertec, P.E., P.C.

I once took this job interview and the conversation started out quite affably, but it didn't stay that way. It' was the one time that I deliberately decided to blow the thing.

Him:     "So tell me about yourself." and so I did, discussing several projects from my resume

             which I was free to discuss without violating any confidentiality issues.

Him:     "Let me ask you a question. Suppose you're working on something and it turns out that the

            performance requirements need to be changed. Would you be okay with that?"

Me:       "What would make the requirements change?"

Him:     "The requirements would change because they can't be met. Would you be okay with that?"

Me:       "Well, I'd certainly want to discuss it with the customer to get........"

Him:     "No, no, no. Without involving the customer, would you be okay with that?"

Ban of drop side cribs - John Dunn Ambertec, P.E., P.C.

In today's Newsday, we read "Nassau lawmakers vote to ban drop side cribs", December 21, 2009 by Celeste Hadrick. This article describes a terrible example of government by hysteria.

 

The URL for this article is:

 

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/nassau-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-drop-side-cribs-1.1665846

 

We have the horror of eleven babies who died in drop side crib accidents arising from breakage of life-critical parts that were made of plastic. Such parts should have been made of nothing less sturdy than galvanized steel, but because of "value engineering" decisions, those parts were inadquate to their purposes and babies died.

 

That need NOT have happened.