A man is travelling in a hot air balloon and suddenly realising that he has lost his way, he decides to descend and, finally, makes out somebody walking on the ground underneath him. He gets as close to the man on the ground as possible and shouts: ‘Sorry, could you help me. I had agreed to meet a friend of mine half an hour ago but I got completely lost.’
The man on the ground replies: “You are in a hot air balloon. Your position is between 40 and 42 degrees northern latitude and between 58 and 60 degrees western longitude.”
“You must be an Engineer”, says the ballooner.
“Yes, I am”, answers the man on the ground. “How can you tell?”
“That was easy”, says the ballooner, “everything you told me is technically correct but I have no idea what to do with your information and, worst of all, I still don't know where I am”.
The Engineer answers: “You must be a Manager.”
“That is true”, says the ballooner, “how did you work that out?”
“Well”, says the Engineer, “You don't know where you are or where to go. You have promised somebody something and do not know how to keep your promise, and now you expect me to find a solution for your problem. Fact is, that you are in exactly the same situation as you were before we met, however, somehow it now seems to be my fault.”