When I worked at [nameless souless big corporation] I remember a conversation I had with a guy from the business development department. I was working in one of the computer departments and he was telling me what he was promising to a potential client to woo their business to our company. I told him what he was promising was not possible. His comment back to me was, “My job is to catch the bear. It’s your job to skin him.”
Years later, now I’m in my own company. You do what you have to do to catch that bear. I just wish I had someone else to skin him.
I remember you telling me that about “Well Below and Beyond”. I think that’s pretty typical of business, wherein you have to lie instead of, ‘just the facts ma’am’. I like the honest, but painful approach; being given the, “not at this time”, “try again later”. Thanks magic eight ball person.