Pentagon Expertise

Monday morning, 0900, at an office in the Pentagon:

Division Chief, Colonel:   "Major, we need a position paper on this particular subject IMMEDIATELY."

Me:  "Sir, I'm not at all acquainted with this as I've never heard of this particular subject."

Colonel:  "You have 30 minutes to prepare a position paper on it.  That's an ORDER!"

Me:   "Yes, sir.  I will give you my 30 minutes of expertise as you requested."

I hurriedly reviewed some websites, copied and pasted what I found, and made it look really professional.

The position paper was adopted as the Air Force's position on the matter.

Moral of the story:   GIGO... Garbage In [computer] - Gospel Out [as long as it looks pretty]


True story