Attached to the door of our office we have a yellow sheet with 10 rules. Deduced from the bible. It was once hung up by a trainee. Rule number 9 is headed Delegate.
[...] What you are doing is not good. You and the people with you will wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it alone.
For your reference: This is Exodus 18:17,18.
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Suddenly, I feel enlightened. Unfortunately I forgot to read that sign when I tried to lift 50 kilo flourbags to fill out a container and Joerg wasn’t really a help. So in the end I wasn’t really able to perform it alone but…well, I kinda did…didn’t I ? I LIKE TO MOVE IT, MOVE IT!