Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Store Director: "We order ~X cases of things on every truck, you guys have... 10 workers every truck night?"

Manager: "Yes, 10 workers."

Store Director: "That means each person only needs to do ~16 cases an hour to get done on time, who here can do 16 cases an hour?"

*~3/4ths of the room raises their hands*

Manager: "Spath, why don't you raise your hand. You do far more than 16 cases in an hour of work."

Spath: "Because his math is wrong..."

Store Director: "What do you mean my math is wrong?"

Spath: "You're counting 10 people on the floor, in actuality we have 1 checker, 9 on the floor."

SD: "Oh, well you can make up for that by adding an extra case or so to each of you, so 17 cases."

*waits for people to raise their hands*

Manager: "Spath, you're still not raising your hand..."

Spath: "Math's still wrong."

SD: "What's your problem now?"

Spath: "I can compare your math to an intro to physics student, you're calculating everything we do, as if we're in a vacuum. Which isn't how the real world works. There's more variables than simply X items stocked an hour..."

*SD death glares at me as I finish talking.*

SD: "Anyway!"