"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." ~Grace Hopper
http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/hopper_grace.htm

Now here's the story . . .
Captain Hopper was put in charge of the COBOL project and had a Chief (senior enlisted person that usually runs divisions of personnel and gets things done - kinda like a team lead but better).  Her office was barren.  She said: "Chief, get me some furniture."  Chief did what Chiefs do best, and he found a warehouse full of office furniture, and got his team to move some of it to their office.  A couple weeks later, the warehouse manager showed up asking about the furniture, where they got it (because he knew), and wanted to see the requisition paperwork.  Capt Hopper, of course, had no paperwork.  Caught red-handed, she asked him: "If I requested the furniture, you would have said no.  Since I already have it, and you don't need it, can I keep it?"  He agreed.  Thus was born the saying "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."

Sometimes, ya just gotta do it! (TM)

Regards,

George Toft

On 3/12/2013 2:29 AM, Derek Trotter wrote: