OT Grace Murray Hopper

[George Toft]

"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:
> They sneer at COBOL but 50 years on and it's still in use.
>
> I like how Grace taped the moth to the log book as if she thought she 
> wouldn't be believed.   Yes she was one of a kind. The Navy kept 
> making her retire then calling her back because they couldn't do 
> without her.
>
> -- 
> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I'm not there, I carry on as usual."
>
> Patrick Moore
>
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