Garbage in, Garbage Out

The old saying comes from a mental picture of school children in a computer class. Computers as we know them were developed to reduce the time and errors of manual computing. I’d like to call them- 'the help'. Now imagine, that you are the CEO of a small business, a parent with toddlers and in your own home-your own dependent parents also live with you. The number of tasks you need to complete at any given hour would be enough to employ a whole village and so you decide to get help - the computer. But, you just go to a shop and buy one, toss the box into the shop’s trash and head home with your computer. You already get the drift of where this is headed right? … Don’t toss the manual out… always read before you use the device … bla bla bla. Well to who it may concern, has it ever occurred to you in that moment when you are yelling and screaming at your maid, house-help or steward about how they do not use their senses properly– it can be likened to buying a Korean laptop and expecting it to command it in English. Heck, If the maid understood your wants, needs, lifestyle, expectations and hopes (which even your spouse may not fully comprehend), do you think that they should be your maid in this age and time? It takes a commendable utility of communication techniques to get your instructions across clearly and that they be interpreted just as you would want it. This is actually work that you would have to put conscious effort into developing because these ‘helps’ come with their many specifications. Point? Never assume that the maid knows what you mean in one paragraph of instructions that you have handed out. Why? Unless, the help is well trained to interpret such, you are plainly speaking to thin air; as your idea of communication is utterly different. This is not to disparage those who understand the additional responsibility that comes with getting a new help. Rather, it aims at pushing the horizons of thought for getting one – up siding the assumption that a help comes sweetly to solve all your problems. I mean, if you take a walk in the mall and get lucky, you could go home with a computer that you understand and that fits your requirements well. Otherwise, the tedious process of adjustment must commence and grow. Save for unethical misdemeanours, your journey should be nothing short of sweetly tedious and if you’re persistent enough, you may train a develop a very rare improved version (of yourself).