"How's it going down there?" Barked the old walrus down from the big rock, waiting for good news. There conferred the younger walruses. It did not go well, but nobody wanted the old man the bad News. He was the greatest and wisest of the walrus herd and understood his business, but they did not want to spoil his mood.
"What we say to him?" Whispered Basil, his deputy. He remembered how the old man was racing as he once told him of the poor herring fishing, and he had no desire to experience it again. The water level was continuously modified, and it was given the dwindling herring become necessary to move on. Someone should tell the old man. But who? And how?
Finally dared Basil ". It's going very well, Boss" The thought of the declining water level weighed heavily on him, but he continued: "It seems as if the beach seems to be getting larger." The old man grunted. "Fine, gives us a little more leeway"
The next day brought further problems. A new Walrossherde had come into the bay, and given the scarcity of herring this could be dangerous. No one wanted to tell the boss, although he was the only one who had the necessary measures as required. Basil went to him. "Oh, by the way boss, we have a new flock to our area," The old man was frightened, and he filled his lungs for a huge screamer. Basil, hastily: "Of course we do not expect Problems. They are not herring eaters like us. They are more interested in the smaller fish. And as you know, we make nothing from which "The old man sighed." Well, why should we be upset about this ... "
It was also not good from now on. One day, the old man, that part of the herd seemed to be missing. He called his old companion to him and whispered irritably, "What's going on, Basil? Where are they? "Poor Basil did not have the courage to tell the old man that had joined many of the younger of the new herd of walruses. Nervously clearing his throat he said, "Well, boss, we have the reins a bit dressed, dead wood, 'got rid of. Finally, a herd only as good as the walruses in it. "" You have the store under control, "grunted the old man" Nice to hear that everything is going so well. "Before long, everyone was out to Basil of the new stoves connected. Basil knew it was time to tell the old man the truth. Fearful, but determined he ventured onto the big rocks. "Boss, I have bad news. The rest of the herd has left us. "The old walrus was so astonished that he did not even get out brought a screamer. "Leave me? All gone? But why? How could this happen? " Basil did not have the courage to tell him, so he just shrugged his shoulders helplessly. "I can not understand," said the old walrus. "Especially now, when everything was going so well."
originally quoted in the Management Review in 1974, after MEGAPHONE 42/2009
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