Аннотация: MMMCCCLXIV. A large piece of household waste and an engineer in a boat. A sketch. - September 14, 2023.
A large piece of household waste and an engineer in a boat. A sketch.
A large piece of household waste is floating down the river. He sees a boat ahead, and an engineer in it.
'I know this engineer. He is involved in the repair of sewer systems. A responsible, an important work! We need to know what's inside him...'
- Hello, Mr. Engineer!
The engineer is a polite person. He answers:
- Hello!
A large piece of household waste floats closer to the boat and rises out of the water so that the engineer can see how big a piece it is, and so that the engineer realizes that this piece can capsize (overturn) the boat with the engineer in it.
The engineer's face shows that he understood everything correctly. Now the large piece can ask questions and be discreetly rude.
- Who invented this boat? You - a real Edison?
- No, not me. Our scientists invented this.
Now the engineer needs to be "rotated", "tweaked" a little. He designs and repairs large sewer systems, but somehow he can't get beyond a PhD. This is the topic that needs to be touched upon.
- Well, if not Edison, then definitely a Doctor of Science.
- No, just (only) a candidate of science.
'And now we need address him with a 'Ты' [a less respectful form of addressing; "Вы" - is a more respectful form] ... What can he do? Be rude to me? For him, this is petty... It's too shallow for him ... And I can to turn his boat over. So he'll have to pretend, that he nothing noticed."
- What do you ['Ты'] think about the importance of engineers? How did it happen that engineers became important people?
- Heinrich Schliemann had a friend - a doctor, member of the Prussian Parliament. This doctor dealt with various topics. For example, he raised the issue of creating large sewer systems. And in our country, large sewer systems began to be planned under Stalin - as part of a general urban development planning.
The piece of household waste froze for a second. 'Here it is: he remembers Stalin. Well, in a certain sense, this is good. If we will remember and talk more about Stalin, about the rapid development under Stalin, then this engineer will be filled with enthusiasm and he will will work more effectively.'
- Well, what are your ["Твои"] prospects for achievements?
- We're trying, with enthusiasm! We are responsible people.
"Okay. Let him work. I have friends - smaller [than I] pieces of waste, and they are already chief quartermasters. And this one is just only a quartermaster. There is no way he will get a chief quartermaster... Let him work. We need to talk more about Stalin - so that raise his level of enthusiasm... For now we can trust him...".
- Well, I swam further. (The piece of household waste floated up to the boat and rubbed (by own body) against the side to make the boat dirty). Here is my business card with a phone number - if you have any difficulties defending your doctoral dissertation, call me, I will make an impact. (A piece of household waste clicked a business card with a phone number into the boat).
- Yes, I also need to hurry - there is a lot of work. We make new systems and repair old ones...
'So, now I need to float further along the river and to test the situation: what are the moods...'
September 14, 2023 22:42
Translation from Russian into English: September 14, 2023 23:54
Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Большой кусок бытовых отходов и инженер в лодке. Скетч '.
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MMMCCCLXIV. A large piece of household waste and an engineer in a boat. A sketch. - September 14, 2023.
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