Blog O’ Obscurity

So I’m sitting in a “Computer Training Center” trying to stay busy while everyone around me learns more about the computer systems and programs. On the walls around me are a series of those ridiculous inspirational posters.

‘Persevere’ shows a runner ‘persevering’ up a hill with a quote about going the extra mile.

‘Goals’ is combined with a foggy photo of the Golden Gate bridge with some blurb about goals being bridges. Sublte.

‘Risk’ shows a schooner sailing around icebergs, ‘Courage,’ a windsurfer under a giant wave, and ‘Success’ is compared with a canoe.

Really? A canoe? How exactly is success a canoe.

My guess is the development team for these posters had the following conversation:

“We still need a photo for ‘Success’?
“What about the canoe photo?”
“I don’t know.”
“It’s a great photo. There’s a lake and a sunset and a canoe.”
“Yeah, it is a great photo. Nobody’s disputing that it’s a great photo, but how is it ‘Success’?
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s a successful canoe. Let’s just wrap this up and go home.”
“Fine.”

That’s what I call inspirational.

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