In the early 1990s, I got an kids work waiting tables at Friendly’s cafe, which was a burgers and ice cream network that catered to families. But before they’d respect you as a waiter ( it was a huge responsibility ), you had to learn their food script. I forget what it was, but it was all strange: HA for burgers, CB for hamburgers, FF for french fry, MI for shakes — something like that.  ,
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Therefore, when a client told you their purchase, you’d write the code down and take it to the house.
Most employees received a week or two of coaching to learn it, but I noticed something when I was studying the menu items: If you combined the first and third letters ( or whatever it was ), every order will have a different script. That meant we didn’t have to spend weeks onboarding this pointless, tiresome training; instead, we could jump right in the door right away.
Of course, while I was developing my own script, I wasn’t memorizing theirs.
I can recall knocking on the player’s door and being incredibly excited to exhibit him what I had discovered. Sometimes I’d get some kind of campaign! Or a particular honor! ( I didn’t know it at the time, but I had unwittingly launched DOGE’s corporate predecessor! )
Otherwise, I was fired.
” Scott, we hired you to learn our script and operate within our system”, the boss sighed. We didn’t employ you to alter the SOPs for the entire company ring!
The manager had it completely correctly: a good idea doesn’t turn out well when it comes at the wrong moment. It’s reasonable to expect people to actually complete a job when you hire them to do it.
I would’ve fired me, also.
However, he was even mistaken: a successful business must find way to elicit ideas from all of its employees. One of Elon Musk’s remarkable successes, in fact, was prioritizing the free flow of ideas, yet” 20 share ideas,” because the best remedies don’t just come from the professional apartments. Quite often, the guys and gals on the forefront notice things, also.
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Companies that abandon good ideas in the private market rot and fail. They find it difficult to keep up with the changes in the market, and a new company comes along and eats their meal. Overnight, they become animals.
And in the social business, they turn into the Democrat Party.
Since Election Day, D.C. has been witnessing the” Run of the Donkeys,” with condolences to the bull of Pamplona, as the celebration of the old looks for younger voters in search of a way to appeal to younger citizens.
And they typically plan their referral plans on MSNBC, which has the oldest market on cable news.
To most young folks, they sound like this:
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The New York Times bemoaned the horrible Political engagement in an op-ed now,” Look Past Elon Musk’s Chaos. There’s Something More Sinister at Work”. It completely portrayed the tactical flaws of the radical left, but it entirely misinterpreted the emotional foundations of their intended audience:
The Democrats have been the only ones who have seen the most success with Musk’s DOGE group, which produces a government soap opera that confounds some American but gives their supporters what they want. Storming anodyne cabins as if they’re Waterloo creates panic and satisfies fans ‘ want to personally storm the chair of earth power. In Musk, Trump has found anything significant for his artistic approach to dictatorship. He requires a content creator for our media culture.
I may not help but feel that the Democrats ‘ response, staged for 20th-century advertising with a pulpit, speakers and standing outside in the warm, could not compete with the mental power of articles. And that could have devastating effects. Expand is a politics wrecking machine. It is targeting the government’s wiring, the infrastructure that makes the condition reliable and reputable for millions of Americans.  ,
DOGE is also a advertising system. ]emphasis added]
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The artist, Tressie McMillian Cottom, got a lot of things right: Expand is generating lots of articles every single day. With their outdated reply, the Democrats are losing the PR war. And yes, MAGA policy is in stark contrast to the nearly comatose Biden administration’s final time.
Her problem is mistake what Trump’s” articles” represents.
The post continued:
It is quickly apparent that this content-driven conflict will remain Trump 2.0’s M. O. Trump may have discovered during his first word that not providing enough information for your supporters pays a price. The information system he built on the plan road was hindered by government. Since therefore, he has had four times to enhance his approach. His use of unregulated professional power is crucial. However, a fire needs to be kept out of the conflict. To continue, it requires the appropriate amount of regular gas.
Where Ms. Cottom sees” chaos”, another Americans see innovation. They see a leader who is exerting great effort to make sure the life of the Americans are better. Instead of hiding in the White House, taking naps, and accepting family members, he’s blazing a path around the globe, uniquely focused on Making America Great Again.
And the concepts are coming fast and furious: A invasion of Greenland ( plus even Canada, the Panama Canal, and the Gaza Strip )! Gulf of America! A DOGE-style assessment of the federal government! ” Stargate” proposals for Artificial Intelligence!
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He made a visit to California and North Carolina crisis patients. He’s bringing victims up residence. He’s forcing our surrounding countries to finally , do something about the fentanyl that’s flood across our frontiers.
However, can you name ANY innovative concepts that the Democrats have introduced?
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Look, I don’t know who whispered,” We need Greenland”! into Trump’s ears. But obviously, the MAGA White House has a system in place to determine, place, and apply new concepts. Whatever their SOP is, it almost certainly predates opening time: Trump’s 2024 presidential battle was one of the most unconventional and wildly imaginative political campaigns in history. From flipping hamburgers at McDonald’s to driving a garbage truck, it was almost certainly before.
By comparison, the Harris-Walz battle was mind-numbingly boring. They didn’t come up with any fresh thoughts and took no risks.
Really: when was the last time the Democrat Party offered ANYTHING innovative?
Whereas the Trump presidency is building a reputation as forward-thinking, solution-minded entrepreneurs, the Democrat Party has devolved into a restrictive gerontocracy. Ruled by elder statesmen and out-of-touch octogenarians, it’s where new ideas are sacrificed at the feet of (very ) old careers.
They just offer issues. Which surely fits this “old man” notion:
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In the meantime, DOGE’s fresh, colorfully-named labor is capturing the government’s imagination. Millions of young Americans, who have already cast record-breaking ballots for Trump, are seeing their creation take an active role in our nation’s future for the first time in their lives.  ,
Suddenly, at long last, fresh Americans are represented in D. C.! The same progressives who once argued that “representation things” are now singing a completely different song.
” Every time you hear Depends, the Department of Government Performance, you only remember it is the Department of Government Evil”, sniveled Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md. ).
Ah, but today these children are evil. Kind of like how Trump was “literally Hitler”, eh?
Rep. Mfume, a dweeb at the age of 76, is almost ready to join the Democratic Party’s Great Kids Table. He was probably only looking out for his own future.
One group’s getting older, the other’s getting younger. One is brimming with fresh ideas, the other is slandering intelligent, talented children, calling them “evil”.
The Democrats keep losing, but MAGA keeps winning. One of these times, someone at The New York Times may stumble upon the real reason, but obviously, it won’t get immediately.