Email to Rumblings - 5/28/08 - 2:52 PM:
The lyrics to McCartney’s “Fool On the Hill” have played inside my head since I began reading this blog a few months back, Yet at the same time I wondered if all the negativity directed at our General Manager was actually fair.
After the events of the last hour, I now know that the lyrics aptly describe both the current disposition and wounded reputation of this GM as she continues to follow the instructions placed before her, "open mouth, insert foot".
Randi's cast of enablers are making her appear like an insipid knucklehead. Foolish and simultaneously Machiavellian. For all the speculation over the last year, that the former AGM/XO Ken Simmons was in charge of the on-going duplicity in ITA, todays CityFone fiasco clearly proves that the ITA's bumbling management style is defined by it's leader.
I leave the rest to McCartney and poetic licence:
Day after day, alone on the hill
The gal with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know her
They can see that she's just a fool
As she never gives an answer
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in her head
See the world spinning around
Well on the way, head in a cloud
The lady of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
But nobody ever hears her
Or the sound she appears to make
And she never seems to notice
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in her head
See the world spinning around
And nobody seems to like her
They can tell what she wants to do
And she never shows her feelings
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in her head
See the world spinning around
She never listens to them
She knows that they're the fools
They don't like her
The fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in her head
See the world spinning around
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Anonymous said... Seems to me that Randi, and to some extent, the entire executive team, are "post turtles."Not being a California term, you might wonder what a 'post turtle' is. When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a "post turtle." You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put her up there to begin with? June 1, 2008 8:42 AM Answer: Tony Villar
2 comments:
Wonderful post! In my opinion,
"Fool on the Hill" is better than
some of the alternatives that could
be playing in one's head. It seems
to me that she hasn't figured out
that the city lawyers say or file
what the Mini Mayor tells them to
do, and sometimes LOSE. Had this
one gone through, at least three
kinds of terrible scenarios came to
mind in which an employee might have a cause against the city due to their picture being available to all employees. (I am not a lawyer; I am not a professional criminal; usual disclaimers apply.)
Seems to me that Randi, and to some extent, the entire executive team, are "post turtles."
Not being a California term, you might wonder what a 'post turtle' is. When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a "post turtle." You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put her up there to begin with.
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