Archive for August 7th, 2008
Play It Safe!
This is a story from one of my English class. The instructor gave an illustration:
A is a boy. He has a girlfriend, B.
They’ve been together for quite some time.
Then, B falls in love with C,
and C loves B so.
So, we had to give suggestion for B, something like whether she should stick with A or leave A for C. Here was my answer: PASS!
Second illustration:
A company, struggling through its financial problems, asked a business consultant for some advices. The consultant gave 2 choices. The first one was to sell some of their assets in order to increase the company cash so that they can operate properly. The second choice was to sell the whole company to an association, which would professionally handle all their problems. Their problems would be gone and so would their ownership. Long story short, the company chose the last choice.
We can say that the company play a safe bet. A safe bet means something that you are certain will happen or someone or something that you are certain will win or succeed [source]. By selling the company to the association, it won’t take as much as responsibilities as before. It still may do the controlling but that’s just it. The real wheel is on the hand of the association.
Funny thing is that I played safe bet during that particular session of English class (well, in a lot of time in my life, I played it safe). I did have answer for the first illustration, my own opinion.
I agree with one of my English classmates, my project simulation chief, I think that B should stick with A. I’m not trying to be radical or inflexible here. I just treasure relationship that much. A bond, a commitment that you’ve made, especially marriage, are not meant to be broken, even in situation like the illustration above. Well, you can say engagement is quite different but for now I don’t see it that way.
How about you? Got a story where you play safe bet?
You know what, my moving to Bali is something I call a safe bet, too. Wkwkwkwk
