Early Morning Rituals
An elderly captain of a destroyer had a ritual each morning
while at sea. His lieutenant commander noticed that his boss
would go to the wall safe, take out a piece of paper, bow
his head and murmur a few seemingly pious words. This went
on every day for many months during the war. Finally, the
commander retired and his lieutenant commander was promoted
to fill his spot. The very first thing the lieutenant
commander did was to open the safe and take out the
wrinkled pieces of paper.
He read these words: "Port=Left. Starboard=Right."
An elderly captain of a destroyer had a ritual each morning
while at sea. His lieutenant commander noticed that his boss
would go to the wall safe, take out a piece of paper, bow
his head and murmur a few seemingly pious words. This went
on every day for many months during the war. Finally, the
commander retired and his lieutenant commander was promoted
to fill his spot. The very first thing the lieutenant
commander did was to open the safe and take out the
wrinkled pieces of paper.
He read these words: "Port=Left. Starboard=Right."
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