We had a terrible project failure at work last week. I am not going into the details here but the ultimate result was that the products didnt reach the customer in time. We had a Corrective and Preventive meeting to discuss this. And not surprisingly the blame game was there. Every body was trying to shift the blame on the other and justify that the other guy was the reason for this debacle. I found it so funny.
But then if we look around everywhere we keep on blaming others. We blame the municipality for not keeping clean our streets but bribe to pay less house tax. We shout at them when the park looks dirty but we ourselves litter there. We shout for potholed roads but don't want to pay our taxes fully and look for ways to manipulate it. This can be a long list. We blame Pakistan for terrorism where as its our duty to keep and defend our country. We should be more bothered and concerned about this failure then whats Pakistan going to do about stopping terrorists.
Why do we try to pass the buck?
I believe its in our upbringing. I have seen hundreds of parents do it and have done the same with my kids. If the child hurts himself falling while walking or accidentally hurts himself from the corner of a table we invariably would tell the child " chinti mar gayi" or "table ko hap kar de" ( I dont know how to express this in English) etc etc. Instead of telling the child to take care in future when walking, we teach him to put the blame on the table or floor. And we do this hundreds of time during his growing up period.
As the dialogue in the movie Blame it on Rio says for an illicit relation between an middle age guy with a young girl " You can blame the night, blame the wine, blame the moon in her eyes, but when all else fails.....you would better.......Blame it on Rio." What a way to justify your wrong act?
But then if we look around everywhere we keep on blaming others. We blame the municipality for not keeping clean our streets but bribe to pay less house tax. We shout at them when the park looks dirty but we ourselves litter there. We shout for potholed roads but don't want to pay our taxes fully and look for ways to manipulate it. This can be a long list. We blame Pakistan for terrorism where as its our duty to keep and defend our country. We should be more bothered and concerned about this failure then whats Pakistan going to do about stopping terrorists.
Why do we try to pass the buck?
I believe its in our upbringing. I have seen hundreds of parents do it and have done the same with my kids. If the child hurts himself falling while walking or accidentally hurts himself from the corner of a table we invariably would tell the child " chinti mar gayi" or "table ko hap kar de" ( I dont know how to express this in English) etc etc. Instead of telling the child to take care in future when walking, we teach him to put the blame on the table or floor. And we do this hundreds of time during his growing up period.
As the dialogue in the movie Blame it on Rio says for an illicit relation between an middle age guy with a young girl " You can blame the night, blame the wine, blame the moon in her eyes, but when all else fails.....you would better.......Blame it on Rio." What a way to justify your wrong act?
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nicely redacted!!!
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