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What the customer wanted (imgur.com)

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[–]wra1th42 121 points122 points ago

Business!

[–]wellactuallyhmm 27 points28 points ago

I've seen this so many times, but it always gets me.

[–]wra1th42 18 points19 points ago

I love it, but it always bothers me that his tie is too long. To the belt, man.

[–]Dr_Funkenstein_ 5 points6 points ago

That car also looks awfully close...

[–]icehands 0 points1 point ago

I've been looking for this forever - was on the wall of my first college class!

[–]keyree 8 points9 points ago

"At first our strategy was to not business, but then we decided to business after all."

[–]aleatorictelevision 2 points3 points ago

Ha Ha!

[–]kftwin 0 points1 point ago

I've always wondered if his tie was really long or if he's kind of slouching.

[–]IPickOnYou 0 points1 point ago

I have this hanging on my wall.

It's funny because it's TRUE.

[–]minecrafterambesten 28 points29 points ago

Why is 'what is installed' and 'what was received' so different?

You'd think that once it was manufactured and installed, that'd be what the customer got.

[–]Plumbsmasher 17 points18 points ago

In my experience, whenever you deal with an engineer the final product has to be changed 5 times before it is completed.

[–]itchyburn 7 points8 points ago

As a test engineer, I can confirm this.

[–]Cheeze_wiz 5 points6 points ago

Especially when manufacturing sends you something completely wrong and you don't realize it until revision F of the prints. Then you go back to revision A and all is good.

"Oh, 1/4-20 nuts? Yea, we've got some 5/16-18 nuts that will work perfectly in that application"

[–]wabbajackgnat -1 points0 points ago

Part of the problem is you never deal with one engineer. So between the engineers bickering over what they think would work best, the architects bickering about what would look best, and the builders bickering about who pays for the changes, the end result normally contains about 2% of the original content.

God forbid it is a government job...

[–]benay123 0 points1 point ago

So many Variations..

[–]ihavecrayons 2 points3 points ago

Then the panels wouldn't be symmetrical.

[–]Confucius_says 0 points1 point ago

a better label for "installed it" could have been "what was built"

[–]Ieuan1996 1 point2 points ago

Because it's been edited. I saw the original (or at least I think it was) a while back and I know that "How manufacturing installed it" was originally called "What the Architect designed"

[–]asm_ftw 25 points26 points ago

I have seen this picture many, many times throughout my college career, and never really put too much thought into it until I started to get paid to work on projects. Despite its silliness and obvious humor, nothing seems to reflect my life right now more than this.

[–]Wonspur 4 points5 points ago

Its why i got fired. Customer didnt know wtf he wanted. fired me instead of working with me.

[–]skeptic11 11 points12 points ago

The client's only obligation is to pay.

[–]smsy 8 points9 points ago

If the customer can't accurately describe a tire swing, he deserves this.

[–]LuckingFurker -1 points0 points ago

More to the point, why didn't the customer just put the tire swing up?

[–]dan2737 4 points5 points ago

Because this is fictional and metaphorical.

[–]LuckingFurker -1 points0 points ago

Then why didn't the fictional, metaphorical customer just put the fictional, metaphorical tire swing up?

[–]dan2737 1 point2 points ago

Because he does not exist and represents situations in which this would not work.

[–]LuckingFurker -2 points-1 points ago

But then why doesn't this customer who does not exist and represents situations in which this would not work put up his own tire swing which does not exist and represents situations in which this would not work?

[–]dan2737 1 point2 points ago

You just answered your own question: It wouldn't work out because it represents situations in which it wouldn't work out.

[–]LuckingFurker -1 points0 points ago

Which brings me back to my original point: why didn't the customer just put up their own tire swing. None of those situations work except the customer putting their own up.

[–]Null_Reference_ 1 point2 points ago

Is this really your first encounter with an analogy? How can you possibly be this dumbfounded?

[–]publicstaticlloyd 1 point2 points ago

I wanted to upvote this, but I couldn't access the upvote variable.

(Nice username)

[–]LuckingFurker 0 points1 point ago

Is this really your first encounter with a joke? Granted, it wasn't especially funny, but it was still a joke.

[–]Confucius_says 0 points1 point ago

this picture is usually shown in text books and stuff. It's describing the difficulty of determining the requirements for a project.

[–]Noonsa[!] 1 point2 points ago

The customer described a multi-layer dual-use swing-shelf, which added swinging features to keep your sandwich and MP3 player on while you swing.

Despite THINKING that's what they wanted, what the customer ACTUALLY wanted was a tyre swing. People don't always really know what they want, that's why there's two different pictures.

[–]Scholtz 1 point2 points ago

Tier swing*

[–]Xedma 0 points1 point ago

I GET IT!

[–]Ladyliiz 3 points4 points ago

Cool, Saw this in my robotics class today; never thought to post it.

[–]Maxtrix07 5 points6 points ago

We need more of these. Same words, different pictures

[–]ILL_Show_Myself_Out 11 points12 points ago

I guess the company just couldn't swing it.

[–]poon-is-food 6 points7 points ago

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[–]ILL_Show_Myself_Out 15 points16 points ago

This could get harry.

[–]Harry_Hardlong 6 points7 points ago

I concur.

[–]Tyrant718 -2 points-1 points ago

Why would it turn into a person?

[–]jelloeater85 0 points1 point ago

You do realize where you are, right? ಠ_ಠ

[–]Dank-Bacon 2 points3 points ago

This picture is hung in my engineering class at school.

[–]Ublind 2 points3 points ago

I don't always post something to /r/funny, but when I do, I put the punch line in the title.

[–]triforce700 2 points3 points ago

I literally just saw a version of this in class today...

[–]stfm 2 points3 points ago

I once had this faxed to me. Faxed.

[–]shaydwight 19 points20 points ago

What the redditor reposted.

[–]A_Rolling_Baneling 3 points4 points ago

This is so old, I first saw it when my mom sent it to me in one of those FWD:x50 emails.

[–]MATHDRAGON 1 point2 points ago

woah, backhoe hand shovels!

[–]Phoequinox 7 points8 points ago

Nope. Never seen it. To the depths of hell with you, repost crier.

[–]secretpandalord 0 points1 point ago

Hear hear.

[–]HiImGarrett -1 points0 points ago

The last one was seven months ago. It's not a big deal, a lot of Redditors are new.

[–]jaycrew 6 points7 points ago

This visual gag has been reposted in various forms for at least 20 years.

Source: I remember seeing it on an engineering professor's office door 20 years ago

[–]iamjinxz -1 points0 points ago

The fact that I haven't seen this since stumbleupon , somewhere around 4 years ago, until now I still find amazing

[–]pulezan 0 points1 point ago

only 3 times? i don't believe it...

[–]IAmTheBaron 0 points1 point ago

I was curious as to how many times I have seen this reposted

[–]txking12 -5 points-4 points ago

came here to say this. not disappoint.

[–]ResidentWeeaboo -5 points-4 points ago

Ditto

[–]DontCareBoutReposts -1 points0 points ago

Don't care.

[–]UnknownArchive 4 points5 points ago

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title comnts points age /r/
What the Customer Actually Wanted 4coms 29pts 1yr pics
Customer Request 1com 11pts 1yr pics
Business in America 214coms 748pts 7mos funny

source: karmadecay

[–]Ivru 3 points4 points ago

Oh come one... I think this picture was on the AOL CD's with 10h of free internet.

[–]Tastler 0 points1 point ago

But you actually needed the 10h to download the picture :D

[–]Tier4 1 point2 points ago

Older than the bible

[–]benziz -5 points-4 points ago

What a brave comment. To the top with you, kind sir!

[–]Tier4 2 points3 points ago

You are misusing "brave," dumbass. Stop trying to be one of the cool kids. You suck at the internet.

[–]liko_dog 0 points1 point ago

Love this!!

[–]Sigma207 0 points1 point ago

Working at a home improvement type place I tend to see thing like this happen somewhat often.

[–]zudnic 1 point2 points ago

A classic in consulting circles.

[–]pomegranati 0 points1 point ago

I don't get the budgeting part if the customer will be paying for it. I thought it was the customer who has to budget.

[–]acidently 0 points1 point ago

profit

[–]Ginodon 0 points1 point ago

and in swoops the DIY man with his magic "old tire" and "rope"!!!

[–]ibIamevodka 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of my current project

[–]ploeg8393 0 points1 point ago

This sums up how it is to work as a government contractor.

[–]rdent707 0 points1 point ago

Get ready for a fuck ton of knock-offs of this...

[–]k4hill 1 point2 points ago

I'm a project manager. This one's been around forever but it's still golden when it comes to pm skills!

[–]Bartelbythescrivener 0 points1 point ago

i always see this and think about a last panel drawn in a Daliesque manner with the swing meling and the tree drooping, and think how i imagined my work while in college

[–]RenegadeRedneck 0 points1 point ago

As an engineering major, this hits home.

[–]deathbytray 1 point2 points ago

Oh, this again.

[–]n35 0 points1 point ago

Seen before, still good. Anyone have some more versions of these? I've seen some floating around but clearly was not thinking about saving them.

[–]b0b 1 point2 points ago

I haven't seen this since 1995!

[–]Infinator10 1 point2 points ago

A tire on a rope tied to a tree. How the fuck do you describe it as three planks?

[–]WirelessPribbling 1 point2 points ago

I don't always see funny, original content

but when I do, it's a 10-year old repost.

[–]7FoldSamurai 0 points1 point ago

As an Architect, this is why I'm rich

[–]dksprocket 0 points1 point ago

Welcome to the Internet!

[–]mervis 0 points1 point ago

Okay, I'm no Engineer but I think their design is a lot less workable than the customer's...

[–]haute_mess 0 points1 point ago

can we please talk about the fact that the string from the swing that the engineer built...is on two different branches. killing off the children young, i see.

[–]SyntaxProblem 0 points1 point ago

Reposts man, shiiiiet.

[–]StarHat 0 points1 point ago

...What the OP reposted...

[–]Thelocalgaspump77 0 points1 point ago

What the customer wants is new material not reposts

[–]Thelocalgaspump77 0 points1 point ago

The customer wants new content, not reposts.. cough iPhone 5 cough

[–]nikitakaganovich 0 points1 point ago

okay i keep seeing this as "business" but there is one slightly different but essentially the same thing for non-profit, and it involves a "user"(basically customer) and a funder and some other stuff... and I find it far more appropriate. If you ever worked in a non-profit you'll know what I mean about the sheer nonsensical disorganization of the whole thing. even in AmriCorps, Big Brother Big Sister, Peace Corps, and other big ones.

[–]TrikkyMakk 0 points1 point ago

Oldy but a goody

[–]onesillygooses -1 points0 points ago

REPOST! IS IT ALRIGHT IF I CALL YOU A FAGGOT? OOH WAIT I DON'T GIVE A SHIT YOU'RE A FAGGOT

[–]ballzach 1 point2 points ago

This is so old that everyone died.

[–]theawsomjman -3 points-2 points ago

they actually showed this as an example to our engineering class, i guess you could say ther were, TIRED of us not listening. YEAAAAHHHHHHH

[–]ryeman999 9 points10 points ago

No

[–]seniortiss 1 point2 points ago

http://holidaygifgiver.com/media/images/gifs/366/366_original.gif

[–]xander05 1 point2 points ago

No!

[–]ArsenicDream -2 points-1 points ago

same here

[–]PlaYtoLosE 0 points1 point ago

The engineer tile is bullshit. An engineer would build a swing with a carbon fiber seat and nanotube cables with zero friction air bearings. The next tile should be management budget cutting it back to a single piece of twine.

[–]Billz2me 4 points5 points ago

assume to be in a vacuum

[–]freelancertl -2 points-1 points ago

ugh, let me guess, you're going to post an old Dilbert video about him being an engineer next, right?

[–]Impartofthingstoo 0 points1 point ago

Why did they not describe what they wanted in the first place?

[–]radioinactivity 3 points4 points ago

they did... that's the joke. "Tiered" swing and "tire" swing. Get it?

[–]Impartofthingstoo 0 points1 point ago

Okay. Neat.

[–]Null_Reference_ 0 points1 point ago

Because what they want and what they think they want is not the same thing.

[–]CarlFromAccounting -2 points-1 points ago

And what my moms thinks I do and what my friends think I do and what my girlfriend thinks I do and what my grandfather thinks I do but what I really do. What day is it?

[–]Carter52 -1 points0 points ago

whoa...tire...tier...

[–]Cyberslasher -4 points-3 points ago

Thanks for the joke in that title, I almost missed the funny in that repost.

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