Picture this.
It’s the weekly progress meeting. The design consultant project manager starts to go through the project’s progress. One discipline is 15% behind schedule.
So the client’s discipline engineer asks “Why? What’s the delay?” and the catch up plan to get back on track.
The project manager looks at the lead engineer and the lead stares back at the PM.
The Lead engineer says that the progress % is wrong.
Now the project manager looks at the cost control engineer…
who stares back at the at PM, then at the lead and starts flipping through his papers.
The client project engineer, fed up with this intricate dance of eye contact and body language, stands up and says “This (weekly progress meeting) isn’t a ceremony. When you are ready, call for a meeting,” and walks out.
This will be a classic, to be recorded in the ‘Anecdotes of the Engineer’.
A Jackup Rig in a Malaysian Fjord
Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 
Classic.
Anyway, does anyone know how to perform an exorcism. I was wondering what would happen if we try to perform an exorcism on some of the engineers in the office. it’d be a good movie to make…… Here’s a possible dialog
Exorcist: “I command you, leave this body”
Possessed Engineer: “Sorry sir, its after 5pm, come back tomorrow”
Exorcist: “I command you, leave this body”
Possessed Engineer: “Sorry, still need to wait datasheet from process department before we can do anything
Exorcist: “I command you, leave this body, you spawn of satan”
Possessed Engineer: “Don’t know how, it is not in the PETRONAS Technical Standards”
Exorcist: “I command you, leave this body”
Possessed Engineer: “Not part of deliverables”
This could go on forever, until you give in and accept every piece of crap the possessed engineer throw at you.
what’s a jackup rig doing in a shallow malaysian “fjord”? drilling for ikan bilis?
Jabba: I take it back. Your entry will be the first in ‘Anecdotes’. You have me rolling in the aisles back here. Scott Adams, you have met your match!
Good one peeps! You guys are awesome…
…the force is NOT strong with the PM.
normally, the PM should be winking at the client, not looking.
what a idiot.