Michael Kleinman, you are dangerous.
Over at his blog at change.org, Michael started a new trend: humanitarian drinking games. After Michael himself put up the first of those, TransitionLand and Harry Rud soon followed. Time for a logistics version, methinks — after all, loggies need to keep up their reputation as the hardest-drinking, loudest-talking hardasses of humanitarian work.
- Every time somebody talks about “the logistics of this-or-that” when they are just thinking of normal organisational tasks, take a drink.
- Every time somebody changes a protocol without thinking of the consequences of the supply line, take a drink.
- Every time your organisation starts a new program without thinking of logistics, empty your bottle.
- Every time somebody complains about not receiving the wine and cheese that they ordered, take another glass from the bottle that you confiscated from their care package.
- Every time somebody asks how many logisticians it takes to screw in a light bulb (none — the bulb is stil in transit, haw, haw, haw), empty your bottle over their head.
Remember: if you see a bunch of drunk aid workers weaving across the streets of Monrovia, Yangon, or Medellin, don’t blame me — blame Michael Kleinman.
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