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An Eye For Detail

27 Saturday Sep 2008

Posted by Prem Rao in A Step A Day

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A Step A Day, attention to detail

Today is a Saturday – a holiday and the mood is much lighter at homes the world over.This prompts me to write in somewhat lighter vein.

As the old saying goes ” God is in the details”. Often small mistakes are made which cause us a good deal of embarrassment. This may be -on the face of it- due to machines malfunctioning or a technology glitch but really it can be tracked down to a human error- plain and simple.

  • At a recent health check, I got numbers which were mind boggling, particularly with reference to those of the last test. My tension was set at rest only when my doctor apologized and assured me that the digits had got interchanged.
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