“Boss, I have an idea!”
“What is it, son, tell me!”
“I have a great idea for a light bulb. It will take the world by storm!”
“Go on…”
“It will use fluorescent gas. But the genius of my design? It will be a thin glass tube where, to replace it, you have to grab it with both hands spread wide, and apply enough rotational torque to (un)install it, which is EXACTLY what you don’t want to do with thin glass tubes!
And we can make these things long enough so that, at times, it takes two people doing this in unison! And the fixtures? So damned ugly they will become symbolic of both Corporate and Communist oppression!”
“That’s a bold statement. Tell me more. Convince me.”
“So, the connector will be these two little metal pins on each end of the light, see? And what you do is you… push this through this cheap piece of easily-snapped molded plastic… and then rotate it like… this! Dammit! Something is catching it somewhere. Anyway… look closer.”
“I don’t see anything.”
“Exactly! Do you turn this glass tube one way… or the other? Instructions are for sissies, boss. One way leads to a removed bulb, the other may lead to broken glass as too much torque is applied by frustrated homeowners.”
"Wow. Forcing homeowners and secretaries to hold thin glass tubes in their hands, applying equal torque to spin the thing just to plug it in an ugly fixture?
“And you don’t even want to take the forty more minutes required to figure out a better solution, one which won’t result in busted bulbs, bizarre ceiling lighting attachments, crap-assed connectors, and a bulb-changing system with a non-zero probability of getting shards of glass everywhere whenever it needs changing?”
“No, boss. This design is perfect.”
"I mean… Shit, this is why I hired you, man! I knew you had talent!”
:claps on back:
“Boss, thanks!”
“Hey, got another design issue for you… do you know what a ‘remote control’ for a ‘VCR’ is?”
“Er, no.”
“Perfect! You’re leading the team!”