4 ms·
Communist logic: Three prisoners in communist East Germany were talking about their crimes. 1: "I always got to work five minutes early. They convicted me of
by D-Coder 5y ago
Communist logic:
Three prisoners in communist East Germany were talking about their crimes.
1: "I always got to work five minutes early. They convicted me of spying."
2: "I always got to work five minutes late. They convicted me of sabotage."
3: "I always got to work exactly on time. They convicted me of owning a Western watch."
- trhway 5y agoIn USSR it was a planned economy as everybody knows. Producing less than planned amount was bad - from possibility of it being treated as sabotage in Stalin times to not getting bonus and being openly shamed in later times. Producing more than planned amount was good - bonus and "honour roll". Produce much more than planned amount, especially several times in a row - your planned amount will be adjusted upward, and not only yours, the colleagues in similar jobs/situations would get their plans adjusted up too. So the art was to produce just a bit more, enough to get bonus and honours, yet not trigger the adjustment up.