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I never head that understanding of the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I thought it was about the loudest/most obvious issues gets attention.
by tokai 11mo ago
I never head that understanding of the squeaky wheel gets the grease. I thought it was about the loudest/most obvious issues gets attention.
- zahlman 11mo agoIt is. The second sentence is describing a "tall poppy". My point is that I think the author is comparing metaphors that don't make sense to compare.
- antonvs 11mo agoIsn't that the author's point? > "But in one [metaphor], the object out of step gets beaten into submission, whereas the other gets its needs met and returns to functioning properly."