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Computerization of the cyclotron

to sign it, but for me, it is no and, whatever the threat, it will
remain no.".
He ended up signing the contract and the project started.

From the beginning, I noticed the shortcomings I had
foreseen. So, I started sending a note to my department head
every month to report them. As I knew him well, I had
sensed his reaction, that is to say, no reaction. My head of
department was a calm man who loved tranquillity. He had
a strong propensity for indulgence.

One day he received a note from another department head,
who was considered as the deputy director. As we had a
very good relationship, he called me into his office, handed

me the note and asked me what I thought. I read the note
and without any hesitation, I told him: " It's easy, this note
is full of nonsense, so you answer that his note is full of
nonsense ".
He looked at me and said, " I'm going to put this note to
the side of my desk and I'll only answer it in 3 days. I don't
want to answer emotionally."
I replied. : " Io, sono italiano, I'm a Scorpio, I have blood
running through my veins, I want to respond emotionally;
that's life!" The conversation ended there.
A few days later, he called me back and showed me the
answer he had prepared. I read it, and almost at each
paragraph, I couldn't help saying to him: "Ah yes, that's
good, it's precise, it's tangible". In short, he had given me
a life lesson: "life is not black or white, it's a shade of grey".

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