Why do good things only get worse?
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| Maybe we need more words? |
| Because if they are the best, there's nothing better. So any change will be for the worse. |
Uh oh  Your bumming me out Ron....and I dont even know what your talking about!  |
| I'm sorry Ron I hope this isn't health related and just something small, but it does seem like some people just don't have any luck.
Good vibes sent to you and Joan *need a sprinkle of sparkle dust emoticon* |
Whats wrong, what happened?  |
Paula O. wrote: Because if they are the best, there's nothing better. So any change will be for the worse.
Good point! Entropy sucks. |
| Nononono, nothing is bad. I was just ruminating about life in general. The thread about the Hilltop Steakhouse started this line of thought.
Why do great things seem only to go downhill? If all great enterprises strive for constant improvement, why don't they improve over the long haul? Does anyone have a story where they had a best-in-class experience and went back years later and said: "Wow, that was even better than before!" Care to share the story? |
Ron wrote: Does anyone have a story where they had a best-in-class experience and went back years later and said: "Wow, that was even better than before!" No I don't, but not because it might not have been better years later, but because expectations have changed. Not only do we expect a higher level of service and quality, but our memories tend to make things seem better than they really were. |
Ok...here's an (admittedly) minor example from my experience 
Im currently re-reading one of my favorite author's books...all 21 of them. "Master and Commander" (same title but slightly different storyline than the movie based on it) was one of the absolute best novels I had ever read...and 20 books later "Blue at the Mizzin" was even better! 
("21"...Patrick O'Brian's last book was published posthumously, and while wonderful, was sadly, unfinished ) |
| How about a story about one of the worst times in my life and how, with hindsight, it turned out to have been for the best?
I have a coupe of those. |
Ron wrote: I understand that change is a (the only?) constant, but why does it seem that the best things only change for the worse?
Ron, great minds think alike! I was pondering this question myself, on facebook a couple days ago. I think when things change, and they seem to change for the worse...they are changing for the different, not what we are used to. As we do get used to the change, it will change again, and then we again think it has changed for the worst. We need to be more flexable and accepting. But I think as we get older, it's more difficult. |
AMEN DEB!!!!!  |
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