This is how I see it....

The Business As Usual restaurant has a chef named Eddy. Eddy, like most of the patrons, belongs to the ‘Ole-Blue’ club. Eddy’s been a Chef for 30 years. He’s got a philosophy about cooking that he holds dear to his heart. Problem is – truth be told, most of his meals are at best, mediocre --it’s the salt. His patrons have been eating at his restaurant for years because it’s the most convenient and familiar place in town. The convenience and familiarity factor has always overwhelmed the fact that everyone knows that Eddy puts too much salt in every dish. “I’ve been doing this for 30 years, Eddy proclaims with pride. I’m the most experienced Chef in the town.”

A new restaurant just opened across the street. ..Joe-Bob, a long time patron of the Business As Usual restaurant has developed heart problems. His doctor has repeatedly told him that if he didn’t start eating meals with less salt, that he would die. Joe-Bob heard about the restaurant across the street. He also heard that their chef is a recent graduate from the University of Healthy Foods. “Hmmmm…” , Joe-Bob, ponders, “…if the chef at that restaurant across the street is a recent grad, doesn’t that make him a member of the ‘Green’ club?”.

One day, one of his fellow patrons, Billy-Bob, comes over to him and shows him a flyer from the new place. The patron has a smirk on his face….”Ain’t this a kick in the head, Joe-Bob?, can ya believe the gall of them folks across the street?”. While Joe-Bob examines the flyer, with its low-salt fare, Billy-Bob leans over to him and says, “You ain’t seriously considering eating over there, are you, Joe-Bob? I mean, how many meals has their chef fixed?.....besides, aren’t they part of the ‘Green’ club?....then he chuckles – if you do, don’t drink their Koolade!”

Eddy took sick one day, and was replaced by Freddy. Freddy, like Eddy, belonged to the ‘Ole-Blue’ club. “I’ve been doing this for 29 years, Freddy proclaims with pride. I’m the second-most experienced Chef in the town”. Joe-Bob orders an item that Freddy says is one of his specialties. The first thing he notices is that it contains too much salt. As he winces, he looks out the window and notices that there are a lot of young folks entering that new restaurant across the street…

I’d like to offer you the following notions – A) There’s an 8-letter word for doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results; B) Sometimes you need a chef with a better recipe if you want a better meal

Yes, her rise to HP CEO is admirable.

And then she was unceremoniously *fired* for driving HP into the ground.