Problem-Solving Flowchart
B E G I N H E R E
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YES +---------------+
NO
/-------------| Does It Work? |-------------\
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| Don't Mess
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YES | Did You
| NO
/-- | With It
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/----------| Mess |----------\
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| With It?
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| You IDIOT!
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YES | Will You |
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NO | Does
|<---------/
/------------| Pay For It? |
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--------| Anyone
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| | Know?
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| NO
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+--------+ YES
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/------------------\ YES | Will You |
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/----->| You Poor Fool |<------| Be Fired? |
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-->| Hide It |
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| NO
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/
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| NO
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\-------| Can You Blame |
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| Someone Else? | | Trash
It |
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YES
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\------------------------>| N O P R O B L E M
!! |<------------/
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Posted October 15, 2001