Tryin' to Catch Up With That Eight Ball!

If you ask my friend Fred how he’s do-ing, his standard answer is, “tryin’ to catch up.” Fred is perpetually behind the eight ball. He runs a business that pays him a reasonably good salary, but rarely makes him a profit. This is especially sad because his product is in demand, and he could sell a lot more of it if he only had time to sell. But Fred spends most of his time chasing the “crisis du jour.” His term, by the way, and not really accurate because for Fred, it’s really more about the crisis of the moment.