Source status: Attributed to Brian Shannon
If you are shopping to find a certain thing, no matter how simple it may be, no matter where you go, you will find every conceivable thing except that which you are looking for. Sent by Brian Shannon.
- Brian Shannon
This law belongs with Murphy's Commerce Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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