Poor Richard’s almanac for 1737 opened with a confession. His weather calls might miss, he wrote, so readers should give him “a day or two before and a day or two after” the date he printed. If the weather still didn’t show up, blame the printer. The printer was Ben Franklin, who also wrote the almanac.
Every dispatcher has a printer to blame. The forecast says the cold lands Thursday, and it shows up Tuesday night. Build Franklin’s two days of slack into your routes, and put the tanks you can’t afford to miss at the front of the line.
After Ben Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737.