But that's the predicament Boeing found itself in last week.
Businesses can find themselves in the same predicament.
Often it's a "drop everything and get this done" predicament.
The indebted countries of the West should escape this predicament.
Back then American policymakers were keen to lecture the Japanese on how to escape their predicament.
But when they saw Griffith's predicament, they called the frat house instead.
Prevailing in dichotomous view of human nature, mental health research has been in the predicament.
The more control people feel they have over their predicament, the better their performance.
And it is too late for him to do anything about this predicament until after November's elections.
As I called the store to let them know my predicament, I noticed the man in the recliner.
Still, many argue that a population willing to move to where the jobs are is exactly what a country in Ireland’s predicament needs.
A real dollar crash would force the Fed to raise rates, making America's predicament much worse and even sending the global economy into recession.
But there's something tragic, too, in Israel's predicament: in any confrontation with its enemies, it is damned if it does and doomed if it doesn't.
There are many who believe that Egypt's Nile predicament also reveals a long-term political malaise, which has seen the country's status as the pre-eminent regional power slowly drain away.
A person in this emotional predicament may get no pleasure from being mean, but feels driven by emotional pain and doesn't have the maturity to take responsibility for personal problems.
But the larger answer, I'd argue, is that by making up stories about our current predicament that absolve the people who put us here there, we cut off any chance to learn from the crisis.
If you are a team lead this predicament is only made worse - now you have to meet sponsor needs, deliver functionality on time and within budget, and manage the development team.
