One of Aesop's fables tells of a pond of frogs who select a log as their king but are disillusioned by its inaction. For more excitement, they choose a stork - which promptly gobbles them up. Used to an ordered life under Maunsell, Southern CME staff found his successor less predictable. Unlike the stork, Bulleid did not eat them, but he devoured large chunks of the Southern's financial resources and caused bewilderment with his outlandish ideas. Where Maunsell had managed through delegation and administrative skill, Bulleid was a designer in his own right: a genius who astonished with his successes and infuriated with his failures.
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