3 out of 10 ain't bad

In baseball, 3 hits in 10 at bats is not only considered efficient, but it's also considered very good. The all-time MLB average is thought to be somewhere between .260 and .275. Getting a hit 4 out of 10 times is almost unheard of. In fact, the last baseball player to get a hit 4 out of ten at bats was Teddy Ballgame (Ted Williams) who batted .406 in the 1941 season. That means that nobody has done it in the past 57 seasons. That's simply incredible. I don't have statistics to back up my thoughts on meteorology, but I'm sure that most would agree success and efficiency in that industry is about as low as a bar can be set. The weather men and women are lucky to get it right twice a week from what I've seen. There are certainly other fields which don't require much better luck to be considered successful, but meteorology is at the bottom of my list. This got me to thinking...which professions/industries would suffer the most to have such a low standard of expectation in order to be considered successful? Sticking to the baseball "3 out of 10" model since the efficiency rate of meteorology would be difficult to quantify, I would like to hear some ideas from you. I will begin with a few candidates of my own (in no particular order):

• Surgeon - Think about it...if you needed an operation for something and found out that your surgeon performed the surgery at 30% chance of success, you wouldn't be too confident about the surgery at all. I know that some surgeries may have a poor rate, but what if this was the general rate? Do you think Hollywood stars would be so adamant about their plastic surgery if this were the rate of success?
• Lawyer - Would you hire a lawyer if you knew he/she was only successful in 3 out of 10 lawsuits?
• PCP - What if your personal care physician successfully diagnosed his/her patients at a 30% clip? Sign me up...I don't think so.
• Fast Food - What if a fast food joint only got your order right 3 out of 10 times? Ok, ok...bad example. I'd be ecstatic if they got my order correct that often. This is why I hate fast food.
• Prisons - What if a prison boasted at its ability to retain 3 in 10 prisoners? Would you move to that area?
• AIG Big Wig - What if AIG big wigs mismanaged their company into the ground? Would they deserve bonuses? What? That happened? Oh, my bad.
• Prophylactics - "Buy our brand of prophylactics, they are successful 3 in 10 times!" Don't think so.
• Judge - What if a judge only reached the correct verdict 30% of the time?

There are so many more and I have so many on my mind but didn't want to write them all and take up all the good ones. I wanted to leave a chance for you to give some input. Let me know what you think.