If someone trying to manage has his hands tied then it can quite easily look like he is underachieving, when infact he is being prevented from doing his job correctly.
Hmm, I'll let you know how managing works out for me with one hand tied behind my back (broken collarbone, so as good as) when I go back to work..suffice to say that rather than expecting the sack for poor performance, I'm hoping that both my employers and customers are understanding. If anything, they will probably more considerate, and appreciate that I'm working under very difficult circumstances.
Of course, if some of the folk on here come into my business, they'll just openly mock me for being inept. "You knew what you were getting yourself into, coming to work with a broken collarbone, why are you even trying?", they'll say. My defence would be "At least I'm trying! And they hired me on the basis of having TWO working arms; you're judging me on only having one!"
My arm coming out of it's sling is obviously the equivalent to us getting bought and AT getting money to spend..only the former will actually happen at some point; the latter, sadly, I doubt.