Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
You need to tell that punk to listen up, that you're in charge, and it won't be pushing you around!
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The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!
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Seeing how picky males are nowadays, I guess this will be my fate
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Just had a meeting and all I have to say is....it is highly unlikely I am ever going to stand in a circle holding hands singing kumbaya....and why oh why do we keep trying to reinvent the wheel...by assigning it to different people
Kind of like Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and then we go to another person and say "smash that thing and forget all that, now its your turn to invent the light bulb"...and when it is all said and done...you have a light bulb...which you smash...and then ask someone else to invent the light bulb
Kind of like Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and then we go to another person and say "smash that thing and forget all that, now its your turn to invent the light bulb"...and when it is all said and done...you have a light bulb...which you smash...and then ask someone else to invent the light bulb
We've evolved. When I was working, we reinvented the wheel. This quote from HHTTG captures what that was like very very well:
CHAIRMAN:
Yes, and, and, and the wheel. What about this wheel thingy? Sounds a terribly interesting project to me.
MARKETING GIRL:
Er, yeah, well we’re having a little, er, difficulty here…
FORD:
Difficulty?! It’s the single simplest machine in the entire universe!
MARKETING GIRL:
Well alright mister wise guy, if you’re so clever you tell us what colour it should be!
FORD:
Oh Mighty Zarquon! Has no-one done anything?
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Ours is more like
Boss: Ben, why don't you invent the wheel
Next meeting
Ben: I have invented the wheel, see... I give you...the wheel
Boss: Great job...Jack.....why don't you reinvent the wheel...
Jack: But Ben already invented it
Boss: Well lets just forget that, Invent the wheel jack
Next meeting
Jack: I have invented the wheel, see... I give you...the wheel
Boss: Great job...Jack.....why don't you reinvent the wheel...Joe
Joe: But Jack already invented it
Boss: Well lets just forget that, Invent the wheel Joe
Next meeting
Joe: I have invented the wheel, see... I give you...the wheel
Boss: Great job...Joe.....why don't you reinvent the wheel...Sam
Sam: But Joe already invented it
Boss: Well lets just forget that, Invent the wheel Sam
Next meeting
Sam: I have invented the wheel, see... I give you...the wheel
Boss: Great job...Sam.....why don't you reinvent the wheel...Pete
Pete: But Sam already invented it...can I ask Ben, Jack, Joe or Sam for help...since they already did this once
Boss: Most certainly not, we don't want folks with experience handling this....lets just forget all that previous stuff, Invent the wheel Pete
Repeat
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you do describe the symptoms distressing every organization after the first day...
Repeat ad nausium.
How things have degenerated since I retired. Now it seems that "lather, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat" has taken over.
We used to follow this plan:
1. Wild enthusiasm
2. Disillusionment
3. Confusion
4. Panic
5. Search for the guilty
6. Punishment of the innocent
7. Promotion of non-participants
And of course, we followed this pattern for projects:
Nauseam
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
How things have degenerated since I retired. Now it seems that "lather, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat" has taken over.
We used to follow this plan:
1. Wild enthusiasm
2. Disillusionment
3. Confusion
4. Panic
5. Search for the guilty
6. Punishment of the innocent
7. Promotion of non-participants
And of course, we followed this pattern for projects:
Loved the box about the missing portion of the tree!
Very interesting book...
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
How things have degenerated since I retired. Now it seems that "lather, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat" has taken over.
We used to follow this plan:
1. Wild enthusiasm
2. Disillusionment
3. Confusion
4. Panic
5. Search for the guilty
6. Punishment of the innocent
7. Promotion of non-participants
And of course, we followed this pattern for projects:
Once had to call support for a bit of software one of our departments used. I absolutely appreciated the support persons honesty. They told me, just as soon as I told them what I was calling about. "Our company just purchased the company that made this software about a week ago. And just yesterday my supervisor slammed a 500 page manual on my desk that is specifically about this software....and I have not read it yet. Basically I have no idea how to help you.
I said OK and hung up. The I worked with the issue for a bit, figured out how to fix it and sent them a detailed e-mail as to what the problem was and how I fixed it. Even got a Thank you e-mail out of it.
believe me, it's not just government, and it's not just IT...
Someone abandoned 3 bags of yard waste in front of my self storage facility.
That person's generosity is worthy of something in response.