top o' the mornin'® 4/25/2014

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earendel
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top o' the mornin'® 4/25/2014

#1 Post by earendel » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:21 am

I love my job but hate the new bureaucracy. Every quarter there's a "validation and verification" report that has to be submitted. In the past I've gone ahead when the data became available and did the work for the districts. But this quarter, after the creation of this new "business oversight branch", I had to wait almost 2 weeks for my branch chief to decide that I needed to do the work that I could already have had done. Did I mention that she didn't give me the goahead until Wednesday and the suspense date is end of the day today?
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Re: top o' the mornin'® 4/25/2014

#2 Post by Estonut » Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:07 am

A guy I used to work with had a great saying for this. "Lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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Re: top o' the mornin'® 4/25/2014

#3 Post by Bob Juch » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:59 am

Estonut wrote:A guy I used to work with had a great saying for this. "Lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."
True, but don't say that to your boss.
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