happythoughts 0 #1 July 1, 2004 Day 1 - person in our group requests 20 minutes of help on Excel from person in another group. Day 2 - psuedo-manager of other group hears about it and sends an email to our/their group stating that, because of budget limitations, no one will spend time helping people of other groups. Day 6 - today - server belonging to psuedo-manager will not come up. p-m was hired due to expert server skills and is responsible for them. ...p-m asks people in our group for help to resolve the problem of the type that they are an expert on. ... we are all chomping at the bit. We would love to offer our assistance, but we got this memo last Friday... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #2 July 1, 2004 Did the Memo say anything about the proper cover sheets to use on that information? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdy2skydive 0 #3 July 1, 2004 I had no idea you and I worked for the same company Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #4 July 1, 2004 My fav announcement always comes when they hire a new HR manager at any company. The new HR manager thinks that they need to "make a contribution". After about 3 months, they discover that they are in charge of t-crossing and i-dotting, but not actual decision-making. They enforce the rules, not make the rules... except one, casual day dress policy. That is when the announcement comes out, the "all new and improved casual day policy". It specifically states that all clothing should be in the boundaries of "good taste", but studiously avoids actually defining "good taste". Kind of like, "you must obey the rules, but they are secret rules". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdy2skydive 0 #5 July 1, 2004 Oh my God - it's like you have the cell, I mean cubicle, right next to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #6 July 1, 2004 Gawd I'm glad I work for me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #7 July 1, 2004 QuoteGawd I'm glad I work for me! I couldn't do that, I'd have to fire anyone as lazy as me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #8 July 1, 2004 You can only be lazy working for yourself for about a year or two. Then when you get hungry enough, you really start to rock! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #9 July 1, 2004 ........" I was told I would be able tolistentomyradiowheniwasfilingifikeepthevolumedown ............butbutbutbut...I..I...I..haven't got my paycheck now for a while..." ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #10 July 1, 2004 QuoteYou can only be lazy working for yourself for about a year or two. Then when you get hungry enough, you really start to rock! "You can fool some of the people, all of the time. You can fool all of the people, some of the time." I find that to be sufficient. It seems that there are enough people out there with responsibility, but no ability. I just help them hang on their image of competence by doing their work. Since they do little work, I do little work. You have to be devious to be lazy in a superb fashion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #11 July 1, 2004 ITs ok.. I know where the red stapler is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #12 July 1, 2004 Oh good! I didn't see my name anywhere! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #13 July 1, 2004 QuoteOh good! I didn't see my name anywhere! You have been let go.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #14 July 1, 2004 QuoteOh good! I didn't see my name anywhere! Hah! Fat chance, you are on the permanent good list. You know I think you are a role model for women. (However, I still have not received any pics ). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #15 July 1, 2004 QuoteHowever, I still have not received any pics Didn't you see my sdc thread? Those are some of the hottest pics of me? Plus, I lost my camera! I can't take any pics! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #16 July 1, 2004 whoohoo! I'm not on the bad list either! Val and I should get "Happythoughts likes Us" T shirts. __ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #17 July 1, 2004 Quotewhoohoo! I'm not on the bad list either! Val and I should get "Happythoughts likes Us" T shirts. __ I could have used your help yesterday. My back yard has 200 ft of chain link on one side. I was running the cable down the bottom and tying it off and thinking... I sure could use some help, who do I know that has done a lot of fencing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #18 July 1, 2004 QuotePlus, I lost my camera! I can't take any pics! So, you're just going to dash my hopes? Just like that? Ah, the despair. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #19 July 1, 2004 I'm sure you would have looked great in a little white spandex fencing outfit, running cable in your yard. __ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #20 July 1, 2004 QuoteI'm sure you would have looked great in a little white spandex fencing outfit, running cable in your yard. __ Nope, my new outfit is a t-back. Much cooler to wear. Did you know there is a front side and a back side to those things? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #21 July 1, 2004 You shouldn't mock management - they have soft skills you could never understand! Behold their might!!!! For instance - say you were an inside sales guy that needed one of the larger cubes to do your meetings in, and the national/correspondance sales guys never met their clients should have the smaller cubes, right? Well, I was just told as we inside folk were all moved into the smaller cubes that it "would help with the flow of the floor and give you exposure (huh?)" and we will have a 2nd interview room in 7 or 8 weeks....so please be a team player because there is no room for frustation on this team. (We tend to have 8-12 overlapping interviews every day - but now we only have one room to do them in, and the guys that never have interviews could put a small lazy-boy in theirs)._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #22 July 2, 2004 It's those damn TPS reports... I hope you don't mind I've saved that to my hd... Elvisio "still unemployed, still lovin' it" rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #23 July 2, 2004 Huh. No doubt why I failed as a Government administrator. Actual observation of the situation should reveal the reality. Having sychophants reporting to you can dilute that. I always reassigned the sychophants and assigned a clerk as my personal assistant. Preferably a pissed off single mom version. Once they start to believe in you, they make the best assistants. Never needed a secretary. The pissed off clerk worked great. I was never a very good bureaucrat, though. -Hire me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #24 July 2, 2004 Heck no.. Save on... I printed out a bunch of them to figure out who was kewl on my team and who was not I put a copy on each of thier keyboards one night.. just to see. Luckily I work with a bunch of good people. ONly a couple of them were clueless. Feel free to distributeOh and i REALLLLLY do have a RED Stapler Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #25 July 2, 2004 QuoteOh and i REALLLLLY do have a RED Stapler like we thought it could be any other collor than red!!!!! ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
