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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005It's impossible
Dear group Now that I went back to work, it's totally impossible to keep up with you all. I am out of the house from early morning until late, and the amount of posts on rpca could make me weep because I can't reply. In case any are interested: Working towards 16-20-24-30 hours after a period of time. Today my boss came in and said how was I getting on. I held out my hand and shook it from side to side. Iffy, I said, I might go home, I'm fed up with it. Oh, for God's sake, no, she said. I felt I had to tell her I was only teasing. Later she said to me that she was so glad that I was back. I asked why. Because I trust you and don't have to check your work. That's nice. Tweed > Dear group > > Now that I went back to work, it's totally impossible to keep up with you > all. I am out of the house from early morning until late, and the amount of > posts on rpca could make me weep because I can't reply. Yup, it's impossible. I check in throughout the day when I'm stumped by something at work. Often doing something completely unrelated for a few minutes clears my head for the answer.  Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> Dear group >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > the > answer. I'd love to do that. However only the top managers are allowed access to the Internet at work, and alas, I am not one... ;-) Tweed > I'd love to do that. However only the top managers are allowed access to > the Internet at work, and alas, I am not one... ;-) > > Tweed Fortunately, as a s/w developer, I need access to the net. Actually, I can think of very few jobs where access to the resources available online would be useless, but unfortunately, I can't force all bosses to recognize that =/ Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> I'd love to do that. However only the top managers are allowed access to >> the Internet at work, and alas, I am not one... ;-) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > would be > useless, but unfortunately, I can't force all bosses to recognize that =/ Ah, but you see, it costs money. We are a government agency responsible for all the money we spend to the taxpayer. If Tweed, (not a top manager) was allowed access to the Internet on her work PC, she would not do any work at all, and would just surf the net all day and play games online. Costing the council money. Costing the taxpayers money. They think. The reality is I have far too much work to do to play about online, but I sure would appreciate access to it if I needed it. Not likely, though, I'm too lowly and because of that I cannot be trusted to have access to the Internet at work and use it appropriately. <sigh> Tweed > Ah, but you see, it costs money. We are a government agency responsible for > all the money we spend to the taxpayer. If Tweed, (not a top manager) was [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > They think. It's a good thing that top managers would never surf the net, as they are a completely different species than us regular folks. > The reality is I have far too much work to do to play about online, but I > sure would appreciate access to it if I needed it. Not likely, though, I'm > too lowly and because of that I cannot be trusted to have access to the > Internet at work and use it appropriately. <sigh> Reminds me of where Eric works. They have strict rules about when you get a cube with high walls, a cube with a window, etc., and come hell or high water, you must have the type of office space appropriate for your rank. Sheer silliness. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> Ah, but you see, it costs money. We are a government agency >> responsible for all the money we spend to the taxpayer. If Tweed, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > hell or high water, you must have the type of office space > appropriate for your rank. Sheer silliness. I worked at a place like that once! It was just nuts. Sorry, if you're a level 5 your cube walls can only be *this* tall. I also worked at a place which was a family owned business. The "mom" was the Treasurer of the company. But in reality she was the house-mom. Everything had to be asthetically correct. You weren't allowed to hang a jacket or sweater on the back of your chair. Tissue boxes had to be stored in a drawer, never on top of the desk. Only one family photo on the desk. We were once all in an hour long meeting to remind us of these and other equally silly rules when we could have been getting some work done. Jill > I worked at a place like that once! It was just nuts. Sorry, if you're a > level 5 your cube walls can only be *this* tall. My dad worked for the government and actually witnessed windows being boarded up because the person moving into the office wasn't high enough ranked to deserve a window office ... gee, I bet that kind of stuff is just great for morale! > I also worked at a place which was a family owned business. The "mom" was > the Treasurer of the company. But in reality she was the house-mom. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > We were once all in an hour long meeting to remind us of these and other > equally silly rules when we could have been getting some work done. Okay, that's completely insane. I wouldn't have lasted long there; I suppose she would have fired me for my clutter. "Cluttered desk, cluttered mind. Empty desk ..." Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >>I worked at a place like that once! It was just nuts. Sorry, if you're a >>level 5 your cube walls can only be *this* tall. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > deserve a window office ... gee, I bet that kind of stuff is just great for > morale! My goodness. Here it's illegal to put an office worker in a room without a window. Well, all office buildings are built so every office has a window, so there's no chance of that, except if you put someone in a broom cupboard. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> My dad worked for the government and actually witnessed windows being >> boarded up because the person moving into the office wasn't high enough [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > window. Well, all office buildings are built so every office has a window, > so there's no chance of that, except if you put someone in a broom cupboard. Wow. I love having a window. Without one, I get kind of bummed and keep wandering off to go look out whatever window I can find, just to prove to myself that the outside is still there =P As for broom cupboards, don't laugh! While I was an intern at my first company, I did work in a converted closet. I enjoyed my work, though, the people were great, and while it wasn't the *greatest* office in the world, it didn't kill me. I'd rather work in a closet than in my current cube. Too many distracting noises all over! Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> I'd love to do that. However only the top managers are allowed >> access to the Internet at work, and alas, I am not one... ;-) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > online would be useless, but unfortunately, I can't force all bosses > to recognize that =/ But on the flip side... I used to get very, very irritated when I was working my a.s off and a couple of people in the department were doing nothing but sufing the web. It was part of my job as a senior support analyst to review calls escalated to me; I had to determine if there was an immediate solution or whether a developer would need to fix a bug. These same 'surfers' would escalate calls to me with no research, no attempts to even try any of the documented solutions. So you can understand my irritation; they doubled my workload because they were playing all day. Jill > But on the flip side... I used to get very, very irritated when I was > working my a.s off and a couple of people in the department were doing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > even try any of the documented solutions. So you can understand my > irritation; they doubled my workload because they were playing all day. IMO, it doesn't matter what you're doing as long as you get your job done. The people you're describing weren't getting their jobs done. If it wasn't the net, it would be solitaire, or phone calls to friends and family, or long lunches ... if you took everything else from them, they'd just play with paperclips or something. You're describing folks who collect a paycheck without earning it. The details don't really matter. I do think that different people work differently. I tend to work in runs of extreme productivity followed by ... well, not-so-extreme productivity. That works okay for software. When I worked tech support, I was more consistent, just because of the nature of the job. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> But on the flip side... I used to get very, very irritated when I was >> working my a.s off and a couple of people in the department were >> doing nothing but sufing the web. > IMO, it doesn't matter what you're doing as long as you get your job > done. The people you're describing weren't getting their jobs done. > If it wasn't the net, it would be solitaire, or phone calls to > friends and family, or long lunches ... if you took everything else > from them, they'd just play with paperclips or something. LOL That's very true! These same people would drag themselves in 20 minutes late every day, take extra long lunches, find urgent reasons to need to leave early. Sure, I had my down-time. When my work was caught up I'd flip through clothing catalogs, surf, whatever. But that was the exception rather than the rule. Jill > Dear group > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tweed Dear Tweed's Boss Please could you arrange it for her to work half the hours for twice the pay. She has very important things to attend to, like waiting on BF & KFC, also posting to the group. Thank you, Snoopy & Bagheera > Dear Tweed's Boss > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thank you, > Snoopy & Bagheera ROFL! This is actually something I requested verbally as a condition of going back to work, but for some reason it was refused. However a written request from someone else might do the trick. Don't hold your breath though.. ;-)) Tweed |
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