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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    I feel for you. Years ago, when 8inch floppies were seen as modern, I had a boss called Kevin. Someone gave him a book called "The Art of Headless Chicken Management" - I assume it was a joke, but he followed it religously. I had six projects on the go. Company rules: All project info and source, etc to be kept in a single file, stored in the fire safe when not being actively used. I would arive at 9 am, get the file, start working out what to do. Kevin would turn up - "What are you doing?" "Project A" "Why? You should be on Project B". Tidy up what I was doing, take it to the firesafe, check it in. Get Project B. Start working out where I was, look at what I have to do. Kevin would turn up - "What are you doing?" "Project B" "Why? You should be on Project C". And so on, depending on which irrate customer had just called him. This went on, every hour of every day, until I applied for, fought for, and got redundancy. X|

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    NormDroid
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    Kevin - that name and situation sounds familar, you wasn't working in Leeds at the time?

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      I'm being to have a day similar to the episode 'Krusty Love' in Spongebob Squarepants. My boss tells not not to work on anything else but this new system which has to be complete for Monday and in the next breath he asks me to work on something else, then we asks me what on I'm working on and say the 'Something else' he promptly me asks to go back to getting the new system ready for Monday. This has happened 6 times this week. My poor head is spinning. :rolleyes:

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      Dave Parker
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      Same everywhere I think, everywhere I've been anyway and every day.

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        Same everywhere I think, everywhere I've been anyway and every day.

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        NormDroid
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        Dave Parker wrote:

        every day

        These episodes have only been going on a short while, well here at least.

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          Kevin - that name and situation sounds familar, you wasn't working in Leeds at the time?

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          Nah - Alton in Hampshire.

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            I'm being to have a day similar to the episode 'Krusty Love' in Spongebob Squarepants. My boss tells not not to work on anything else but this new system which has to be complete for Monday and in the next breath he asks me to work on something else, then we asks me what on I'm working on and say the 'Something else' he promptly me asks to go back to getting the new system ready for Monday. This has happened 6 times this week. My poor head is spinning. :rolleyes:

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            Rage
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            In such cases, written plans help. Ask him to write you down on what you are supposed to work, and prove him when he is in contradiction with himself.

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            • N NormDroid

              I'm being to have a day similar to the episode 'Krusty Love' in Spongebob Squarepants. My boss tells not not to work on anything else but this new system which has to be complete for Monday and in the next breath he asks me to work on something else, then we asks me what on I'm working on and say the 'Something else' he promptly me asks to go back to getting the new system ready for Monday. This has happened 6 times this week. My poor head is spinning. :rolleyes:

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              bolivar123
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              But I thought over there, you guys have "Sponge Robert Rhombus Knickers"! :laugh:

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                I feel for you. Years ago, when 8inch floppies were seen as modern, I had a boss called Kevin. Someone gave him a book called "The Art of Headless Chicken Management" - I assume it was a joke, but he followed it religously. I had six projects on the go. Company rules: All project info and source, etc to be kept in a single file, stored in the fire safe when not being actively used. I would arive at 9 am, get the file, start working out what to do. Kevin would turn up - "What are you doing?" "Project A" "Why? You should be on Project B". Tidy up what I was doing, take it to the firesafe, check it in. Get Project B. Start working out where I was, look at what I have to do. Kevin would turn up - "What are you doing?" "Project B" "Why? You should be on Project C". And so on, depending on which irrate customer had just called him. This went on, every hour of every day, until I applied for, fought for, and got redundancy. X|

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                molesworth
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                OriginalGriff wrote:

                This went on, every hour of every day, until I applied for, fought for, and got redundancy.

                I think I'd have applied for, fought for, and got a shotgun... :)

                There are three kinds of people in the world - those who can count and those who can't...

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  Nah - Alton in Hampshire.

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                  Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                  Are you still in that area? I drove past the place this afternoon. :-\

                  Anna :rose: Having a bad bug day? Tech Blog | Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"

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                    Are you still in that area? I drove past the place this afternoon. :-\

                    Anna :rose: Having a bad bug day? Tech Blog | Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "If mushy peas are the food of the devil, the stotty cake is the frisbee of God"

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    No, I moved to Wales five years ago - sorry to have missed you! :laugh:

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      No, I moved to Wales five years ago - sorry to have missed you! :laugh:

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                      No worries!

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