Dilbert would be proud
As I sit in my cubicle, taking in all the sights and sounds of the corporate world, it never cease to amaze me at the amount of ridiculosity going on around me. Seriously, there is enough bureaucracy around here to make Scott Adams blush.My supervisor sits in the cubicle next to me. He was on the phone with the supervisor from another group. Now, I can only hear one side of the conversation, and I know EXACTLY what’s going on. Keep in mind that I don’t know what he is talking about. They are discussing the new environment and I pretty much only deal with the legacy environment.
I have never heard my boss so angry. Well, except that one time he flipped out on the printer. But he wasn’t my boss back then. He was explaining everything clear as day. And then the next thing I would hear is:
“No... No.... NO! Bill, you are not listening to me! Bill... Bill... BILL! OK, two days ago, you wanted me to clear all changes with everybody and now you want me to make sweeping changes to the server without telling anyone?......... That dosen’t make any sense…… BILL! You are not listening to what I’m saying. You need to make up your mind... do you want me to...”
And it went on. And on. And on. Words were slightly different, however, the subject matter was still the same.
I went over to some of the other guys and said, “5 bucks he screams as soon as he gets off the phone.” To be fair, I was wrong. After he got off the phone, he was so angry he couldn’t even yell about it.
Did I mention that I love my job?
posted by Sunder @ 4:59 PM
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