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  • #1

    Why is three a magic number? Why can't you listen the first time?

    It's a regular theme here, nothing sticks unless I go through it at least three times.

    Today's special;

    Me - This project is due next week!
    Manager - it's not due for ages.
    Me - It's due next week!
    Manager - It's not due till September.
    Me - Yes, Next Week!!
    Manager - Look, the spread sheet lists it as due 16th September.
    Me - THATS NEXT WEEK!
    Manager - Oh, yes, that's next week.
    Me - *whimper*
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    Sounds like a conversation with a child about his homework.

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    • #3
      Yeesh. That guy really needs to learn how these newfangled "calendar" things work >_<

      Also: Forgive me -- I can't resist.

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      • #4
        According to most Dilbert strips/books I've read, management usually doesn't have a keen grasp of time.

        Maybe he's confusing this:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2cjiP1mh48

        And this:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHYtYE8_bzU
        Skilled programmers aren't cheap. Cheap programmers aren't skilled.

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        • #5
          Quoth mjr View Post
          According to most Dilbert strips/books I've read, management usually doesn't have a keen grasp of time.
          You are supposed to complete entire task packages faster than they can yammer off the top level titles.

          ... Which is why they watch the security cameras at x16 and say, "See! That's how fast you should be working instead of goofing off!"
          I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
          Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
          Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.

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