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mousmeThe Great Cycle of Inanity continues unabated.
If there's one thing I really hate, it's being told, after asking why a certain procedure is in place, that "That's the way we've always done it."
Because, of course, if you've always done it that way, then it MUST make sense, right? Right?
Bah.
Also, I hate having people look at me as though I'm insignificant and/or incompetent just because I don't reach their levels of obsession about paperwork.
Photocopy every single damned waybill just because the company didn't send us the originals and we must absolutely have multiple copies for the files? Anal-retentive, stupid, pointless, and a waste of good trees.
Jesus, people. Have some perspective! Just because there *might* be a discrepancy of a few dollars on a bill, potentially.
*headdesk*
If there's one thing I really hate, it's being told, after asking why a certain procedure is in place, that "That's the way we've always done it."
Because, of course, if you've always done it that way, then it MUST make sense, right? Right?
Bah.
Also, I hate having people look at me as though I'm insignificant and/or incompetent just because I don't reach their levels of obsession about paperwork.
Photocopy every single damned waybill just because the company didn't send us the originals and we must absolutely have multiple copies for the files? Anal-retentive, stupid, pointless, and a waste of good trees.
Jesus, people. Have some perspective! Just because there *might* be a discrepancy of a few dollars on a bill, potentially.
*headdesk*
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Date: 2006-01-23 09:23 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-01-23 09:46 pm (UTC)You get a bunch of gorillas (say, four) in a cage. There's a lever there. Each time they pull the lever they get showered in cold water, so they quickly learn that pulling the shower lever is a Bad Idea (TM).
Then, you remove one of the gorillas, and replace him with a new gorilla. The first time he tries to pull the lever, the other three gorillas smack him down, so he too learns not to pull the lever -- though in his case, he has no idea about the shower part. He just knows that he isn't supposed to pull the lever, because the other gorillas don't like it.
So you continue replacing gorillas one by one, until none of the original gorillas remain. However, the new gorillas have learned that they must not pull the lever. They don't know why, exactly: but whenever they head for it their fellows stop them, so it must be bad, right? So after a while, you can remove the shower and the completely new gorillas still won't pull the lever, even though the original consequences no longer hold.
This is a model for corporate culture. ^_^