Comments on: Q. When is a deadline not a deadline?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:57:02 +0000

Curious why you can’t just complete a simple little task…

Uh-oh, passive-aggressive alert. I never, ever engage with anyone who’s curious why I’m talking such crap or puzzled that someone like me should be acting like a jerk, on the basic principle of not endorsing lies - they’re not curious or puzzled at all, they just want to say what they think without actually saying it.

Not engaging with your boss can be tricky, though.

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:24:07 +0000

Good idea, Darrick. I’ll send it in.

By: Darrick

Darrick — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:54:53 +0000

This would make a great dilbert!

By: Kris Johnson

Kris Johnson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:11:52 +0000

What bugs me is that they nag about getting timesheets in on time, but then it takes three months to get my invoices paid.

By: rpg

rpg — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:20:56 +0000

*nods* Matt beat me to it. Exactly that.

By: Matt Palmer

Matt Palmer — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:03:21 +0000

“or is this just an exercise in bureaucratic masturbation?”

I’m surprised you even have to ask the question, even in the rhetorical sense. I filed the post under B for “bureaucratic masturbation” the moment I saw the words “charge code”… (grin)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:31:08 +0000

It’s the nagging annoying message deadline. We get that here too. Mind you, people still don’t do stuff in time because they nagging messages get ignored by almost everybody.

There is the real world deadline, and the drop-dead deadline. It’s a pity your admin staff are telling you the drop-dead one as if it’s the real deadline.