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The RFP is finally RIP. It was a mad rush to make the 5 p.m. (east coast) deadline but it is done. Working under pressure on something like that with a group of people sure does separate the herd. It doesn't take much to identify the idiots. As we got closer to the deadline I kind of had this image of shirts/no shirts. I had the idiots with shirts and let me tell you there were not a of naked guys roaming around in my imagination as we got to the designated hour.
"I know you are on deadline but when you get done could you do this..... I sent you an email but I thought it would be easier if I called and explained..." Yeah, being on deadline, I have a lot of time for someone who has to have two different ways to explain what they mean...
"I just realized that I sent the wrong version of the table. I'm sending this to all of you because I don't know who has the final version it needs to go into..." And, those of us doing the work really appreciate your clogging up our email and then tracking down who is working with what version of your stupid table.
And, my personal favorite "I couldn't make your deadline and forgot to tell you, but I think there are a lot of changes so I've made them in this version. You can just weave them into the final." We decided that anyone who didn't make the deadline can't possibly have anything worthwhile to contribute. We know now why we have a delete key.
But, when it was gone, I suddenly got really productive. I fixed two different and difficult website problems within an hour! When I'm in the zone and don't have work by committee, I can really do stuff!
Whew.
The next big cloud on the horizon is Tooth Day which is Tuesday. This is the day that I go in to have my broken tooth pulled. Half of me wants to call and cancel or postpone the appointment. Half of me wants it over. All of me is pretty traumatized by the impending-ness of it.
"I know you are on deadline but when you get done could you do this..... I sent you an email but I thought it would be easier if I called and explained..." Yeah, being on deadline, I have a lot of time for someone who has to have two different ways to explain what they mean...
"I just realized that I sent the wrong version of the table. I'm sending this to all of you because I don't know who has the final version it needs to go into..." And, those of us doing the work really appreciate your clogging up our email and then tracking down who is working with what version of your stupid table.
And, my personal favorite "I couldn't make your deadline and forgot to tell you, but I think there are a lot of changes so I've made them in this version. You can just weave them into the final." We decided that anyone who didn't make the deadline can't possibly have anything worthwhile to contribute. We know now why we have a delete key.
But, when it was gone, I suddenly got really productive. I fixed two different and difficult website problems within an hour! When I'm in the zone and don't have work by committee, I can really do stuff!
Whew.
The next big cloud on the horizon is Tooth Day which is Tuesday. This is the day that I go in to have my broken tooth pulled. Half of me wants to call and cancel or postpone the appointment. Half of me wants it over. All of me is pretty traumatized by the impending-ness of it.