Friday, June 26, 2009

I saw the trees, the other person saw the forest

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5 Comments:

Blogger Shira Salamone said...

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Thu Jul 16, 06:00:00 PM 2009  
Blogger Shira Salamone said...

Keep going, please.

Thu Jul 16, 06:00:00 PM 2009  
Blogger Shira Salamone said...

Sorry, just a little further.

Thu Jul 16, 06:00:00 PM 2009  
Blogger Shira Salamone said...

One more, to be sure.

Thu Jul 16, 06:00:00 PM 2009  
Blogger Shira Salamone said...

This is another of my (in)famous "hidden posts," in which I hide the actual post in the comments so as to preserve what little is left of my anonymity as a blogger at the office.

You might want to start by reading this.

Long story short: My boss has assigned me to work with another higher-up from my organization in updating an old document. But this individual has no record of the completed document on his/her computer, and planned to search through boxes of old floppies to see whether such a record could be found.

Secretary to the rescue: I found a copy of that old document on my home computer, dating back roughly five years, to the days when I was still a temp for my current employer, not yet having been hired as a full-time permanent employee. I find it interesting that a mere secretary has a copy of the document, but the head of that division does not. As I was saying, sometimes the bosses know *what* needs to be done, but they have no idea *how.* How could it not have occurred to this person to save a copy of such a major document on her/his own computer, given that the rules of various regulatory agencies require such documents to be updated on a regular basis?

(Actual post day July 16, 2009.)

Thu Jul 16, 06:20:00 PM 2009  

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