Bow down before me
Jun. 1st, 2005 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sobriqueI am the only person who can fix this particular problem that you have got.
I consider it non-urgent.
I've been off work for 6 weeks (broken leg, torn ligament, oh the pain, oh woe was me), and was pretty damn busy before that.
I have a large backlog.
I have had two servers die overnight. Both of which are business critical systems.
I have a couple of really urgent projects on the go.
One of which is in the 'if it doesn't finish on time, it starts costing us around 2 grand a day' sort of urgent.
Oh, and this really urgent project started 6 weeks late. We have 4 weeks left in which to implement 10 weeks worth of project.
As a result, I have permission from my boss to tell anyone who gets in my way to F.O.A.D.
You'd better be pretty damn convincing* that this trival bit of irritating crap that's landed on my desk because someone weaseled and fobbed it off on me is worth my even reading.
In fact, trying to imply that I'm an idiot for not having sorted it sooner, despite the delay being a result of me asking you for the relevant software and getting stonewalled, is really not a good start.
My work queue really is long enough right now, that I can "prioritize" your request so far down it it'll be 6 months before I even realise it still exists.
BOW DOWN BEFORE ME! FEAR MY PRIORITIZATION POWERS!
*(yes, I do take bribes)
(erm. I have no idea where that came from)
I consider it non-urgent.
I've been off work for 6 weeks (broken leg, torn ligament, oh the pain, oh woe was me), and was pretty damn busy before that.
I have a large backlog.
I have had two servers die overnight. Both of which are business critical systems.
I have a couple of really urgent projects on the go.
One of which is in the 'if it doesn't finish on time, it starts costing us around 2 grand a day' sort of urgent.
Oh, and this really urgent project started 6 weeks late. We have 4 weeks left in which to implement 10 weeks worth of project.
As a result, I have permission from my boss to tell anyone who gets in my way to F.O.A.D.
You'd better be pretty damn convincing* that this trival bit of irritating crap that's landed on my desk because someone weaseled and fobbed it off on me is worth my even reading.
In fact, trying to imply that I'm an idiot for not having sorted it sooner, despite the delay being a result of me asking you for the relevant software and getting stonewalled, is really not a good start.
My work queue really is long enough right now, that I can "prioritize" your request so far down it it'll be 6 months before I even realise it still exists.
BOW DOWN BEFORE ME! FEAR MY PRIORITIZATION POWERS!
*(yes, I do take bribes)
(erm. I have no idea where that came from)
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Date: 2005-06-01 11:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-01 11:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-01 12:20 pm (UTC)Meh, I've been at that stage for the past six months... :/
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Date: 2005-06-01 12:40 pm (UTC)Rubber Stamps from Thinkgeek
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Date: 2005-06-01 01:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-01 07:38 pm (UTC)An excellent rant sir, if I may say so myself.
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Date: 2005-06-01 09:15 pm (UTC)Just so. I have exercised my prioritisation powers and funnily enough there has been a few attitude adjustments required along the way. Some have been good - others have been less so.
Remember - office politics are so vicious because the stakes are so small.
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Date: 2005-06-01 09:17 pm (UTC)