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[rolanni]

One of my former bosses had a cartoon tacked over his desk. In it, a manager type is looking in horror at the devastation wreaked by a sledgehammer-wielding subordinate, and crying out, "Oh, no! You did exactly what I told you to do!"

Comments

[johnhawkinson.livejournal.com]

Hopefully they will not catch on that you are Staging the Emergencies...

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

No, no, I wouldn't dream of staging an Emergency. I hate the things, personally.

Since the Emergency will happen whether or not I make prior arrangements to ensure a non-Emergency, I might as well just get out of its way, let the inevitable happen, and then do clean-up, cheerfully. When I do the whole prior-arrangement thing, I wrongly feel entitled to a non-Emergency outcome, so I'm grumpy when the Emergency manifests.

And, as we all know, nobody likes a grumpy secretary.

[(Anonymous)]

"Due to budget cuts, current efforts to conserve energy, and constant reviews to ensure our course, the Light at the End of the Tunnel has been Turned Off until further notice!"