From: Richard S. Holmes (rsholmes_at_MailBox.syr.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 08:14:48 PST
Joshua <joshua_at_bearsend.ca> writes: > I completely put off this project at work. Then finally when other > people started to realize I was the bottleneck I took over the project > completely and started calling the shots to cover how late it was. I > did allot of maneuvering to prevent anyone on the project from > reporting to anyone outside the project but me. Finally, someone > higher up got annoyed at how long the other guys were taking and asked > me what I thought was wrong with them. I said "Its not their fault. > We're behind schedule because I wanted it that way". He said, "Oh, > okay.". That was it. No consequences at all - I sure didn't expect > that. > I figure the moral of this story is don't do today what you can put > off indefinitely. For the rest of this round all anecdotes should > contain a moral. > > > > ===== > Everyone knows, when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of u and mption. -s.l.j in t.l.k.g > > Validity: No problems. Style: On the plus side: Good story, with good example of unexpected [lack of] consequences, and a new restriction. On the minus side: "allot", and, as we shall see, the restriction is fairly weak. +1.5. -- - Rich Holmes Parish, NY
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