Sep 27 2002
Yeah, what he said
Ever play that game where you say something to a friend, and they tell another friend, and so on until about the sixth or seventh person is told what you said and what they say you said bears no resemblance whatsoever to what you actually said?
That’s the way it is where I work. I mentioned all the middle men a couple of entries ago and my desire to get rid of them. That is what I am going to do.
About a week ago, I sent a suggestion that would greatly improve one of our processes to my manager. It would cost very little to implement, and would save the company a bunch of money. He sent it on to his manager, who sent it on to the director, who sent it on to a vice president. Yesterday, I got an email from the vice president, thanking me for my suggestion but stating that it would be impossible to implement because it would cost millions of dollars to do so.
The suggestion he rejected bore very little resemblance to the suggestion I originally submitted.
From now on I am bypassing the middle men. To hell with the consequences.
