Comments on: Just Sign the Damn Thing Already!

By: Chris D.

Chris D. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:44:54 +0000

I can appreciate how frustrating this can be. I am fortunate to work for a small company. My boss is the President (of the company). He and I are able to communicate well and have been working together for a more than a decade.

Some of the companies we work with do have a lot of bureaucracy. One company is traditionally using versions of our software a year behind because it takes their IT department a year to test it. Another company actually has a “Manager of Change” that is an extra person who has to sign off on everything.

Perhaps you could develop a private list of preferred signing order as you learn about people’s issues. Put the people who easily sign at the top, and but the insecure people at the bottom. It is still a silly issue, but perhaps the next time you need signatures it may go more smoothly.

By: Tam

Tam — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:31 +0000

It was birthday card signing day at our office. I’d like to know who got the card because it was rambling on about “you’re not old, don’t worry about it” and the birthday girl is probably 26 or 27. If she was my age fine, but the card was completely inappropriate. So what did I do? Signed the damn thing and passed it on to the next person.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:02:24 +0000

So, this is not about signing a co-worker’s birthday card, I’m assuming, because that would be the worst power posturing ever.

By: Polt

Polt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:49:36 +0000

Dammit, Michelle M., the blocker at work wouldn’t let me see this either (I have no idea why) so I couldn’t comment until NOW, but “You will be in whatever position I put you in and you will like it.” caught my eyes immediately, cause who knew our lil’ Craiggers had such a big old dominatrix…er, inside him? What a surprise.

On to the point of the post: pretty much my whole entails things that only I do, so I do need to have a superior sign off on my stuff, but I have no one else who needs to sign off on anything I do. Thank God. I got enough crappy office politics to deal with without having to get signatures from other department heads. I mean, I can’t even STAND some of the other department heads!

HUGS…

By: Michelle M.

Michelle M. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:34:46 +0000

“You will be in whatever position I put you in and you will like it. ” I can’t believe that statement got by everyone.

What a bunch of exasperating bullsh*t. The cookie idea is brilliant.

By: The Ryan with the Cupcake

The Ryan with the Cupcake — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:21:31 +0000

Tam: The wind didn’t wake me up. I did wake up to the hooting of owls.

My work related workout is not using the elevator to get to my fourthish floor office and walking to work. Walking to the printer also happens.

By: Tam

Tam — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:38:22 +0000

Ryan: Everyone was complaining how the wind woke them up last night in your neck of the woods. Hope no fires.

Josh: Having a printer far from your desk is a good workout as well.

By: The Ryan with the Cupcake

The Ryan with the Cupcake — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:46:21 +0000

It’s all dusty today. Wind + dryness explains the fire watch.

By: The Ryan with the Cupcake

The Ryan with the Cupcake — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:04:32 +0000

josh: I have to do something similar whenever we want to publish or submit something, but that only happens a few times a year.

By: joshistrashy

joshistrashy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:47 +0000

Kind of similar, whenever I do ANYTING @ work, mah boss always has to sign off on it. And she’s very partix so if I write a press release, I run back & forth to her office prox 10 timez to correct edits she’s made. It’s all good though…getting her to finally sign off on sumfing I wrote is the greatest feeling of validation in the world. Plus it’s a good workout to be jaunting from my desk to her office over & over. My calvez are made of steel now.