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Subject:RE: Most dreaded part of the job? From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:30:22 -0500
As a good friend is wont to say, "Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable
truths."
Start adding THAT as your sig line to the recalcitrant ones ...
John
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From: Jane Carnall [mailto:jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:31 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Most dreaded part of the job?
Megan Rock wrote:
>Having nothing to do is pretty dreadful.
Definitely the worst thing that can happen, though being burned at the stake
for complaining about compulsory socialising with co-workers is also the
kind of thing that can ruin your entire day. <g>
>I also dread having to go and talk to an SME who is holding a review draft
>hostage. I don't like having to bug the same person three times over the
>course of a week. I feel like such a nag.
Oh, it's not fun, but I deal with it by wandering over with a bright smile
on my face and saying "I'm sorry, but you have just entered into the nagging
stage. From now on, I'm going to remind you about X document every day until
it gets done." Reminders thereafter are introduced as "Hello, this is my
daily scheduled nag about the X document." The developers here mostly find
it funny. I haven't had to buy doughnuts for weeks. Mmmm, doughnuts.
Jane Carnall
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