tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post115244557904627727..comments2023-10-29T09:34:54.428-04:00Comments on Code, Code World: Hurry up and wait. . .Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07338910000372628114noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1154192792613044232006-07-29T13:06:00.000-04:002006-07-29T13:06:00.000-04:00Firehawk - you said: "people who are "important" s...<B>Firehawk</B> - you said: <I>"people who are "important" such that everyone has to wait on their decisions and timetable--as if they were royalty of some sort--helps the situation none at all"</I><BR/><BR/>That's exactly it! It's bad enough that fully half of the worlds managers, can't manage themselves, let alone others... but add that "I'm important" mentality on top of it... and it's... well... a bit off my 'acceptability' scale!Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338910000372628114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1154102083565028232006-07-28T11:54:00.000-04:002006-07-28T11:54:00.000-04:00Bill,It's always urgent, just as soon as whoever a...Bill,<BR/><BR/>It's always urgent, just as soon as whoever asked for it is done twiddling around with their current issue. I'm always returning service calls from our staff and being put on hold, or getting this: "Oh, I don't know if someone paged you, I'll go ask around." Twenty minutes later, the staffer who actually called finally gets on the line. Then there's the ever popular busy signal or unanswered call, after they've left their number for a service call. I love that.<BR/><BR/>In regards to the reports vs. service issue, there are two parts to that. If the organization weights down its workers with so much paperwork that they don't ever have a chance to finish, they so end up taking the time out of areas where they shouldn't. It's a simple law of employee management, and administrators should know better than to structure their jobs that way. The other part is the, "Clear my desk by Friday, that's all I want to do," mentality. This is representative of an attitude toward work that is present anymore in the workforce. Many people take little to no pride in their accomplishments at work, and view it only as an unpleasant necessity in order to maintain their lifestyle. I will admit to feeling that way on certain days, but I have a hard time living with myself if I don't put forth some effort and try to do a decent job while I'm on the clock. I'm lazy, but not completly without pride...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I don't know what the answer is, but the advent of people who are "important" such that everyone has to wait on their decisions and timetable--as if they were royalty of some sort--helps the situation none at all.<BR/><BR/>Take care.Patrick M. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366666601869757080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1153345381680215922006-07-19T17:43:00.000-04:002006-07-19T17:43:00.000-04:00And here I've gone and kept all of you waiting!!Lo...And here I've gone and kept all of you waiting!!<BR/><BR/><B>Lorna</B> - I've tried being Zen about it.. it doesn't work for me!<BR/><BR/><B>Jay</B> - Isn't that just the kicker? Same 24 hours... but yet it feels shorter somehow.<BR/><BR/><B>Liz</B> - Yeah... when exactly did the customer cease to "always be right"?<BR/><BR/><B>Moni</B> - I think most corporations are much younger than their years... perpetual self absorbed teenagers in fact.<BR/><BR/><B>Cheryl</B> - Sadly, running a first class operation is often way down on the priority list!! Respect is also something in short supply it seems.<BR/><BR/><B>Beth</B> - Thanks for the witness!! So.. if we all agree it's more than annoying, and borders on dangerous especially in the medical field... how do we end it?<BR/><BR/>Maybe I should work on a post about that!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, as always everyone, for stopping by!Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338910000372628114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1152712606943762752006-07-12T09:56:00.000-04:002006-07-12T09:56:00.000-04:00Bill, I just can't agree enough on this one. Hurr...Bill, I just can't agree enough on this one. Hurry up and wait sums it up perfectly. When my father was live, we never could get anyone right to his room to care for him, even if it was very important. My brother and I finally had enough ... I really freaked out, but then things were done. Why is it some people have this idea of time being so important for them, but not for others?<BR/><BR/>Yesterday I waited an hour (standing up due to no place to sit) in the orthodontist's office with my daughter. No one there gave even one apology. It's just wrong.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335415338155220244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1152628043138085522006-07-11T10:27:00.000-04:002006-07-11T10:27:00.000-04:00I think punctuality and respect are well on the de...I think punctuality and respect are well on the decline..I hardly ever bother to show up "on time" for anything anymore other than job interviews...I always end up waiting and I feel that I could have used those 10 mins that I would have been late to do something constructive at home or elsewhere...I know...its rude of me...but over time I have found it just doens't seem to matter if I try hard...no one else does...<BR/>I do know that running a first class business means respecting peoples time...(my husband told me) LOL.....Jada's Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788954125336097153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1152552714115121302006-07-10T13:31:00.000-04:002006-07-10T13:31:00.000-04:00I think that companies act the way of adolescents,...I think that companies act the way of adolescents, they want what they want when they want it. Probably run by 25 year old CEOs. Yeah, I'm an oldster but still, why do today's youth stay that way until they are 40 or 50? I dunno.monihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396662015688569038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1152504783512417642006-07-10T00:13:00.000-04:002006-07-10T00:13:00.000-04:00I totally agree with you, Bill - - people and comp...I totally agree with you, Bill - - people and companies that are supposed to be doing a service for us treat us as if they are doing us a favor by paying any attention to us!<BR/><BR/>Dammit - - it's MY hard-earned money I'm paying them, and I darned well better be treated right, or I will spend it elsewhere!<BR/><BR/>There - - I feel MUCH better after getting that off my chest! lolDizzy Ms. Lizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089738977432199662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1152479291924256692006-07-09T17:08:00.000-04:002006-07-09T17:08:00.000-04:00I think time is a commodity than none of us has en...I think time is a commodity than none of us has enough of lately, and yet we have the same 24 hours that everyone else has always had.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158409505328990008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922132.post-1152472603837817592006-07-09T15:16:00.000-04:002006-07-09T15:16:00.000-04:00We just went throuogh that waiting for results of ...We just went throuogh that waiting for results of a cancer biopsy for my mother---every day you wait seems to have 360 hours;; after we heard, the exasperation faded. the worsst part is that very often the people who get the grief for making us wait are not the ones who have any control---more unfairness. I'm trying to be zen.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976144449873569523noreply@blogger.com