And while I'm on a roll, hopefully others will be amused by the following workplace quotes, attributed to our dearest Raf:
Well, we do seem to work for SATAN.
Why do I get the feeling that 'Total Quality' means the same thing here as 'Total Car?'
... Company reorgs are like a cholestectomy. You throw out the old asshole. You insert a new asshole. You develop completely new procedures; but you're still dealing with the same basic shit.
You never know how useful opposable thumbs are until you don't have them...
"If "I will tell the customer the truth" is viewed as a threat, you are working for the wrong people."
As you know, I tend to work in support-like positions. Two jobs ago... Well, let's just say that it was like the Roman Empire. Many people pin the end of Rome as 476, but a thousand years later there were still people calling themselves Roman; they didn't realize that Rome had died long ago. This company was much like that.
But they were trying to raise morale, especially in the support department. They had a slogan contest, trying to find a catchphrase, motto, whatever, to boost the department morale and market us to the rest of the company. They said that every entry would be presented to the group for a vote, the top three in a final round, and so forth. I proposed:
"Tech support: WE tell the truth"
It was never included in the first round entries. I wonder why.
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here as 'Total Car?'
asshole. You insert a new asshole. You develop completely new
procedures; but you're still dealing with the same basic shit.
don't have them...
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I'd forgotten some of those quotes until you repeated them.
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As you know, I tend to work in support-like positions. Two jobs ago... Well, let's just say that it was like the Roman Empire. Many people pin the end of Rome as 476, but a thousand years later there were still people calling themselves Roman; they didn't realize that Rome had died long ago. This company was much like that.
But they were trying to raise morale, especially in the support department. They had a slogan contest, trying to find a catchphrase, motto, whatever, to boost the department morale and market us to the rest of the company. They said that every entry would be presented to the group for a vote, the top three in a final round, and so forth. I proposed:
"Tech support: WE tell the truth"
It was never included in the first round entries. I wonder why.
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Were these anonymous submissions, or had you already written off this employer?
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