My Life is a Dilbert Cartoon

[donutsweeper]

I spent the last hour and a half or so taking tickets for an event that had no tickets issued for it.

Yep, I sat there because I was assigned to take tickets even though there WERE NO TICKETS.

How does something like that happen you ask?  Well, the work assignments for the annual meeting are drawn up every ten years and assigned by job title.  So, as Assistant Membership Director, I collect tickets.  As it happens the decision was made to quit printing tickets seven years ago, but that minor detail hasn't affected the duty roster yet.  Why?  Because they only rewrite and reassign jobs for the annual meeting every ten years because (as my boss said when I asked her about it) "that's the way it's always been done."

*blinks*

Gotta love corporate logic.

Comments

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*blinkblink* It sounds like you're actually in the Matrix. Just try realise the truth - there are no tickets...

*giggle* There is no level on which that makes sense. Brilliant. In an annoying kind of way, but still. I didn't realise these things happened in real life...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oh thank god, a voice of semi-sanity! It's not just me! My boss couldn't figure out why I thought the whole thing was silly!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

What did she think you were doing for all that time? Did she expect to receive the collection of non-tickets at the end?

Oh, please tell me she did! That's just too good...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I sat at a small table with the ticket box where I was to put the nonexistent tickets. I handed the box back in after the meeting was over, I don't know if she checked it for tickets or not. I hope not

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

That's the way it's always been done

Sounds like a woman who needs to read a few Discworld books. How silly.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

even sillier is that there were actual jobs assigned to positions that no longer exist so there was no one to do them.

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

*Laughs* mental. Utterly mental. Can you gather some people and explain to your boss why it makes no sense?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

the thing is I even offered to do one of those jobs, but was told no. I take tickets. That's it. It didn't matter that there were no tickets to take.

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that makes so much sense *nods*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

uh-oh, corporate logic is starting to make sense to you? RUN! Now! while you still have the chance!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Sorry. I forgot. I shoulda used this icon instead :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I still recommend running for it while you have a chance. The corporate world is well known for draining one's sanity and lowering their IQ points

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Sounds like the bloody NHS.

Never mind taking the biscuit, I think someone's stolen the whole flaming factory!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

So there are more places like this out there? *sigh*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

*DIES* Oh, that's just...I don't know what. I'm sure you did an excellent job collecting no tickets. o.O

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I did an excellent job. I made sure to keep my eye on the ticket box to make sure the nonexistent tickets were carefully stored away there so boss could later tally up the total tickets collected.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

OMG!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it takes a special mindset to just nod and accept the insanity like that

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

lol It does. People used to beurocracy.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Oh, geez. It really is a Dilbert cartoon.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

it's the cluelessness of the boss that really pushes it firmly into Dilbert land, isn't it?

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Blinks hard

You really did!!

(yes I'm reading backwards - go figure...)

Next time may I suggest you take a pad and see how many words you can write in the time available OR...

You could make tickets and hand them out - I mean if you're inhabiting Topsyturvyland you might as well do the job right! *G*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I was too busy roasting to death to do anything useful (the ac was-and still is- broken and it was 87 degrees) but what's even better is my boss (who I handed the ticket box into) keeps a tally of tickets sold and collected. The tally dates back quite a bit, but the total for the past 7 years (in both columns) has been a big ol' ZERO

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

Refer to icon!