I Shouldn't Laugh But I Am

My Dear Princess and Dear Fellows,

I have a few work-mantras to get me through the stupidity. You may remember some of these words of wisdom if you've worked with me before. 

One of my favourites from the RX days was, "Don't work late. It will still be broken tomorrow."

And then there is the classic we stole from David Niven. "You think I know f*** nothing?? Let me tell you, I know f*** ALL!!"

But one I deploy most often at Kiwibank is a roll of the eyes, a shrug of the shoulders and the oft-delivered. "Oh well. They pay me anyway."

Such was the case today. I posted about it on the group CST 4 Lyffe chat I still share with members of my beloved Project Gromit family. I thought it would give them a laugh. 

Here's what I told them:

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So I was asked to write an options paper at work. For a decision on how we implement a thing.

Feedback on options paper, "Hmmmm I think this is too much detail on how we implement the thing."

Me: But isn't that what we want the decision ON??

Them: No. We just want to know if we build the thing at all first.

Me: But... but... does that even REQUIRE a decision? We KNOW we're building the thing.

Them: Yeah. It doesn't require a decision. 

Me: So... so... so... what am I doing an options paper for?

Them: Maybe just park it for now.

Me: (INTERNALLY SCREAMING)

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You can see my lovely Project Gromit pals responding above. As for me I simply rolled my eyes, shrugged my shoulders and repeated the mantra.

S.