inchstones?????

[Pinto]

Prehaps ' CentermetreKilograms' was too long to fit on the Plan? or they could not spell it.

ok no right

kilometre stones would be okay

then maybe centremeter stones

Centimetre

[original PM]

its a good point

had a new manager start few weeks back and effectively I come under his 'control' he started trying to put together a rota for lunchbreaks and holidays and stuff when he asked me what lunch break times I prefered - he did not get as offended as I expected when i told him what he could do with his rota!!

( i do love the fact he is a new manager and feels things would be great if he can pin a pretty spreadsheet to the wall showing peoples break and lunch times - like what did he learn that in his degree course??)

[PRC1964]

ok no right

kilometre stones would be okay

then maybe centremeter stones

but like leave the stones bit in the stones bit is like the placemarker to show how far you have come - but rather than measuring it in miles we are measuring it in smaller intervals than miles so we can more easily check our progress

oh if you don't get it forget it!!

Not accurate enough. You need to move to millimetres.

Millstones should do it. Preferably around their necks.

[ratewhore]

Call it what you like, sounds like D & C to me...

[original PM]

Ok - Killometremiles then!

ok no right

kilometre stones would be okay

then maybe centremeter stones

but like leave the stones bit in the stones bit is like the placemarker to show how far you have come - but rather than measuring it in miles we are measuring it in smaller intervals than miles so we can more easily check our progress

oh if you don't get it forget it!!

[zara_backdog]

I think inchstones as opposed to milestones rather than stones as a weight of measurment....

Ok - Killometremiles then!

[original PM]

Prehaps ' CentermetreKilograms' was too long to fit on the Plan? or they could not spell it

I think inchstones as opposed to milestones rather than stones as a weight of measurment....

[zara_backdog]

Quite

Anyway - shouldn't we all be using metric measurements now? Tell the dipsticks you are going to report them to Trading Standards.

Prehaps ' CentermetreKilograms' was too long to fit on the Plan? or they could not spell it.

[original PM]

yeo sounds like jobs for the sake of jobs

normally means that manager is under pressure to cut costs and so everyone has to justify every minute of there staffs time

problem is how do you log thinking time - having a good think about a problem for 30 minutes can save hours in the long run but to think you sometimes need to let the mind wander off while you have a coffee or smoke a fag etc and let the subconscious review the problems and suggest solutions.

hey ho maybe staff are not allowed to think only managers (if only they would!!)

[Zippy]

The dipsticks who dream up this crap are the ones trying to keep themselves in a job by looking useful.

It sounds fun, I'm sure there's plenty of mileage for gags like "I only managed eight inches this morning, boss"

Quite

Anyway - shouldn't we all be using metric measurements now? Tell the dipsticks you are going to report them to Trading Standards.

[Zippy]

Inchstones? Are you serious?

This is why the recession shouldn't be allowed to end too soon; it needs to be long enough to weed out the dipsticks who dream up this crap.

There wouldn't be anybody left here ..

[moorfield]

The dipsticks who dream up this crap are the ones trying to keep themselves in a job by looking useful.

It sounds fun, I'm sure there's plenty of mileage for gags like "I only managed eight inches this morning, boss"

[Mich the Tester]

Inchstones? Are you serious?

This is why the recession shouldn't be allowed to end too soon; it needs to be long enough to weed out the dipsticks who dream up this crap.

[scooterscot]

If the micro management was not enough then came the weekly progress reports.

Now we have inchstones - WTS (smeg)??!!

Each task reviewed and I spent time reporting on each. I reckon this week so far I've only spent 20% of working to plan while the remaining 80% of my time has been spent no reporting.

What a waste. Rant over.