Monday September 18, 2006

There are days...

...and then there are days.

I have little patience for being frustrated, especially when other people create a frustrating situation and then refuse to amend their ways. And then continue their behavior ad naseum.

The kind of situation that hits the frustration button square on is behaviors around information hoarding, CYA, and control. You know, those power things that people do because they think it matters. (It doesn't but this is no time for a post on the philosophy of life.) Those behaviors where people exclude other people and refuse to be open in their work and communication style.

I found myself in one of those frustrating situations today. It was infuriating but not perhaps for the reasons you might suppose. Oh I was likely annoyed due to many of those reasons, but the one that really got me was not the one I started out angry about. What really annoyed me was the amount of time wasted by these folks.

Presentations get shown with inaccurate representations. Implications get passed on that start from incorrect assumptions. Folks end up off track and have to work to get back on track. Excuses get made when missing information is pointed out. All because someone doesn't want to be inclusive. All this in organizations that don't have enough time or people as it is.

Sigh. Depressing. So what does one do about such things?

Snicker. Chuckle. Having a creative mind is fun. Ever wonder where all those phrases like "whack him with a 2x4" or "cut him off at the knees" come from? Now extrapolate.

[evil laugh]

( Sep 18 2006, 09:57:19 PM PDT ) Permalink