I used to work at a gas station and had people all the time try to insist it wasn’t 2am for booze, as per their watch. many times, it was the same people each time. Each time I had to tell them that the clock on the register trumps them all. Plus we were the fill station for both county and city cops. No way was I gonna take the chance and “Just be nice this one time.” as they aften said to me, When $2500. was on the line.
Corporate Changers like changing things when it’s THEIR idea. When it’s someone else’s, not so much.
That’s why they enjoy talking to IT to have them set all the computer and system clocks forward 10 minutes without letting anyone else know.
I believe that’s the first Grawlix Cussin’ in the strip so far. I made it 800-someodd cartoons without any. (I think. Some of you are better at remembering the strips than I am. You can remind me if there’s been cursing before)
I don’t recall any outright cursing. Most of the characters rarely get that angry. Congrats, Greg, you’ve made a breakthrough! You can finally curse! Now, Hubris can be filled with dialog boxes of nothing but Grawlix cursive text. And you can begin to appeal to teenagers and 13-year-olds.
You have a pretty realistic grasp when it comes to deadlines and department heads. Where I work my job requires certain items to have a strict deadline, and there is always those who wait till that very last moment. Not to mention after 16 years, I always know which manager will be the procrastinators because they are consistently late.
I had an event once where I was chief honcho and let it be known (3 monthly meetings in a row) that I needed a catering headcount and it was a totally drop dead date. Of course it hit date and not a lot had done the proper (Friday cutoff for following Tuesday) so I guessed and ordered more. Like 20% more. Of course I had the afternoon of the event have one cancel (they were so sick they couldn’t hardly croak into the phone) and a number of ‘of course I’m coming’. Well I didn’t have to tell them ‘sorry but you missed the deadline and I have no food ordered for you’. I ended up with one dinner extra exactly so at least my hubby ate that night. (all gals so he wasn’t invited). There are those that just do NOT get ‘deadlines mean YOU TOO!’)
Her comment in the previous strip “doesn’t sound very corporate” is precisely why they need team building. Large businesses are seething with conflict; management/labor, worker/slacker, young/old and just a larger collection of bastards and bitches. The mom&pop businesses (like Hubies) I have been associated with are not like that, just normal family squabbles.
I suspect no improvements, even if they (and especially WE) have fun.
So nice she’s on Hubris’ side. 🙂
It depends on what the cellphone datestamp is though…. hopefully it is past time when it’s picked up.
I used to work at a gas station and had people all the time try to insist it wasn’t 2am for booze, as per their watch. many times, it was the same people each time. Each time I had to tell them that the clock on the register trumps them all. Plus we were the fill station for both county and city cops. No way was I gonna take the chance and “Just be nice this one time.” as they aften said to me, When $2500. was on the line.
Corporate Changers like changing things when it’s THEIR idea. When it’s someone else’s, not so much.
That’s why they enjoy talking to IT to have them set all the computer and system clocks forward 10 minutes without letting anyone else know.
“I &$^%ing love this part.”
Amazing.
I believe that’s the first Grawlix Cussin’ in the strip so far. I made it 800-someodd cartoons without any. (I think. Some of you are better at remembering the strips than I am. You can remind me if there’s been cursing before)
I don’t recall any outright cursing. Most of the characters rarely get that angry. Congrats, Greg, you’ve made a breakthrough! You can finally curse! Now, Hubris can be filled with dialog boxes of nothing but Grawlix cursive text. And you can begin to appeal to teenagers and 13-year-olds.
You have a pretty realistic grasp when it comes to deadlines and department heads. Where I work my job requires certain items to have a strict deadline, and there is always those who wait till that very last moment. Not to mention after 16 years, I always know which manager will be the procrastinators because they are consistently late.
I had an event once where I was chief honcho and let it be known (3 monthly meetings in a row) that I needed a catering headcount and it was a totally drop dead date. Of course it hit date and not a lot had done the proper (Friday cutoff for following Tuesday) so I guessed and ordered more. Like 20% more. Of course I had the afternoon of the event have one cancel (they were so sick they couldn’t hardly croak into the phone) and a number of ‘of course I’m coming’. Well I didn’t have to tell them ‘sorry but you missed the deadline and I have no food ordered for you’. I ended up with one dinner extra exactly so at least my hubby ate that night. (all gals so he wasn’t invited). There are those that just do NOT get ‘deadlines mean YOU TOO!’)
Ooh, a sense of humor and a potty mouth. I’m starting to like her.
nice to see some buracrat has a sense of humor. she and hubris have the beginings now of a beughtiful friendship.
Her comment in the previous strip “doesn’t sound very corporate” is precisely why they need team building. Large businesses are seething with conflict; management/labor, worker/slacker, young/old and just a larger collection of bastards and bitches. The mom&pop businesses (like Hubies) I have been associated with are not like that, just normal family squabbles.
I suspect no improvements, even if they (and especially WE) have fun.
[jussst grinz]