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May I rant? (you don't care, i know.)

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jan 8 '09, 09:47

we have a bookkeeper who comes once a week. She's always panicked about how much she needs to get through in the day, yet, she tends to come in about 10:30 in the morning. so, my empathy for her time-restrictions (which ARE very real, there's a lot of work for one day) is greatly reduced.

in addition to this, i leave all the inputting and questions and whatnot on her desk for her on Wednesdays. Most weeks something comes up either late wednesday or in thursday's mail that i don't have time to process/code/etc immediately so i plan to keep it at my desk and give it to her next week. (especially as she never gets through everything, anyway)... but, if she sees something on my desk, she'll say 'oh, i should put that in the system, picks it up, and then proceeds to ask me about 27 questions because 'she doesn't have all the info she needs.'

yes, i should *hide* things, but that's a dangerous practice as it will get forgotten and not dealt with at all.

i just said "please don't take that, i haven't dealt with it yet." her reply "i don't like leaving things like this." (it's so not critical.)

Responses:

Get some beautiful paperweights, so that taking things off your desk becomes unbearably awkward. Only use them on Wednesdays. -- nm - Amy Jan 8, 10:06 2
- oh, i like this. (but, yes, i can only use them when she's here, otherwise i'll be sure to break them.) - Andie Jan 8, 10:08 1
  - ST's assignemnt: Find Andie a paperweight. -- (link) - mara Jan 8, 10:13
someone is supposed to be calling me about that so i need it here. -- nm - zork Jan 8, 10:06
Keep the stuff on your desk, but in a manila folder? -- nm - mara Jan 8, 10:02 1
- With a code word. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 10:03
"I don't like being asked 27 different quesitons about something that I have not processed for you." -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 09:59
if she's not indispensable for some reason, i'd want to talk to the bosses about finding another one. -- nm - zork Jan 8, 09:58 5
- she sort of it. we have about 11 corporations. getting up to speed takes months, we can't start again, it's unbearable. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 09:59 4
  - bummer, but this is unbearable for you too :-( -- nm - zork Jan 8, 10:02
  - Hire an "assistant" for her that will learn the job. Then fire her. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 10:02 2
    - we have almost no staff, i can't hire anyone at the moment. -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 10:02 1
      - Sorry. -- nm - lileve Jan 8, 10:05
I'd say I don't have time to answer any of your questions about that because it will lead to more questions, now please put that back where you found - Loyola Jan 8, 09:56
Next time, smack her hand. -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:55 1
- With a ruler. -- nm - Amy Jan 8, 09:58
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- seriously. i would have a very difficult time not slapping her hand. -- nm - kare Jan 8, 09:55 3
  - there's only a couple people here, we all work in one big space. and, i'm terrified she may quit. - Andie Jan 8, 10:00
  - Word. ;^) -- nm - TaurusII Jan 8, 09:55 1
    - hee hee. -- nm - kare Jan 8, 09:56
*hands Andie a copy of The Secret* -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 09:48 1
- Feel free to read ahead to chapter 6. -- nm - Rorschach: 03/06/09 Jan 8, 09:50

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