A Microsoft Home User Program Rant

Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @ 12:51 am
Filed Under Complaints Department, Computing, Work
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Beg pardon, folks? Whatever can you be "reviewing" that takes four days? You're waiting for HR to confirm my existence, perhaps? (Should I call Enrique and push things along?) Or perhaps you've sicced the Pinkertons on me? Is this long delay common? Shouldn't you have warned me about it? You can't be bothered to send a courtesy email?

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One of These Days

Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2009 @ 4:49 pm
Filed Under Bureaucrats, Work
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A day full of good-byes....

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Unintended Consequences

Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 @ 8:37 pm
Filed Under Bureaucrats, Computing
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In short, all the failings attributed to government happen in private enterprises too. These failings are a fixture of human nature and organizational dynamics.

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Smoke and Mirrors

Posted on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 @ 12:13 pm
Filed Under Michigan, Political Process, Work
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American government is designed to accomodate disagreement, though the tension often makes folks uncomfortable.  What we need, sometime soon, is a civil discussion about what Michigan's government is for, how we get to that point, and what tax structure we need to support that effort.  The (less-than-complete) success of the Michigan budget efforts demonstrates that it's not necessary to continue talking past each other just because we've been doing so in the past.  Discussion isn't helped when each side caricatures the other's positions.   The habit many have of simplifying and dismissing the other party's position is really poisonous to the civil culture.  It's time we stopped, and started finding solutions.

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Sympathy for the Devil

Posted on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 @ 12:58 pm
Filed Under Bureaucrats
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It's not often I feel sympathy for Scott Adams' idiot Pointy Haired Boss, so yesterday's edition deserves a comment.

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