[Milsurplus] Perfection

[mikea]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 09:38:56AM -0800, Falls, Jim wrote:
> "It is interesting, isn't it, that so many truly incompetent 
> folks seem to demand perfection in others!"
> 
> THEY ARE THE WORST (spoken from 12 years in State service)
> 
> The BFD syndrome: It comes from the realization that, whatever you do,
> someone will snivel about it. 
> 
> I like this quote: "I could slit my wrists and hang myself in the
> shower, and they would complain about the mess, the knot I used, and the
> fact that I didn't use organic hemp rope."
> 
> More meds, please..............

I'm in state gummint myself, and have been since April 1, 1977, which 
now appears to be a totally appropriate day, with only a 6-month break
in service.

My current job involves trying to keep spam out of 3000 user mailboxes
while letting the non-spam stuff through. That's like juggling raw 
eggs. Blindfolded. From time to time, someone will add or remove one 
or more eggs. Without telling me. I get no points whatever for style.

I used to be a mild-mannered, little-known assistant division manager, 
before I retired. Now a cabinet secretary and his administrative 
assistant, the agency director and his administrative assistant, the 
assistant directors and their staffs, and the deputy director and his 
staff all know my name, E-mail address, and phone extension. 

I'm looking for a few hundred feet of silk rope, so that I can see if 
certain people _would_ gripe about being hanged with it. 

Yes, nurse, go ahead and strap the jacket sleeves back down. Thanks. 

Military surplus content? The desk I'm using might well have been used
by Napoleon, or Andrew Jackson, or Millard Fillmore, and I work in a 
dungeon.

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin