I am hearing "THERE ARE FOUR STEPS" like that TNG ep with the 4 lights.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jan 05, 2016 6:02:47 am PST #12786 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 05, 2016 6:13:13 am PST #12787 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Maybe Patrick Stewart could come to your work and shout it at the dumbass co-worker?
sarameg - Jan 05, 2016 6:26:22 am PST #12788 of 30003
I'm really not sure how much is passive-aggresiveness and how much is ineptitude. I mean, I don't particularly like dealing with this task either. But it makes more sense for her to do it and we've got to have someone besides me proficient at it. And it is really not that hard. So every time it has come up recently, I make her do it. And every damned time, she asks the same damn questions. And I c&p the same damned responses & instructions.
And I'm going to keep dumping it back on her plate until she's no longer asking me the same thing.
Laura - Jan 05, 2016 6:28:54 am PST #12789 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Ah, acquired incompetence then. My kids practice that one.
-t - Jan 05, 2016 6:31:11 am PST #12790 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How often does it come up? Just out of curiosity.
-t - Jan 05, 2016 6:31:55 am PST #12791 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Although if she's got her already asked questions and the same answers you are going to give again in her email all she really has to remember is how to look that up...
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 05, 2016 6:37:15 am PST #12792 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If it's happening multiple times, I'd just start referring her to the date of the previous time she asked the same questions. And cc whoever you both report to.
Connie Neil - Jan 05, 2016 7:02:44 am PST #12793 of 30003
brillig
I'm horrible with things like that, I like to confirm I know the steps I'm about to do, but at least I phrase it as "I need to do these steps, right?" Supervisors get annoyed that I ask multiple times, but at least all I want is a "Yes, that's correct."
Dana - Jan 05, 2016 7:09:13 am PST #12794 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Maria - Jan 05, 2016 7:12:01 am PST #12795 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Oh sweet Jesus, sarameg. It's a miracle there isn't a dent in your desk from all of the times you've beat your head on it.