So do you know what really burns my butt?   Ok, other than a flame about three feet high…

The weekly statistics that I have to submit to my boss - statistics that I’m pretty sure nobody reads, but heaven help us if we don’t get them submitted on time.  Now I don’t mind doing the weekly report, it’s not hard and I have a pretty good system going.  When I get the data I need, I can complete the report in about 30 minutes - and then claim that it took me at least 90 minutes to finish…

The trouble is that I have to rely on other folks to get me the data I need in order to complete the report, and if they forget to pull their data or just generally slack off then I can’t submit the statistics on time and I get chewed out by my boss because the numbers are supremely important to him.

So knowing that the statistics are due today, that I had yet to receive the data I needed, that I couldn’t begin to work on the report for the week - my boss decides to let the person who needs to pull the data I require go home early…

Ummm yeah thanks!