Work story: Why, WHY??!!!

[Maetryx]

Maetryx here

I work in the Solid Waste division of my local government. Another department within the local government is Maintenance. That's who I call if a street light burns out, a garage door breaks, or the office buildings aren't warm enough. Things like that.

Well, the Maintenance Division has their very own intranet website where you can use a form to submit a work order. That's kind of cool, right? I mean, someone went through some effort to set this thing up. Today I got this email (which was actually sent to my boss, Bob):

Bob, could you and your staff not use the remote workorder system, and just e-mail your request in to "workorders". It would make life easier for us if you would and probably equate into better service for you. Thanks, Phil

WTF? Why even have the damned online form? Notice that there is NO evidence that they are going to remove the intranet work order form. Just a request that we not use it. Apparently, we (solid waste) are the only ones using it, and now we've been asked to stop. It's like they're trying to maximize the irony: "Don't use the webform because it's too techie for us blue-collar plumbers and electricians. Use email."

[me]pound head on desk[/me]

 

[iwearnosox]

Haha, you work for poo.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Government waste at it's best!

 

[Encryptic]

That's your tax dollars at work for you.

 

[GT1999]

The last time I went to a solid waste facility was on a science trip in 8th grade. The guy who ran the place said "once you're around it for a while it kinda starts to smell sweet" and had this funny look in his eye.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
The last time I went to a solid waste facility was on a science trip in 8th grade. The guy who ran the place said "once you're around it for a while it kinda starts to smell sweet" and had this funny look in his eye.

.. Then he softly touched you knee and you never looked back.

 

[Maetryx]

All I can figure is that maybe the work order webform was forced onto them by the Computer Services Division and they never wanted it in the first place. Also, they have a new director. Maybe he doesn't like it.

 

[Kaervak]

Welcome to the way government, and most businesses operate.

 

[cheesewhiz]

why? because you touch yourself at night.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: cheesewhiz
why? because you touch yourself at night.

 

[GT1999]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
The last time I went to a solid waste facility was on a science trip in 8th grade. The guy who ran the place said "once you're around it for a while it kinda starts to smell sweet" and had this funny look in his eye.

.. Then he softly touched you knee and you never looked back.

Nah I kicked him in the nutz and made him chit a brick and I said "does that smell sweet now muthafvcka?!"

 

[Maetryx]

Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
The last time I went to a solid waste facility was on a science trip in 8th grade. The guy who ran the place said "once you're around it for a while it kinda starts to smell sweet" and had this funny look in his eye.

lol. That's my job now. Giving tours to kids. The worst ones are the homeschoolers. They're parents are all environmentalists and teach recycling to their kids. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But they also train the kids to ask me loaded questions. I got this from some kid who couldn't have been older than 9 or so: "What size city is big enough so that recycling everything is economically viable?" Or something like that.

Plus, a most of the grownups have this idea that the Solid Waste Division should setup a comprehensive recycling program and that it should be easy and free and we shouldn't expand government to do it. And that we are really just evil because we haven't done it yet. Because we could, magically.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Maetryx

Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
The last time I went to a solid waste facility was on a science trip in 8th grade. The guy who ran the place said "once you're around it for a while it kinda starts to smell sweet" and had this funny look in his eye.

lol. That's my job now. Giving tours to kids. The worst ones are the homeschoolers. They're parents are all environmentalists and teach recycling to their kids. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But they also train the kids to ask me loaded questions. I got this from some kid who couldn't have been older than 9 or so: "What size city is big enough so that recycling everything is economically viable?" Or something like that.

Plus, a most of the grownups have this idea that the Solid Waste Division should setup a comprehensive recycling program and that it should be easy and free and we shouldn't expand government to do it. And that we are really just evil because we haven't done it yet. Because we could, magically.

i hate hippies and homschoolers

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Maetryx

Originally posted by: Geekish Thoughts
The last time I went to a solid waste facility was on a science trip in 8th grade. The guy who ran the place said "once you're around it for a while it kinda starts to smell sweet" and had this funny look in his eye.

lol. That's my job now. Giving tours to kids. The worst ones are the homeschoolers. They're parents are all environmentalists and teach recycling to their kids. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But they also train the kids to ask me loaded questions. I got this from some kid who couldn't have been older than 9 or so: "What size city is big enough so that recycling everything is economically viable?" Or something like that.

Plus, a most of the grownups have this idea that the Solid Waste Division should setup a comprehensive recycling program and that it should be easy and free and we shouldn't expand government to do it. And that we are really just evil because we haven't done it yet. Because we could, magically.

Heh. Easy answer to that question: "Never." The cost of recycling is more than the value of the product - PERIOD, not to mention the various goodies that can't be recycled (Like poop and CDR's)

A lot of environmentalists need to be knocked in the head. Or run into by a big, polluting garbage truck. Ever see one of these enviro-weenies drive up in a H1 or somthing? Heh.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Haha, you work for poo.

Hey, keep your crappy statements to yourself.

 

[xSauronx]

people who work for you rcity are stupid too?

who would have thought

 

[oboeguy]

It drives me nuts when people refuse to think. I feel your pain, dude.

Solid waste, eh? What a crappy job (hahaha j/k ok enough puns on your workplace).