Monday, July 18, 2005
Is this known as adding value?
I was shown this ridiculous exchange of emails:
Mr. B: I've created the files for updating and they are available on this location : \\onetwothree\fourfive. Please grab the files from that location and drop them into the test environment
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Ms K: Please create a bug report.
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Mr. B: Bug report created.
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Ms K: Where's the files?
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Mr. B: Location provided in this mail thread and in bug report.
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Ms K: Please put the files into the designated folder.
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Mr. B: Okay... where's the designated folder?
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Ms K: The designated folder is under the drop folder.
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Mr. B: *must be thinking --- holy crap* where's the designated folder?
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Ms K: It's on the system's main share path.
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Mr. B: Okay... where's the designated folder???????
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Ms K: It's on \\amazinglystupidteam\share\drop
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And that was the end of the thread, at least the one i saw.
The exchange took more than 2 hours.
And this is value add??
Mr. B: I've created the files for updating and they are available on this location : \\onetwothree\fourfive. Please grab the files from that location and drop them into the test environment
- reply
Ms K: Please create a bug report.
- reply
Mr. B: Bug report created.
- reply
Ms K: Where's the files?
- reply
Mr. B: Location provided in this mail thread and in bug report.
- reply
Ms K: Please put the files into the designated folder.
- reply
Mr. B: Okay... where's the designated folder?
- reply
Ms K: The designated folder is under the drop folder.
- reply
Mr. B: *must be thinking --- holy crap* where's the designated folder?
- reply
Ms K: It's on the system's main share path.
- reply
Mr. B: Okay... where's the designated folder???????
- reply
Ms K: It's on \\amazinglystupidteam\share\drop
- reply
And that was the end of the thread, at least the one i saw.
The exchange took more than 2 hours.
And this is value add??
agree, amazingly stupid.