> ...he never responded. Eventually I tracked down his desk in the vast corporate complex and paid him a visit. He was pleasant but told me that he wasn't even on the access control project and he thought it had probably been canceled at some point...
I love it. A co-worker of mine told a similar story. For at least six months, his only regular responsibility was to compile a report every week and email it to a distribution list for the headquarters one echelon above us. It wasn't a ton of work, but it was all manual and he was meticulous. He dutifully did this without any feedback until someone finally replied to simply say, "We do not require this report, and have never required it. You may choose to either continue or discontinue sending it."
BS: "Well just a second there, professor. We uh, we fixed the glitch. So he won't be receiving a paycheck anymore, so it will just work itself out naturally."
BP: 'We always like to avoid confrontation, whenever possible. Problem solved from your end.'
I love it. A co-worker of mine told a similar story. For at least six months, his only regular responsibility was to compile a report every week and email it to a distribution list for the headquarters one echelon above us. It wasn't a ton of work, but it was all manual and he was meticulous. He dutifully did this without any feedback until someone finally replied to simply say, "We do not require this report, and have never required it. You may choose to either continue or discontinue sending it."