Friday, February 11, 2005
Hey, Alana. Can I get the keys to the supply closet, please?
MG, you know you can't just get the keys.
Okay, can I please get the keys to the supply closet so I can get a box of paperclips?
No, I don't need to know what you're getting. You need to log on to the S.N.M.
Alana, what?
Real mature, MG. The Supply Network Manager? It's the new tracking database software for our office supplies. You'd know about it if you paid any attention at all at the last meeting.
Oh. Right. Okay, look. I just need some paperclips.
Which is exactly why they have the program. Like they explained at the meeting, you just log on, find the product code for what you need, enter the quantity you're requesting, and bring me back a print-out of the confirmation email. Then we can go ahead with that.
How do I log on? Do I need a password?
There's an icon on everybody's desktop.
I've never seen it.
You probably wouldn't even notice it, if you're on the internet all the time. You just have to click on it and follow the instructions to get your login ID, and after you have that, you send an email to IT to get your password, and then you're in the system.
Alana, you have the supply closet key. I need paperclips. Paperclips. It's gonna take me all morning to log on to that thing, if it's even installed on my computer, which I doubt. Could I just--
Well, that's why they told everyone to go log in and familiarize themselves with the system after that meeting. You'd know that if--
Okay, okay. I wasn't paying attention at the meeting. Guilty! You got me. Can I please just borrow from you, co-worker to co-worker, a small handful of paperclips.
MG, that would go against the entire point of the tracking system. I don't want to get myself in trouble just because you were doodling during a meeting. You have to take responsibility for your actions. You don't have to look at me like that. I'm trying to help you see that your actions have consequences.
MG, you know you can't just get the keys.
Okay, can I please get the keys to the supply closet so I can get a box of paperclips?
No, I don't need to know what you're getting. You need to log on to the S.N.M.
Alana, what?
Real mature, MG. The Supply Network Manager? It's the new tracking database software for our office supplies. You'd know about it if you paid any attention at all at the last meeting.
Oh. Right. Okay, look. I just need some paperclips.
Which is exactly why they have the program. Like they explained at the meeting, you just log on, find the product code for what you need, enter the quantity you're requesting, and bring me back a print-out of the confirmation email. Then we can go ahead with that.
How do I log on? Do I need a password?
There's an icon on everybody's desktop.
I've never seen it.
You probably wouldn't even notice it, if you're on the internet all the time. You just have to click on it and follow the instructions to get your login ID, and after you have that, you send an email to IT to get your password, and then you're in the system.
Alana, you have the supply closet key. I need paperclips. Paperclips. It's gonna take me all morning to log on to that thing, if it's even installed on my computer, which I doubt. Could I just--
Well, that's why they told everyone to go log in and familiarize themselves with the system after that meeting. You'd know that if--
Okay, okay. I wasn't paying attention at the meeting. Guilty! You got me. Can I please just borrow from you, co-worker to co-worker, a small handful of paperclips.
MG, that would go against the entire point of the tracking system. I don't want to get myself in trouble just because you were doodling during a meeting. You have to take responsibility for your actions. You don't have to look at me like that. I'm trying to help you see that your actions have consequences.
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