The Company Loves Me. The Have Sent Me a Friend.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Not only that, you got paid to do it too.

THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT PEOPLE.

Needs to be ramped up a bit more tomorrow.

[Eater of Clowns]

I love this thread.

TGRR is the drill sergeant to humanity's boot camp.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I love this thread.

TGRR is the drill sergeant to humanity's boot camp.

You know, this is actually nothing like my time in the army.  There is a superficial similarity, but the truth is that I had very real constraints on my behavior then, and none at all now.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

This is what happens when they don't get THE CURE.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I have received an email from one of the big guys in Germany.  It seems that a young American process engineer has shamed himself badly, and is being sent back from Germany.  He is considered salvageable, as he seems to be some kind of genius. 

So for reasons that are murky at best, he is being sent to Tucson and assigned to me.  Fear me, for I am now apparently Father Confessor or some shit.  ANYWAY, I am told by those in charge that I am to mould this embryonic engineer into something that can be allowed out into traffic without offending Europeans and South Africans.  Yes.  He offends South Africans.  Which is sort of like offending a particularly callous Icelander.

My time to prepare for this is "mayonaise", as he is already in Tucson, and I meet him in, oh, 12 minutes.  I've at least had time to read his file and the long list of grievances he has generated.  He does not seem to be a particularly nice person.

I shall update you as this moves forward.  This seems to be the best chance to bray laughter so far this year.

THEY'RE GIVING YOU A PET ENGINEER???

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm guessing he makes some kind of complaint about you by the end of the day. Probably about 16:55, or as close to it as possible.

15 minutes ago (more or less the moment he left my office).  I have just recieved a cheerfully malevolent email from the stratospheric levels of the company that I am kicking that ass.

I have never seen such gleeful schadenfreude in an actual German person.

This whole affair is absolutely delightful.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm still trying to figure out of you paraphrased the conversation or if the HOLY happens irl

I've spent time with him, the HOLY leaks out of him on a consistent basis and sometimes it gushes.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I have received an email from one of the big guys in Germany.  It seems that a young American process engineer has shamed himself badly, and is being sent back from Germany.  He is considered salvageable, as he seems to be some kind of genius. 

So for reasons that are murky at best, he is being sent to Tucson and assigned to me.  Fear me, for I am now apparently Father Confessor or some shit.  ANYWAY, I am told by those in charge that I am to mould this embryonic engineer into something that can be allowed out into traffic without offending Europeans and South Africans.  Yes.  He offends South Africans.  Which is sort of like offending a particularly callous Icelander.

My time to prepare for this is "mayonaise", as he is already in Tucson, and I meet him in, oh, 12 minutes.  I've at least had time to read his file and the long list of grievances he has generated.  He does not seem to be a particularly nice person.

I shall update you as this moves forward.  This seems to be the best chance to bray laughter so far this year.

THEY'RE GIVING YOU A PET ENGINEER???

I have a new lease on life.   

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm still trying to figure out of you paraphrased the conversation or if the HOLY happens irl

I've spent time with him, the HOLY leaks out of him on a consistent basis and sometimes it gushes.

Usually while doing a u-turn at 30 MPH on 4th avenue, IIRC.   

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I think I have finally found all the fun I ever wanted.

I think he has, too.  He just doesn't know it yet.

I think he's found MORE. Possible A LOT MORE fun than he ever wanted.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm starting to think one of the most effective things a Morale Officer can do is create real morale.  Not "Ice Cream Wednesdays," or "there's donuts in the break room," but to ruminate and generate behaviors and attitues and practices that honestly make the workplace a better place to be.


That's really hard to do, sometimes.

No, it's not that hard.  You pay people what they're worth, you don't make them miserable to show how big your johnson is, and you use a lot of discretion when discipline cases come up.  Also, you give them the credit when they have a good idea.  I'm wasn't hired to have good ideas, I was hired to hire people that have good ideas.  You reward team players and sanction lone wolves.

There is no need for misery at the workplace.  In fact, it's counterproductive.

This shouldn't be rocket science.

You should give seminars on this shit, because most of the corporate world still thinks it's about dick-measuring contests and making people feel like shit.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm still trying to figure out of you paraphrased the conversation or if the HOLY happens irl

I've spent time with him, the HOLY leaks out of him on a consistent basis and sometimes it gushes.

Usually while doing a u-turn at 30 MPH on 4th avenue, IIRC.   

Scared my ex half to death.  I swear his eyes were bugging out of his head.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm still trying to figure out of you paraphrased the conversation or if the HOLY happens irl

I've spent time with him, the HOLY leaks out of him on a consistent basis and sometimes it gushes.

Usually while doing a u-turn at 30 MPH on 4th avenue, IIRC.   

Scared my ex half to death.  I swear his eyes were bugging out of his head.

That's how I roll
Beat up jeep outta control

[/LMFAO]

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm starting to think one of the most effective things a Morale Officer can do is create real morale.  Not "Ice Cream Wednesdays," or "there's donuts in the break room," but to ruminate and generate behaviors and attitues and practices that honestly make the workplace a better place to be.


That's really hard to do, sometimes.

No, it's not that hard.  You pay people what they're worth, you don't make them miserable to show how big your johnson is, and you use a lot of discretion when discipline cases come up.  Also, you give them the credit when they have a good idea.  I'm wasn't hired to have good ideas, I was hired to hire people that have good ideas.  You reward team players and sanction lone wolves.

There is no need for misery at the workplace.  In fact, it's counterproductive.

This shouldn't be rocket science.

You should give seminars on this shit, because most of the corporate world still thinks it's about dick-measuring contests and making people feel like shit.

And then when things get worse, they DOUBLE-DOWN.

Because they are rubes.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I think I have finally found all the fun I ever wanted.

I think he has, too.  He just doesn't know it yet.

I think he's found MORE. Possible A LOT MORE fun than he ever wanted.

Too much is always better than not enough.