When all else fails....spreadsheet it to death!

I hate redundancy. Our timesheets are an exercise in triple the redundancy we need to have

8 hours times five written out not once, or even merely twice but THREE times. How incredibly absurd! How is the information from column A going to change when it gets to Column B or C - especially when overtime has been deemed unacceptable at any time. Then you have to log the time you go to lunch and the time you get back. It's just frankly, rather ridiculous. I have the same lunch time each day, every day...it doesn't vary, doesn't waver. I swear whoever thinks these things up is either bored, has to justify thier position in the company OR has stock in Microsmurf Excel and truly ENJOYS doing spreadsheets.

The dictionary where I work must go something like this:

Redundant - (see 'redundant')

Spreadsheets are a tool, and tools should be wielded properly, not be making us slaves to them! *sighing*

I will be glad when I can be at the store all the time, rather than answering the same question, over and over and over again.

No one is going to believe me BUT

HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!

I just talked to Rita Moreno on the phone. Yes, this is the same lady who was in The King and I with Yul Brynner, and the same person that was on that kid's show on PBS, the Electric Company. She was calling to find out how to get some Earl Gray tea decafinated, as she had just been on a trip recently and was served the best Earl Gray she had ever had in her life. Where could she find it in California. I mentioned Whole Foods and Wild Oats and she was absolutely ecstatic!

She was a MUCH NICER person than last week's celebrity call -in! Ms. Moreno is just a really neat lady and proof positive that you do not need to be an insufferable person if you are a celebrity. ;-)

Ok, for all you customer service types - or if you have EVER had to deal with a rude person

Need I say more?