Manager == Cat Herder
Sometimes I feel like my days are filled with herding cats. All I seem to do is go from one person to the next asking about XYZ, is XYZ done yet, if not, when is XYZ expected. The people respond with Oh XYZ isn't done yet because I've had to spend my time on EFG. And then I have to say no, no, no, we need XYZ. Of course the reason I ask people about XYZ is because there are other people asking me about XYZ, ABC, and 123. I guess Business is really just Hierarchical Cat Herding. The Fat Cat at the top herds the next group of cats below, which then herds the cats below them . . .