May 28, 2008 15:49
Violet: So first they have us replace "Collective" in the product names with "Management." Do you know how many product names there are? But that's okay, I can handle that. I'm adaptive. I can handle change. I do it, with a minimum of grumbling. Okay?
Lanna: With you so far.
Violet: Then, we release the product. It's finished. Everything is updated. Eyes dotted. Tees crossed. Finished.
Lanna: Yea!
Violet: So what do they do? They demand that we reopen the product to make a name change. And it's not to a different name, one no one has ever heard of, something exotic, or mysterious. It's back to "Collective!" And it's not just like we can toss out all of the other work we did for the release and regress to previous versions. We've got to back into the product and the documentation and change "Management" BACK to "collective!" ARGH!
Emma: You'll have to excuse Violet, she's got anger management, excuse me, I mean anger collective issues.
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Emma: ...And that's exactly what happened.
Solies: What did Lanna do?
Emma: Oh, she was a big help. She congratulated Violet on the faint "yip" I made as my limp body careened to the floor.
Solies: Well, that's fair.
lattice1,
lanna,
faint yip,
that's fair,
solies,
and that's exactly what happened,
emma,
violet