Dispatch from DesWorld #2

[angledge]

On Thursday, I was complaining to Des about some maps he’d had me produce for a project. "Des," I grumbled, "these maps aren’t even to scale!"

"They don’t need a scale. Just print them out, all right?" he replied.

"But Des, in our contract, we said we were going to follow the ASTM standard for this report. And the ASTM standard specifies scaled maps!"

"Oh, tish-tosh! We say a lot of things."

So there you have it: contractual language is null & void. WTF does "tish-tosh" mean, anyway?

Dispatch from DesWorld #1.

Dispatch from DesWorld #3.

Comments

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm not shaking in my boots over this. I am a smart corporate drone - I DOCUMENTED my objection with an email.

*smiles beatifically from behind the +1 Shield of CYA*

And I'm not really worried that the client is going to care - I don't think they've ever read the ASTM Standard, so they won't know we didn't follow it. Also, I highly doubt anyone actually reads these stupid reports, anyway.

The point of this post is the same as the point of all DesWorld Dispatches - pointing out that I work for a lunatic.

[ataralas.livejournal.com]

dude, I wish I could generate a +1 shield of CYA. All I usually ever manage is a +0.2...