I could write each day's entry with the things that went wrong, the things that make me less productive, or the things which worry me the most. It might be enjoyable to vent... to relieve stress and to pass on the blame to things external to myself. There is really nothing wrong with ithat as long as I acknowledge that I do have influence on many of the things which bother me and that merely griping about issues does nothing to make them better.
That being said, I want to say that I absolutely hate dealing with overly complicated things like medical insurance. The rules about whom you can and cannot see, and when you can change your policy seem to be in place solely to confuse people. Most people who are part of that system are victims too. Listening to their soulless voices droning about co-payments and coverage limits elicits nearly equal amounts of revulsion and compassion from me. I only hope they can leave their work behind them at the end of the day, otherwise they would probably appear to be night-time shambling wrecks stumbling from place to place, not unlike zombies or some homeless people.
The former paragraph described something that really is somewhat out of my control. I can't be a responsible husband and father without taking care of such things. As an example of something I do have influence over, there is a certain co-worker, let us call him "Eric", who seems hell-bent on destroying my sanity. Ask him to summarize how his work is going and he will give you some information about his progress. The problem is that he leaves so much necessary information out of his reports that you cannot really use any of the information he has provided. He has not isolated the cause of a problem or at least not reported enough information to convince you that he has. When you ask him to clarify anything, one of two things happen. The new information directly conflicts with the original information, or the new information is inherently self-contradictory. His deductive processes are erratic and not well thought out. If I had to give a real world analogy, I'd say he is like someone whom upon finding their car won't start, tries pumping up the tires. After that fails to fix the problem, he calls you, the tire supplier, and complains about the defective tires you gave him. Agggh.
I've tried my best to patiently explain my thought processes to him... How you need to reduce the number of variables to pinpoint which one is causative. I tell him which experiments I would perform. It does not seem to help. Perhaps he is attempting to avoid work by seeming incompetent, hoping others will do his work for him? A very dangerous tactic in today's economy... My best and perhaps only recourse is to just report that what he has for me isn't suitable, and let his direct boss deal with him. I'll set criteria and if they haven't been satisfied, I shouldn't even talk to the guy. There! I feel better!
That being said, I want to say that I absolutely hate dealing with overly complicated things like medical insurance. The rules about whom you can and cannot see, and when you can change your policy seem to be in place solely to confuse people. Most people who are part of that system are victims too. Listening to their soulless voices droning about co-payments and coverage limits elicits nearly equal amounts of revulsion and compassion from me. I only hope they can leave their work behind them at the end of the day, otherwise they would probably appear to be night-time shambling wrecks stumbling from place to place, not unlike zombies or some homeless people.
The former paragraph described something that really is somewhat out of my control. I can't be a responsible husband and father without taking care of such things. As an example of something I do have influence over, there is a certain co-worker, let us call him "Eric", who seems hell-bent on destroying my sanity. Ask him to summarize how his work is going and he will give you some information about his progress. The problem is that he leaves so much necessary information out of his reports that you cannot really use any of the information he has provided. He has not isolated the cause of a problem or at least not reported enough information to convince you that he has. When you ask him to clarify anything, one of two things happen. The new information directly conflicts with the original information, or the new information is inherently self-contradictory. His deductive processes are erratic and not well thought out. If I had to give a real world analogy, I'd say he is like someone whom upon finding their car won't start, tries pumping up the tires. After that fails to fix the problem, he calls you, the tire supplier, and complains about the defective tires you gave him. Agggh.
I've tried my best to patiently explain my thought processes to him... How you need to reduce the number of variables to pinpoint which one is causative. I tell him which experiments I would perform. It does not seem to help. Perhaps he is attempting to avoid work by seeming incompetent, hoping others will do his work for him? A very dangerous tactic in today's economy... My best and perhaps only recourse is to just report that what he has for me isn't suitable, and let his direct boss deal with him. I'll set criteria and if they haven't been satisfied, I shouldn't even talk to the guy. There! I feel better!
