ACCESS FEED: Re: [MS_AccessPros] Rant

Jumat, 13 April 2012

Re: [MS_AccessPros] Rant - was E-mail on Change

LOL - I love that kind of logic.

Bill

--- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Jones" <jpjones23@...> wrote:
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> This thread reminds me of a "manager" years ago who got upset with me when
> the requested changes to an existing program included a report reflecting
> transactions sent to another department. The report had required a third
> internal sort in the COBOL program and was a pain to create.
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> Her comment was "I don't want a HUMAN to have to look at the report." I
> said OK and ripped out the third sort and report. Two weeks later she came
> to me asking how she was supposed to know which transactions had been sent
> to the other department. My response, "I don't know. The report that no
> one was supposed to look at provided that information."
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> Apparently my response was OK as she went away and left me alone.
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> Yet another managerial example reflecting the little used "Thought is
> Required" practice.
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> Jeff
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> From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Lloyd
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:16 PM
> To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [MS_AccessPros] Rant - was E-mail on Change
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> Been there, done that, myself. The amazing thing is that usually we do
> manage to produce what we said we could do despite the subsequent re-think.
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> Isn't there a famous U.S. military quote, "The impossible just takes a
> little longer."
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> Glenn
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> From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
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> [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Bill Mosca
> Sent: April-13-12 12:06 PM
> To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
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> Subject: [MS_AccessPros] Rant - was E-mail on Change
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> Glenn
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> I moved this out of the OP since we've hijacked it.
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> I get requests that make me cringe all the time. I just say, "Of course I
> can do that!. I can make Access do anything except walk my dog. And if I can
> figure out how to make it snap on the leash, I'll be able to do that, too."
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> Then I go back to my desk and think "How the blazes am I going to pull this
> one off?!"
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> Bill
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> --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
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> <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com> , "Glenn Lloyd"
> <argeedblu@> wrote:
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> > LOL Bill,
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> > I have long been aware of how little bosses (and, truth be known) really
> > understand of the intricacies of other people's work. What appears simple
> on
> > the surface frequently turns out to be anything but simple. I often
> > encounter an unstated assumption that knowing how to use an application is
> > all a person needs to use the application effectively and efficiently.
> "The
> > computer does it all." So I find people with absolutely no math skills
> > trying to learn to use Excel at their boss's behest. And, of course, all
> you
> > need to know to build an efficient database is be proficient at using the
> > Access interface. Data and requirements analyses?? Why waste time on that
> > S***. Just use Access to do it all.
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> > Apologies for the rant. I know I am preaching to the choir.
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> >
> > Glenn
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