True Stories from the Australian Public Circus [two]

Author: DexX

Date: April 16, 2002

by DexX
4-16-02
May...
We are setting up performance monitoring for you. How many accounts can you get through on an average day?
Well, if there are a lot of them there, I would say... eighty or so. Maybe a hundred, but why is this necessary?
October...
You said you could do a hundred a day, but for the past few months you have rarely done more than sixty!
I had been in the job for a month when you asked me that question! I estimated incorrectly!
February...
You're still not doing a hundred a day. Let's ignore the fact that the demand dropped over Christmas...
...leaving me with an average of only twenty a day to actually process! Are you deliberately trying to drive me insane here?