Sometimes you just need to scream!!!

[Supe]

So they teach you that to manage, you need to be able to "let go" and not micromanage.

Of course, it doesn't help when someone gives you the greenlight to approve something they have supposedly scrubbed like there's no tomorrow, and you spot a glaring error in about 30 seconds, you tend to not build much faith in your "underlings" as Dilbert would put it.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

My morning so far (keep in mind her cubicle is across mine and I can't move):

- Listen to co-worker complain that her daughter is mad because she got her a regular iPad and not the iPad-Mini 3 (classic First World Problem example)

- Listen to same co-worker complain that she doesn't have money to keep buying her kids this stuff (she has a HS diploma and makes over six figures because she's great at playing the office game)

- Listen to same co-worker chat for 30 mins with friends about how great her dog is and that she must take it everywhere

I'm going to need a few Irish coffee's every morning if this crap keeps up...

 

[Supe]

Why yes, thank you so much for your vessel "sketch." Your 3 black lines for the vessel shell and then your one line depicting the head radius is surely the ONLY information I need to develop a repair/replacement plan for an in-service ASME III NB vessel. To hell with those semantics like material type, thickness, or weld joint configuration.

 

[NJmike PE]

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Why yes, thank you so much for your vessel "sketch." Your 3 black lines for the vessel shell and then your one line depicting the head radius is surely the ONLY information I need to develop a repair/replacement plan for an in-service ASME III NB vessel. To hell with those semantics like material type, thickness, or weld joint configuration.

Don't you know a sketch is all you need...and it doesn't even have to be dimensionally correct. They can "make it fit", according to a bean counter I work with.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Why yes, thank you so much for your vessel "sketch." Your 3 black lines for the vessel shell and then your one line depicting the head radius is surely the ONLY information I need to develop a repair/replacement plan for an in-service ASME III NB vessel. To hell with those semantics like material type, thickness, or weld joint configuration.

Don't you know a sketch is all you need...and it doesn't even have to be dimensionally correct. They can "make it fit", according to a bean counter I work with.

Reminds me of a purchase spec I put out for a silencer to be used on a marine vessel. The vendor who shall not be named sent back a sketch. When I told the PM that we needed to request additional information he wanted to move forward with the design and couldn't understand why we needed to wait. Sometimes I really hate PMs.

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

Why yes, thank you so much for your vessel "sketch." Your 3 black lines for the vessel shell and then your one line depicting the head radius is surely the ONLY information I need to develop a repair/replacement plan for an in-service ASME III NB vessel. To hell with those semantics like material type, thickness, or weld joint configuration.

Don't you know a sketch is all you need...and it doesn't even have to be dimensionally correct. They can "make it fit", according to a bean counter I work with.

Reminds me of a purchase spec I put out for a silencer to be used on a marine vessel. The vendor who shall not be named sent back a sketch. When I told the PM that we needed to request additional information he wanted to move forward with the design and couldn't understand why we needed to wait. Sometimes I really hate PMs.

Me too...which is why I'm going back to doing mechanical work and away from PMing.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

I would like to think that experienced engineers understand the concerns of PMs. We get it - schedule/budget/quality is a concern for us too. However, in a ship where everything is space sensitive, wanting to move forward with a sketch that doesn't give you sufficient dimensions is foolhardy to say the least.

 

[Ken PE 3.1]

At what point did "checking" a job become "hey, he f'ed it up so bad we need you to re-engineer the whole job"?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

About the time it landed on your desk.

 

[Ken PE 3.1]

Thanks Dex.

 

[MA_PE]

Actually the reason calcs are "checked". It's unfortunate that they get to the final stages before anyone actually checks them. You'd think that someone was monitoring the fundamental concepts while they were generating them.

Oh well, more work for the consultants.

 

[P-E]

I HATE THE F-ING MBTA. My morning train was cancelled and afternoon train late. Now signal problems.

 

[MA_PE]

I thought they were supposed to be more committed to operating on schedule.

 

[P-E]

I thought they were supposed to be more committed to operating on schedule.

The T has always been a love/hate relationship. I love it when I'm drunk and hate it when I'm sober.

 

[Supe]

3 days in the Dominican Republic, forecasted rain for all of them!

 

[Krakosky]

That blows Supe.

 

[Supe]

As much as I hate the beach, enjoy air conditioning, and hate con-artists and watered down drinks, it may be for the best.

I am not looking forward to arriving there though. I'm being told its one of these airports where all the flights come in at once, and the damned hotel shuttle waits for EVERYONE to make it through customs. 3 hours of sitting in an airport after landing.

 

[P-E]

As much as I hate the beach, enjoy air conditioning, and hate con-artists and watered down drinks, it may be for the best.

I am not looking forward to arriving there though. I'm being told its one of these airports where all the flights come in at once, and the damned hotel shuttle waits for EVERYONE to make it through customs. 3 hours of sitting in an airport after landing.

Sounds like 3 days of good rum.

 

[SNAPE/SMOTT PE]

I happen to like the DR. Roads suck though...it's a wild ride traveling over there. Get you some mamajuana while there...not to be confused with marajuana.

Mamajuana is supposed to stand for "momma wanna".