Re: Lumberg! (was Ruffled Feathers)

[Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- att -dot- net>]

Andrew Plato wrote:
> 
> "Bonnie Granat" wrote
> 
> > I wonder who's the real control freak.
> > Basic respect for others would seem to
> > demand that one not act like a child
> > about rules and procedures created long
> > before one came on the scene.
> 
> Just because a rule exists does not mean you follow it blindly. I never said
> disobey *all* rules, just the petty pointless ones like the original
> predicament that spawned this entire thread. I think professionals have a right
> to decide when they think a rule/procedure is necessary to getting a job done
> correctly.
> 
> To me, that is the utmost respect you can give a professional. Let them chart
> their own course to success and keep the procedures to a minimum.
> 


Until you're a manager, blindly
following rules or talking with your
supervisor about your concerns are all
you've legitimately got.
You do not know the particular
circumstances involved, but even if the
rule were determined to be as you say,
the poster can continue his mode of
consulting with the SME *without*
passive aggression.

> > The advice Andrew is giving is
> > unprofessional and destructive.
> > Following it may well get you fired.
> 
> It won't get you fired if you can demonstrate that petty bureaucracy isn't
> important to get a job done well. Results make a much bigger impression than
> procedures.

You have no right to judge the rule as
petty. You know nothing about the
circumstances. Maybe it's a stupid rule,
but may'be it's not. We do not have all
the facts. I cannot therefore agree that
the poster should proceed as if it were.

> 
> > Professional respect is vital. Without
> > it, you have an office full of Andrew's,
> > which to me would be like working in a
> > nuthouse.
> 
> Well, that is probably true.  It is quite a nuthouse here. But we have a lot of
> fun and get a lot of work done.
> 
>

By the way, I appreciated your posting
the technical test you give. I found the
entire thread most enlightening.

Bonnie Granat

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