ajm

I've seen a few over the years, but there is this girl in our office who insists on printing everything on paper and then handing it to you. For example, if someone emails her and she needs to forward it on she will print it and then hand it to them!

Generally my tolerance for this is very low and if someone does this I will bin the paper infront of them and tell them to email it to me, but I didn't have an opportunity this time....

Yesterday I asked her to type up some numbers into a spreadsheet (so I could import them into an application) and I found out this morning that she went and printed out the spreadsheet and put it in my pigeon hole ffs!!!!

I went into her directory to find the file and it wasn't there, the silly tart had deleted it. I have found it on last night's backup though.

So, should I:

a) recover the file and get on with it
b) don't tell her about the backup and make her type it all again to teach her a lesson

ChrisB

b)

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

b)

mj

has she been shown how to forward mail, attach stuff etc?

if so then B

if not, show her, and A

little miss fire

Same as mj said! She can't be expected to know if she hasn't been shown, but if she has been shown - tell her you need to electronically in order to import it.

boxst

Hello

BUT after she has typed it, you should show her how to send it to you via e-mail just to make sure and say that it is how you would like communication in the future.

Steve.

ajm

For the avoidance of doubt, she knows how to attach files and I told her I needed it electronically. And in any case why on earth would I give her some figures on one bit of paper and want the same figures back on a different bit of paper??

Looks like she's going to be busy this morning!

mj

ok the, B it is


to hammer the point home, when he has completed it, could you accidentally delete it for her???

Jye

I take it she's not attractive then

Clarebabes

I think the amount of paper we use has got worse over the last few years. We are all so dependent on computers, but I also have a girl in my office who spends hours every day for "research" printing out various websites etc. I feel like showing her how to book mark sites, but I can't be arsed.

And we are a document management company who is trying to get people to use less paper by implementing specialised software!

Diablo

So posts the social luddite

ajm

Jye I'm disappointed in you! Her appearance would have no bearing on the way I treat her......







ok, yep she's a minger!

mj

ok, before you set her about her task, you can also change the keyboard to egyptian

The Zohan

B) but once she has retyped it show her how she could have recovered it if she took the time to find out how things work - wokk smarter not harder.

Oh and it is easy to say B this but has she had any proper training, not just 10 mins of someone showing her on her induction?

ajm

Hey, I never said I was a socialite! (sociopath maybe!)

Besides no one could be in your league of online "sociability", grooming innocent Scoobynetters in to meeting you!

Diablo

Nothing "innocent" about them

suprabeast

maybe you should tell her that saving the work that she does is also useful.. in todays world of massive hard drives and whatever else, a few excel spreadsheets hardly take up room

ajm

Ok here's what I have done so far:-

1) Recovered the file and imported it into the application so my shedule remains unaffected
2) Told her that a piece of paper is useless, please can she email the file as per original instructions
3) Now watching her faff around and get all flustered trying to find the file

I could be a complete b*stard here but I think I'll give her 10 mins and then copy the file back into her directory and let her "find" it. Never say that ajm cannot show compassion!

Redkop

Meaning?

Redkop

Could be?

Drunken Bungle Whore

Are you sure about this....? Doesn't really sound like she does. I echo the earlier though - has she had proper training or just you leaning over her keyboard and showing how it's done......?

ajm

She probably hasn't had any formal office suite training, but then neither have I!

The proof, however, is in the pudding... File just arrived in my inbox about 15 mins after I "planted" it back in her home directory for her... so it appears she is perfectly capable of attaching files.

Duely sent her back a thank you email (for her to print ) and will leave the matter at that. She's happy, I'm happy and now she knows what "send it to me electronically" means. There really is no better way to learn to swim than having your head held under in the deep end!

ajm

Well I'm not alone! It would appear from the results that 90% of Scoobynetters are complete b*stards and would have me make her type it all again! LOL!

ScoobyDoo555

You've done what I would have done.

Sorted

until next time - THEN tear her a new A-hole

Drunken Bungle Whore

Well, you're obivously a fabulous manager - you are clearly convinced that she is easily your intellectual equal and able to pick things up as quickly and accurately as your good self. If only all managers trusted their staff this way and rated them so highly......

jasey

Had I guy work for me once - Gave him a package adressed to some company in Engerland (We're in Scotland). Asked him to "pop it in the post".

Following day I'm going through my post and this package is in my in tray.

Carl had taken the package I had given him and assumed that "Pop this in the Post" meant take this down to the post room and put it in my In tray so I can get it back in the morning.

I Kid you not - There are some real Idiots out there.

B

Redkop

All male no doubt! How very macho

ajm

I think Clarebabes and Scoobychick may have something to say about that! Trust a woman to turn an incompetance issue into a gender one!

Redkop

But you don't know what I voted ajm

ajm

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