[at-l] GOT: Business as bad as governement (was) RE: Stateworkers-non l ist related!

[nealb at midlandstech.edu (William Neal)]

I AM A STATE EMPLOYEE!!!  I work for one of the state technical colleges.  I
contribute to our state retirement fund.  Etc. Etc.  
 
BUT, I tend to agree.  Unfortunately most state employees get burned out
quick with the "runaround" of gov paperwork and rules -- bureaucracy.  
 
Unfortunately it seems to be creeping into business (big not small so far).
Time Warner is redoing our apt. bldg. so we can have digital cable and
hi-speed internet access.  I got one day's notice that they were coming into
my apt.  They did not say what they were going to do.  So I moved everything
out of the storage closet except for the side away from where my current
cable connection comes into the apt.  Came back after work and found that
they had moved that stuff out of the way.  But it was over.  Wasn't it?
They said so.  Then they came back and had less than 24 hrs. warning.  So I
moved everything out this time.  They did not come back.  Now our cable
connection is coming and going.  And they say its the sub-contractor's fault
and the sub-contractor says its....  No-one knows what's going on!!!
 
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
To all those who suffer from government incompetents or from stupid rules, I
apologize.
 
William, The Turtle
 
PS    One last example of gov and business incompentency: One time last
winter, we were expecting out checks.  I get mine deposited to the state
credit union.  I went by the bank before going to work.  No money.  I
checked.  Apparently Bank of America had a glitch -- they are our college's
bank.  They are suppose to cover the checks on the last business day of the
month.  Monday was a national holiday, and so money should have been
deposited on Friday.  I spent most of the day gently hasseling the payroll
dept. and the credit union.  The CU gave us an advance based on our previous
deposits.  And payroll called most of the other banks on records and
arranged something through them: I understand they agreed to cover any
special charges those banks might place on their custormers.  Bank of
America's attitude?  Ho-hum.

-----Original Message-----
From: jeff peets [mailto:peetsjeff@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 6:02 PM
To: KellyGoVols@aol.com; nealb@midlandstech.edu;
at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: State workers-non list related!



You think STATE employees are bad?

You oughtta try getting ANYTHING done in the military side of the Federal
Employees!

I have just recently been told I had to submit certian paperwork concerning
my upcoming move in 7 CALANDAR days-no big deal right?

The first two offices I go to to accomplish said paperwork tell me their
office has 10 WORKING days to accomplish their paperwork and I should check
back with them then.

Passports typically take 90-120 days, I have just under 90 days until I
leave, we go today to get passports done and are told we need the paperwork
that I have 7 days to turn in, signed and submitted, before they can give me
the paperwork to REQUEST passports.  SO... two weeks from now I when I get
the other stuff done, I can turn in the 7 day paperwork, and pray that my
passports come back in less than 60 days!!

I do agree that it is the rules most of the time, but the morons should know
they can't have what they need in 7 days if they other guys take 10 to get
it done.






  _____  

Jeff W Peets 
Asst. Cubmaster 
Pack 170 
988-1573 
>From: KellyGoVols@aol.com 
>To: nealb@midlandstech.edu, at-l@mailman.backcountry.net 
>Subject: Re: [at-l] AT-L license plates 
>Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:51:08 EDT 
> 
>In a message dated 8/11/2003 10:37:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>nealb@midlandstech.edu writes: 
> 
> > State employees are not necessarily ineffiecient. Particularly when they

> > start out. It's the $%##&**@ rules and paper work that makes them that
way. 
> > 
> 
>You are never going to convince me that State employees aren't idiots.
There 
>are exceptions to every rule, however, and college professors, librarians, 
>etc., would probably be part of this exception. The bottom line is, the 
>majority of them are all freaking idiot morons from hell, put here on earth
to make 
>my life miserable. So there. 
> 
>GoVols 
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