So, the phrase "don't confuse me with the facts" gets thrown around all the time, in a joking fashion. I've never run into anyone who actually thinks that way, until I had a meeting with management last week.
Our inventory (I work at a lumber yard--with about 11 million dollars worth of product in the yard) has been off fairly regularly lately. We go out and count once a month, and we're routinely missing one or two thousand dollars worth of stuff. It's a tiny percentage, given the total amount, but they want to find out where it is.
So, everyone who has a job that affects inventory management (including myself) has to go in front of the bosses. My job was scrutinized, and, supposedly they were going to streamline the processes and make everything run smoother. Supposedly.
The problem, they said, is that not all of the work is getting finished on time. This is true. (That's because my counterpart, Jennifer, and I are doing the work of three employees.)
So, this is management's solution: Instead of the current 48-hour turn-around time on all my work, they want it done in 4 or 5 hours. This, they say, will solve all the problems.
"So," says I, "if it can't be done in 48 hours, how do you expect me to get it done in 4?"
They replied: "Well, let's just try it and see how it goes."
Me: "You're loony."
(That's not verbatim, but that's the gist of it.)
Anyway, if you don't see me much on the forum for the next little while, this is why.