Rant Bits

Wow, a whole month without writing something. I've been busy. But now for some little rant-bits.

Why is it that on some days when I don't get into work until just after 9, when pretty much every secretary and clerk is in, no one has bothered to make a pot of coffee? I have no problems making it the days I'm in the office first (or even second) at 8 a.m., but its incredibly annoying to find no coffee made when I arrive at 9:15. I know I'm not the only one who drinks the stuff.

Why does my boss ask me to find/copy documents for him for his deposition? Isn't that what secretaries or clerks are for? I know he keeps his secretary very busy, so get one of our clerks to do it. If he doesn't think they are capable (which is clearly possible, because I have the same gripe), then maybe we should hire at least one competent clerk? At least he doesn't complain when I bill time for "prepare documents for deposition, .4".

And speaking of clerks, really how hard is it to copy the pages with colored tabs on them and keep them in the same order? Is the phrase "copy all pages in the paperclip" that difficult to understand? Is the instruction upon being handed a 2 inch stack of documents to "copy everything" and not just the two pages with a color tab on them that hard to comprehend? Do we really need a file folder that says "Plaintiffs A, B, C, D's responses to Defendants' X, Y and Z (all completely spelled out) Expert, Fact and Witness Interrogatories" instead of just Plaintiffs' responses to Defendants' Rogs"?

I love that my husband has taken more of an interest in cooking because he really can cook well. But he seems to only want to cook the meat/fish, leaving me to do the veggies/pasta/rice/potatoes, etc. So now, instead of my planning everything and timing everything, I have to read his mind as to when to start cooking the veggies, which take 3 times as long as the meat/fish. Half the time, I just hear him start cooking and now I have to throw something together in 5 minutes or have us eat dinner in two parts. I love that he wants too cook. How about the whole meal, maybe? Its not really saving me time by him doing one small part.

And I'm so tired of people on the subway who make it difficult for other people to sit on the seats. Whether they completely block the seats with stuff or their bodies, or they refuse to move over, or they move over but then almost immediately make you get up again because they're getting off the next exit, or they make you stand up while the train is in motion several minutes before the next stop, or they insist on being the first person off the train so they block the door, etc.

Nice to get that stuff off my chest.