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Post by Scrubb on Mar 1, 2015 19:38:46 GMT 2
I am currently reviewing the annual report. It is 59 pages of text and 206 pages of tables and 113 pages of figures. It is tedious and dull and I have been fooling around instead of focusing on it. I am on page 6 of the text, looking at the relevant tables and figures as I go along.
My boss is waiting for me to finish before he looks at it. (he knows I'll be super thorough, so it saves him from having to spend much time on it). He wants it by tomorrow a.m.
I MUST focus and get through it!! I will not allow myself to post here except in this thread until I am done. And I can only post progress reports here.
Ready, set, GO!
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 1, 2015 20:26:38 GMT 2
P. 8 only. Not going quickly...
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Post by welle on Mar 1, 2015 21:10:06 GMT 2
Best of luck! Go Scrubb, you can do it!
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Post by missalaska on Mar 1, 2015 22:00:08 GMT 2
Give you self rewards at increments of 5 or 10 pages.
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Post by auntieannie on Mar 2, 2015 0:25:01 GMT 2
go on. and don't forget to look into the distance every 20 minutes or so and don't forget to get some water or whatever it is you drink to hydrate yourself whilst at work at regular intervals.
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Post by Voy on Mar 2, 2015 0:57:12 GMT 2
you should be well on by now! hang in there... update us - and dive back in
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 2, 2015 2:18:42 GMT 2
Aargh. Only on p. 16. Will be back in the office after dinner tonight, burning the midnight oil...
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Post by tzarine on Mar 2, 2015 2:22:23 GMT 2
gogogogogogogogogo
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Post by outside cat @wino on Mar 2, 2015 2:30:57 GMT 2
slash the wrists time...........
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 2, 2015 3:05:50 GMT 2
Page 21... the start of a huge new section
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 2, 2015 3:39:44 GMT 2
Ok, I skipped ahead over the arduous bits and finished all the easier stuff near the end. Discovered the final 11 pages aren't text, just lists of tables/figures.
So... I still have to do p 21 to p 40 wwhich require a fine tooth comb. i'll come in early and should be able to finish most of it by lunch. Or before, if I really focus!
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Post by outside cat @wino on Mar 2, 2015 3:47:00 GMT 2
I would rather master bate to pictures of geeky than review stuff like that!
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Post by sophie on Mar 2, 2015 4:18:59 GMT 2
Get on with it.. Enough already!
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Post by kuskiwi on Mar 2, 2015 5:06:33 GMT 2
Yuk - so pleased it is you tackling that and not me. Reward yourself with a nice long walk home in the snow  |
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 2, 2015 9:06:05 GMT 2
Maybe we should block you here until you are finished  |
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Post by Gobsie on Mar 2, 2015 9:30:50 GMT 2
I think I would prefer editing an annual report rather than tackling the board minutes I need to do for a rather messy board meeting ..... let's swap Scrubbers
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 2, 2015 15:06:10 GMT 2
Ooh, I'm very good at minutes - yes, let's swap!
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 2, 2015 18:29:26 GMT 2
ARGH. Have spent 3.5 hours on 1 page (plus 15 pages of associated tables and figures). This is painful.
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Post by welle on Mar 2, 2015 20:04:05 GMT 2
Hang in there Scrubb!
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 2, 2015 20:39:04 GMT 2
Got finished to p 31. Only 3 sections left, and hopefully they won't be too painful. Have to leave it for my boss now and will get back to them tomorrow. Or late tonight.
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Post by Gobsie on Mar 3, 2015 9:28:26 GMT 2
ARGH. Have spent 3.5 hours on 1 page (plus 15 pages of associated tables and figures). This is painful. OK, my minutes are done, glad we didn't swap Good luck |
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 4, 2015 2:20:00 GMT 2
Woohoo! Completely done at last!
The 59 pages was just one major section of the overall report - I had to review 2 other sections too (about 9 pages each plus tables, but not so many) and I just finished the last of them.
I think I'll celebrate by running 6 kms as fast as I can tonight.
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Post by outside cat @wino on Mar 4, 2015 2:48:12 GMT 2
Getting ready to out run the PNG bush knives Scrubb?
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 4, 2015 5:08:14 GMT 2
You got it!
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Post by shrjeff on Mar 4, 2015 5:25:34 GMT 2
congrats, scrubbie... hope your boss appreciates the effort... of course, that's the advantage of being the boss, the right to delegate unpleasant tasks to subordinates  |
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Post by Scrubb on Mar 4, 2015 6:41:17 GMT 2
My boss is extraordinarily lazy. The previous guy in that position always gave the report a very thorough review. This guy should do the same - but I know that he never ever ever will. He'll rush through it in a couple hours and just look for grammar and so on - I doubt he makes a single comment on the actual content/data.
That's why I do the thorough review. I took on the task myself, because no one else was going to do it.
Now, of course, my boss says "I won't go into it in detail because I know you've done that" - but we all know that he wouldn't go into it in detail regardless.
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Post by shrjeff on Mar 4, 2015 8:01:38 GMT 2
he reminds me of my thesis advisor for my masters... he corrected grammar and punctuation (sometimes incorrectly) and didn't touch content - which set me up for a lot of problems in my oral defense  |
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