Spare Change

Workplace Ideology

Posted by Bryan

Culled, edited from an email:

Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.


Process and Procedure are the last hiding place of people without the wit
and wisdom to do their job properly.


Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.


Every time you open your mouth you have this wonderful ability to
continually confirm what I think.

It's the team that matters. Where would The Beatles be without Ringo? If
John got Yoko to play drums the history of music would be completely different.


There's no 'I' in 'team'. But then there's no 'I' in 'useless smug
colleague', either. And there's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. Go figure.


Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results
in promotion to a job you can't do.


Quitters never win, winners never quit. But those who never win and never
quit are idiots.


Statistics are like a lamp-post to a drunken man - more for leaning on
than illumination.


A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or
just half of someone else's?


I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just
some jerk with a torch, bringing me more work.