My Official Whinge Thread

[Taezar]

My To Do List is over a page long at 6.15pm and I fly out to SYD tomorrow - leaving office with some 55kg of luggage btwn two of us (not including our cabin bags and laptops).
Seriously, I have spent approximately 2.5 hours at my desk this week, and I have all this stuff to do, and if I don't do it, then it sits till Tuesday (which is currently back to back meetings) - and then it rolls to Wednesday (which I am spending offsite). I never seem to catch up after I travel.
I love my job, I love my company, but I hate going away for work because it means 3 times as much before I go and 3 times as much when I get back!!!
Love and kisses
The Whinging Panda
AKA Taez
XOXO

 

[Bundy Bear]

My To Do List is over a page long at 6.15pm and I fly out to SYD tomorrow - leaving office with some 55kg of luggage btwn two of us (not including our cabin bags and laptops).
Seriously, I have spent approximately 2.5 hours at my desk this week, and I have all this stuff to do, and if I don't do it, then it sits till Tuesday (which is currently back to back meetings) - and then it rolls to Wednesday (which I am spending offsite). I never seem to catch up after I travel.
I love my job, I love my company, but I hate going away for work because it means 3 times as much before I go and 3 times as much when I get back!!!
Love and kisses
The Whinging Panda
AKA Taez
XOXO

And your desk is untidy as well.

I have those similar problems so JOIN THE CLUB.

 

[Taezar]

And your desk is untidy as well.

Sorry BundyBear but an untidy desk is not something I can cope with. While I am away there will be a nice pile of cases on my laptop stand.

As to my work, I gave up and am now in my PJ's and about to crawl into bed. Packing tomorrow before I leave for the office to pick up all the collateral.

 

[serfty]

As far as my desk goes, some may consider it untidy.

However, I find it very functional.

I employ the "Volcano System"; whatever is currently or perennially important is regularly dug up from near the top of what's on my desk; things that are not so important by nature gravitate to the bottom.

Out of date things simply fall off the back of the desk and (generally) are never seen again.

 

[nlagalle]

As far as my desk goes, some may consider it untidy.

However, I find it very functional.

I employ the "Volcano System"; whatever is currently or perennially important is regularly dug up from near the top of what's on my desk; thing that are not so important by nature gravitate to the bottom.

Out of date things simply fall off the back of the desk an (hopefully) are never seen again.

I'm with you Serfty, my desk ain't neat but I know where everything is! As I said to someone once who chastised me about the state of it "a clean desk is a sign of a person with too much time on their hands!"

 

[drron]

As far as my desk goes, some may consider it untidy.

However, I find it very functional.

I employ the "Volcano System"; whatever is currently or perennially important is regularly dug up from near the top of what's on my desk; thing that are not so important by nature gravitate to the bottom.

Out of date things simply fall off the back of the desk an (hopefully) are never seen again.

I have now told mrs.dr.ron that my desk is organised-according to the volcano system!
To the OP-can you seriously consider leaving home without 55kg of luggage.:shock:
Currently about to depart on next trip.Had to tell mrs.dr.ron do I really need 10 shirts for this trip?At least i didn't have to revert to my oldest trick this time-"well you know that means you will have to buy less than 10 pairs of shoes in the US this time"

Boy,am i going to pay for that last remark!

 

[Keith009]

Another adherent to the volcano system here...

I'm with you Serfty, my desk ain't neat but I know where everything is! As I said to someone once who chastised me about the state of it "a clean desk is a sign of a person with too much time on their hands!"

Love! I'm going to use that next time someone has a go at my desk lol.

 

[ozmille]

I call my desk organised chaos. I can find everything I need when I need it. Someone else can dig for a day and still not find it

 

[samh004]

I wish my desk was clean, but I've got so many papers and things to do on it that I can't really clear it.

 

[straitman]

I call my desk organised chaos. I can find everything I need when I need it. Someone else can dig for a day and still not find it

+1 for that filing system :!:


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[JetLagged]

a clean desk is the sign of a sick mind

or

a clean desk is the sign of an cough-retentive - don't stick you nose where it shouldn't be!

 

[Bundy Bear]

As far as my desk goes, some may consider it untidy.

However, I find it very functional.

I employ the "Volcano System"; whatever is currently or perennially important is regularly dug up from near the top of what's on my desk; things that are not so important by nature gravitate to the bottom.

Out of date things simply fall off the back of the desk and (generally) are never seen again.

I like how you legitimize the mess on your desk and give it a name.

I put things into piles, another work desk has about 2 piles already, funny thing is I almost never ned to go back to those piles I should just throw them in the waste paper basket.

 

[Taezar]

To the OP-can you seriously consider leaving home without 55kg of luggage.:shock:

Boy,am i going to pay for that last remark!

All my personal luggage fit into a small cabin bag which also contained 3 laptops, three chargers, a camera, camera battery charger, a GPS, but not my phone charger which I left on my desk :evil:.

We checked in at just over 60kg (including oversize) of luggage for a careers expo down in SYD this weekend. Banners, brochures, magnets, stickers, posters, flyers etc.

Even though we went through the new check in system with Qantas, the staff on the ground were super helpful with helping us manage that much luggage.

 

[Taezar]

Oh - and an additional whinge...

• Corporate Traveller stuffed up my booking - booked me a "room only" room, so had to put a security deposit down, which wouldn't have been a problem except my work credit card isn't authorising for some reason - might have killed it?? So had to put it on my personal card - also breakfast isn't included. That with the extra few hundred I have put on my card today means no iPad or new shoes for Taez while in SYD.
• I stuffed up with my cab charges - missed one so had to pay $50 to the airport.
• The Expo people stuffed up our stand with 4 items not delivered. Had to wait 2 hours for the final piece, which they then forgot to load onto the truck when delivering all the other forgotten stuff for myself and other exhibitors. We finally got one that was the wrong colour.
• Marketing stuffed up and didn't finish all the collateral in time even though I ordered it a month ago.
• Oh and I forgot my phone charger which I mentioned above, so I am screwed with no phone and no internet. Asking one of the branches to bring me in a spare one tomorrow - fingers crossed but given how things have gone so far - not hopeful.

It can only get better.
PS. If you don't follow me on twitter (@taezar) this is the best employer name at the Expo - http://twitpic.com/4tkk20
PPS. Poster i made of view out the window on way to SYD http://twitpic.com/4thecx
PPPS. 360 panorama of where I had lunch http://occip.it/pt4thx0s

 

[medhead]

Not sure if this helps but SYD T3 J lounge has one of those charging stands.....

 

[JohnK]

My room(s), cupboards, desk have been a mess for years. I hate throwing things away and then cannot find them when I need them.

My motto is, why do that today which you can do tomorrow....

 

[whereishome]

I have the same thing - piles of marking on my desk at the moment, artfully blending with loads of handout masters and internal dox. It's an "at-a-glance" system I tell the others in the office.

I can see everything at-a-glance, nothing is buried.