Posted by kesriel on Wed 17 Mar 10, 1:46 PM to kesriel's blog.
a very dear Friend of mine has a "10 minute" rule that applies if someone wants to rant. They have 10 full minutes in which to take a carte blanche rant at whatever they wish, with no interuptions, get it all off their chest, and then that's it. No further allowance for whining, whinging or moaning...
sooooooo......here's a (probably less than) 10 minute rant that i need to get of my chest.....
my 2nd biggest (Indie TV Prod) Client has just reduced their Month End reporting deadline from 15th of the month to the 9th of the month!!!!!
Depending upon where in the month the 9th falls - that will give me either 2 or 3 on-site working days.
All Production Managers will have to process all the previous months invoices and expenses - i'll need to update and reconcile ALL Production and Development Cost Management Reports including the Bank Reconciliations and recharging corporate production recoverables - as well as complete the FOURTEEN different/interlinked/cross-referenced spreadsheet reports that the Co-Financiers require!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT A HOPE IN HELL - Well - there would be IF i go back to working seven days a week.
i don't want to!!!
Right......i am going to beg (on bended knee if necessary), directly to the FD, (a nice if somewhat scary Scottish Lady), and i'll take the overnight trip up to Glasgow if i have to see Her personally to do this, to ask Her if i can get Her the Month End Reports by the MONDAY following the 9th. At least that would give me an extra weekend which would make it much more do-able.
Please note that NONE of this means extra money for me - They've just moved the blinking goal posts.
Sorry.....
and.....FINALLY......i really would like a LIFE more than i want to be stuck beneath a pile of papers and a calculator....okay, so it's taken a good few years for this to sink in....but heck, better late than never!!!
Okay.....Rant over.....
Edited Wed 17 Mar 10, 2:24 PM by kesriel
| 17 Mar 10, 1:57 PM steved14 UK(TW), 5 yrs  |
It sound to me like you are not ment to make the deadline maybe its a clever cost cutting idea | ||||
| 17 Mar 10, 2:01 PM kesriel 7 yrs |
No....i think it's rather a naughty little way to give the slightly less efficient, slightly more erratic, Co-Financiers Accountant more time to incorporate my reports into the groups!!
Never mind....we'll see how it goes....
one can only do one's best.... Edited 17 Mar 10, 2:03 PM by kesriel | ||||
| 17 Mar 10, 2:32 PM Mr_Jones_Again UK(CM), 3 yrs |
Then I'm glad you have finally listened to what I've been telling you ever since I met you. All women are slaves; some have yet to meet their Master. (Gorean Philosophy) | ||||
| 17 Mar 10, 2:38 PM stormywaters PT, 4 yrs |
Hmm, don't think much of that for a rant. Ten minutes? Victor Meldrew is hardly on his twenty first 'I don't believe it!' after ten minutes. And as for prefacing your rant with an explanation that, well this is what your friend says is ok rant wise, I despair. Ok, here is your rant homework. (To be given priority over mere trifles like the accounts of multi nationals being completed on time. Yes I know your livlihood depends on it, that is irrelevant.) Make a list of the twelve rudest words you can think of. Scour the posts on here till you have discovered another six even ruder ones. Make up the most obscene, vicious and humiliating insults you can think of using these words. Scour the posts on here until you find six even more obscene, vicious and humiliating insults. Re-write your rant incorporating all this new material. Cross reference all your insults to make sure they have all have been used to maximum effect. Carefully imagine the expression on the head of account's face at Blog Conglomerate Inc as he listens to you carefully enunciating these insults in your sweetest voice. Now imagine his expression as you scream them at him with the full force of your lungs, three inches from his face. Now go on a world tour with a large stock of postcards. From each of the world's top holiday destinations despatch a card telling him what a wonderful time you are having and inviting himself to fuck himself. Imagine his face each morning as his secretary brings in the mail. Ok, how does that feel?
My object all sublime... | ||||
| 17 Mar 10, 3:03 PM kesriel 7 yrs |
Dear Mr Jones..... Sometimes...rarely, admittedly, but just sometimes...i do actually manage to make a decision which makes a teensy weensy benefit to the quality of my life which has NOT required Your presence to do so...nor do i think should be entirely credited to You.
[and yes, i fully accept that i'll regret this "reply" as soon as i've posted it because it not a nice one...
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| 17 Mar 10, 3:04 PM kesriel 7 yrs |
Errrr.....umm.....scary.....
i think it's a little out of my league....i'll stick with the baby steps for now, please... | ||||
| 17 Mar 10, 3:49 PM x_Thunder_x UK(E), 9 yrs     |
and in addition kes. you know that I and others had been saying that to you years before Mr_Jones entered your life ^Thunder^ | ||||
| 17 Mar 10, 3:56 PM Zarabeth UK(TW), 3 yrs      |
OK, I think you are also missing the point that regardless of how many people may have said that to her, ultimately she is the one responsible for implementing it, and in having done that, she deserves full credit for doing so.
BTW, this is not having a go at either of you. I am just providing a bit of perspective. Mari | ||||
| 17 Mar 10, 4:00 PM x_Thunder_x UK(E), 9 yrs |
Sorry but I think you miss the point kes was saying and I was adding to yes she takes full credit ^Thunder^ | ||||
| 17 Mar 10, 4:04 PM Mistress_Amethyst UK, 5 yrs   |
all work no play will make Kes a dull person  xXAXx ~~If you don't like me it's your fault~~ |
....BUT....well...oh look....i think my vertebrae are finally developing...