Gripes

Blogs are a great place to vent, although dangerous if you insult someone. Here are my slightly neutered gripes:

• Emails regarding 'my account' that don't actually tell me what to do. So I use the email address in the message to ask what to do and I get an automated reply on how to check my account. (This is Ariba, a major e-commerce service.)
• People who blame their own personal agendas on other people.
• People who want to make pointy-haired decisions to help without asking what is needed.
• People who don't trust their team and take control of a decision, only to delay the project.
  
• Teams who act like the "United Front of Judea" from Monty Python Life of Brian. (More time talking about 'doing', than actually doing.)
  
• Team decisions that end up with compromises that dilute the final product.
• Door-to-door solicitators (especially when they start calling you afterwards).
• Spell check at Blogger that doesn't have 'blog' in its dictionary.
  

(I'd also like to say that these are not necessarily internal issues here, but may also be with outside groups that affect me. It's not that bad here!) Thanks for listening.