Friday, March 14, 2003

OFFICE POLITICS

This exchange of e-mails at work...

From: TB
To: HH; NM; Peter
Date: 3/12/03 4:55pm
Subject: Fwd: HOUSEKEEPING

Any more complaints? I do sympathise with most of XYZ's.

From: IM
To: FE
Date: 3/12/03 3:51pm
Subject: HOUSEKEEPING


F

Do you still have a brief on building user issues and the like? A number of concerns emerged from a XYZ divisional meeting this morning. Perhaps other DMs could say if they strike a chord. It would be good if you were able to take these points up on a directorate-wide basis. If not, please let me know and I will pursue them separately. The issues are:

- increasing difficulty in accessing legitimate work-related websites because of the stringent firewall arrangements;

- the frequently unacceptable condition of the men's toilets next to the Core 3 lifts on this floor;

- the number of false fire alarms;

- the way the handle repeatedly falls off the fire door next to room 1/23A;

- the fact that running hot water in the tea point in zone 1/22 is a pleasure reserved for the ultra-patient.

I


CC: DMs; XYZ; RG

To which I added...

From: PM
To: EF; MI
Date: 3/13/03 10:12am
Subject: Re: HOUSEKEEPING

Furthermore...

Why do I have to play light monitor every morning and turn off the lights burning in the 1/23 meeting rooms?

There is a poster in the lobby saying that needless power consumed in the building could make 2,168,097 cups of coffee every year.

Can I have either the free coffee and an assurance that the lights are turned off over night?

Peter


I'll keep you posted on developments.

:: Posted by pete @ 13:37