Unfortunately yesterday’s sore throat did not have any repercussions so today I had to go to work as usual. The schedule was on the busy side so I adopted a work now play later approach. This approach didn’t work wonders on my mood because I was implementing a simple survey first thing in the morning, and came across all sorts of problems. First, the secondary web server could not process my jsp pages, then the database libraries were not installed, and then when I uploaded the app on the main server, the java version was so old that some methods were phased out. I need to grab our suppliers from their precious ones.

Leaving the survey half way through, I went to the e-ticketing meeting. We waited for half an hour for the group head but we were instructed to start alone. Like the previous meetings, we started going around in circles. Most of the attendees were more concerned with the problems the new system might cause rather than how to implement the system. Might is a keyword in the sentence because the trivialities discussed where insulting my intelligence. At one point in time we spent an hour discussing an issue relevant to only 0.000001% of our customers per year. Obviously to cater for these customers a number of customisations and enhancements were suggested. No wonder the company works with exceptions and not rules.

As soon as the group head arrived the meeting took a definite twist, and in a matter of minutes the course of action was decided. The difference all lies in decision making and the fortitude to take responsibility for one’s actions, something all other attendees lacked. With new spirit I completed the survey and other mundane task finishing an hour early.

Tomorrow should be a calmer day at work. I need to do some searching on Itanium processors and Linux Enterprise Solutions so there’s no need for me to get sick. One little thing before leaving, do not take tomorrow’s post fore-granted because most probably we’re going to have a power failure. Two megawatts of power are going to be used in the EU festivities.