This Is What I Like to Hear

Backstory -- one of the projects I'm involved with at work is an appliance catalogue. We've been using two installation diagrams we got from the manufacturer, but they're (a) blurry and (b) don't really match each other in style. I've been cropping them and pasting labels over them for a month now.

Me, early yesterday afternoon: "Hey (My Boss), should we just bite the bullet and have me redraw these diagrams from scratch? I think at this point it'll be less work than what we've been doing."

My Boss: "I didn't want to make you do it, but yeah."

Three hours later:

Me: "Here are the new diagrams."

My Boss looks at them and laughs hysterically.

My Boss: "Sorry, I'm laughing because these are so much better it's ridiculous. Why did we suffer with the old ones for so long? (Pause) Now I kind of want to show these to (the manufacturer) and say 'Nyanyananyanah.' "

It really is amazing to work at a job I'm suited to. The only thing is that I go in for jury duty next Tuesday, and may be off for several weeks if I'm selected. My workplace is short-staffed as it is, and I hope they can cope (I'll try and explain that to the court, but I gather they don't usually let one make excuses. The other annoying thing is that I actually think it would be pretty interesting to serve on a jury if I weren't worried about missing work.) Guess I'll have to see if we can get the catalogue put to bed by the end of Monday.

This Is What I Like to Hear

Backstory -- one of the projects I'm involved with at work is an appliance catalogue. We've been using two installation diagrams we got from the manufacturer, but they're (a) blurry and (b) don't really match each other in style. I've been cropping them and pasting labels over them for a month now.

Me, early yesterday afternoon: "Hey (My Boss), should we just bite the bullet and have me redraw these diagrams from scratch? I think at this point it'll be less work than what we've been doing."

My Boss: "I didn't want to make you do it, but yeah."

Three hours later:

Me: "Here are the new diagrams."

My Boss looks at them and laughs hysterically.

My Boss: "Sorry, I'm laughing because these are so much better it's ridiculous. Why did we suffer with the old ones for so long? (Pause) Now I kind of want to show these to (the manufacturer) and say 'Nyanyananyanah.' "

It really is amazing to work at a job I'm suited to. The only thing is that I go in for jury duty next Tuesday, and may be off for several weeks if I'm selected. My workplace is short-staffed as it is, and I hope they can cope (I'll try and explain that to the court, but I gather they don't usually let one make excuses. The other annoying thing is that I actually think it would be pretty interesting to serve on a jury if I weren't worried about missing work.) Guess I'll have to see if we can get the catalogue put to bed by the end of Monday.