Wednesday, May 10, 2017

We need it now

So, we had a new business unit opening up beginning of December last year.  They needed an MFP.  Wasn't the top of the list, but it was on the list.  So, end of December I order the machine.  They've already been open for a while, and haven't mentioned anything about it.

Machine gets delivered middle of January, I store it in my office and I ask the business unit leader where they want it.  She says she'll get back to me.  A week later I follow up by e-mail to see if she has decided.  No response.  So, I let it go.

Two months later, work ticket comes in asking that it be put in a location where it won't work.  I respond to that ticket with that information and ask for a different location.

Two months after that, a work ticket comes in saying exactly what the first work ticket said.  So, I say "This is exactly what you already put in with ticket number ####".  And I copy and paste the whole old work ticket into the new one.  She comes back with "I don't know how to pick a spot, can you help?"  I respond that I can.  I suggest a couple of dates.  Those dates come and go, with no communication.

A week after the last date, she contacts me and suggests a date.  I accept.

That's where we're at now.

The point:  I cannot believe that a business unit leader couldn't even communicate about a need she had.

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