The Weekends…

The Weekends

 

My friend, A, posted as her status on Facebook one day the statement she loved Friday and his brothers Saturday and Saturday nigh. I tweeked it a little but loved the sentiment. They are a cool family.

Happy Weekend!

To Be…

To Be...

The engineers who read this might find this funny. I now work ona project doing business process reengineering. Our team has done a lot of work defining the “As Is” state of the processes so that we could start defining the “To Be,” how the processes will be improved.

I drew this guy one day after we had talked a lot about the “To Be.” I found it funny.

Steamroller…

Steamroller

 

I was in a meeting with one of these last week. She came rolling in and next thing I knew, we all had new tasking not related to the original scope of work. And she wants it all before the end of the meeting, if not sooner. Last August would be good.

In their book, I Hate People, Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon call them Bulldozers but the meaning is the same. In their description, this person is “prone to bashing the table” (yep, she did…a lot). They describe these people as akin to playground bullies that are now workplace bullies. Her underlings are afraid to stand up to her. They let steam along with the wrong information or wrong impression and try to clean up whatever mess she has made. Her superiors like her because she gets things done, even if they are the wrong thing. She is one the types that does not trust anyone until they prove to be trustworthy and those who have the misfortune of getting on her bad side are forever smeared. Remember the “Circle of Trust” from the movie “Meet the Parents“? Once you’re out, there is no getting back in.

 Being a lowly contractor, I have to tread softly. Stand up too much to her and I can find myself off the contract in an eye blink. The trick is letting her know she’s wrong but make her feel like she came to the conclusion all on her own.

As a drill instructor used to say, “That’s good training.” (he said that about everything).

Stoopid Man…

Stoopid Man

This is Stoopid Man. He is the defender against all that is stupid like meetings, and bosses and mission statements and co-workers. He is currently posted on the wall next to the white board in our little cubeville. Lots of stoopidity happening there!

Feel free to print out Stoopid Man and post him in your cube to protect you against all that is stoopid.

Bob Is My Co-Pilot…

Bob Is My Co-Pilot

In case you can’t tell, I’m on a “Bob” kick. And a church sign kick. I’m sure it won’t be my last as they make me chuckle. I’m finding Bob is a bit mischievous.

Bob…

Bob Is Watching

I was in a meeting a few weeks back when someone said, “And Bob will watch the budget…” which, in my mind, led immediately to, “Bob is watching you.” That led to me seeing that phrase on one of those church signs with the witty sayings on them.

The Bob guy is based on a guy my son likes to draw.

Gremlins…

Coffee Gremlins

Jenny said on Facebook one day that Gremlins keep empyting her coffee cup. Stupid Coffee Gremlins!

Tuesdays Are Better…

Tuesdays are better

I drew this around Labor Day. Someone on Twitter said what Gourdo is saying.  I must say I whole-heartedly agree.

And, We’re Back…

Properly Equipped

Hey, lookit that! After some shopping around and Ebay drama, I’m back up and running. We found a nice scanner on Craig’s List for $15.

This is a test run Gourdo and it appears everything is a go. Cool!

Stay tuned. More Gourdo-goodness to come.

Pardon the Interruption…

There have been technical issues beyond my control (the scanner is being hinky, again) and my latest MBA class has kept me extremely busy these past few weeks. I promise to return, soon I hope, with all the fun and cynical cartoons you enjoy so much.

The Management