When?!!!

It’s a day like today that venting my frustration on the blogosphere seems appropriate. Screaming and stomping would work. But when there is nobody in the office to hear such an expletive-saturated tirade, it’s just not much fun. So, I decided to post my frustrations in hopes that pounding the keyboard will alleviate my desire to rip someone in half.

This is not the subject matter I intended for my first post. However, I felt it necessary to discuss. In a span of fourteen minutes I had three phone calls, two emails and a fax that ended with four very overused letters – ASAP. Everything has to be done as soon as possible. In today’s technology driven world, what used to take days, now takes seconds. You can email a file and have it reviewed and sent back all before lunch, unlike the days of old when you counted on those couple of days it would take to get through the USPS. Instead of ending a fax or email with a “please” or “thank you,” the majority now end with ASAP.

When is “as soon as possible?” Does it mean immediately? Does it mean I need to jump on this project right after my nap or after playtime? Does it even matter anymore? With everyone asking for theirs "as soon as possibe", it all gets lumped together. I just made a new pile on the corner of my desk and refer to it as the ASAP pile, which is right next to the PDQ pile and in front of the FYI pile. (Acronyms are for another day.)

I apologize for the rant, especially on the first post. I promise I will not make it a habit. Instead, I’ll try to write about things that make me laugh, things that make me think, things that make me cry and obviously things that make me mad. Nothing is out of bounds. Next entry to come. . . ASAP.