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I get so frustrated sometimes

The other day, my company was audited by one of our customers, and one of the findings was, we did not have a procedure to address how we would handle a request to return customer owned property.

Can you believe that? It's not enough just to comply with the request, we have to have a procedure to tell us to comply with the request.

I only wish I was joking, but I'm not.

Then today watching Jeopardy (I know, but Sylvia likes it), the woman in the lead failed to bet enough, in final jeopardy, to cover the doubling of the bet by the second place contestant.

Had she never watched Jeopardy before?

When you're in last place, the best bet is typically $0 (the exception being if you're so far behind, you have bet something to catch up to the other 2 contestants in case they miss), because your only chance of winning is neither other contestant knows the answer, and then having to bet and answering the question (technically questioning the answer) incorrectly, makes you the default winner.

Second place is the tough one. You have to bet enough to cover the doubling of the bet by the last place contestant, if he's stupid enough to bet anything, yet enough to at least cover the 1st place contestants current total, assuming they don't know the answer, and stupidly bet $0, or more in case they do know the answer yet stupidly not bet correctly.

It's confusing I know, it's hard to know for sure what to do when in second place, but when you're in first place it's really very simple. You have to bet enough to cover the doubling of the second place contestants winnings, because you have to assume they know the answer, and that's the only way you can assure yourself victory.

Anywaze, this contestant, even though she knew the answer, ultimately lost, because she didn't bet enough to cover the doubling of the 2nd place contestant, who risked it all, and knew the answer.

Although I have seen it before, it still never ceases to amaze me, there are people [and companies] out there who just never get it.
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Becky said…
Within that same request is "we return their stuff should we cease to do business". So, they might not ask us to return something if they don't know we're closing our doors. Which, with our presend economic situation, some businesses are doing. Don't fret the little stuff.

You know they are just flowing something down that their customer (the gvt) is making them flow down to their sub-tiers.

And don't complain about work when you have a JOB! What next? Complaining about the illegal immigrant situation with food in your mouth?

It's a beautiful day and I'm going for a hike.
12:14 AM
Mark VanKirk said…
You know, the face of a child can say alot, especially the mouth part.
2:57 AM
Marc said…
Mark, are you trying to tell me I'm a whiner, or I'm just acting like a child? I can agree with the former, I'm not so sure about the latter, but....

And Becky, you must have been pretty upset, or in a hurry to go for your hike. I see you made a few typos, which I fixed. :)

But, I have to admit you are correct (as always). When I reread the entire finding to the end, I see it does state "when a [supplier] has ceased". Ceased what, I don't know, it doesn't go on from there, but I think I know what was intended.

You should have mentioned it at the time I was whining so much.

Still I wouldn't have had any grief with the finding, if that was all it said.

And I wouldn't even have thought about it further, had that contestant not so easily snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
9:00 AM
Becky said…
I've come to the realization that I need to pick my battles when arguing with you. For example, the other day, you, Pat and I went around for about an hour and then you said I was right, but there was no joy in my victory because by then I was too exhausted.

And you really should listen to me (from time to time) because I had a excellent teacher.
12:20 PM
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