Is it THAT hard to update the spec?

The BBQ Pit
1

No, it’s a Word document on the network. It would have taken you FAR LESS time to change the speaker model number there than it is taking me to correct and replot the drawings.

Is it THAT hard to put the info into the spec in the first place?

If it isn’t, why is the spec still mostly blank sheets? We’re going into production next week, you know. Although you haven’t updated THAT, either.

Is it THAT hard to print legibly?

No, you are not saving time when you scribble notes on a markup. Remember that it can take me MUCH LONGER to try to figure out what you wrote than it would take you to write clearly. I thought the time you wasted trying to translate your own notes would embarass you into doing better. I thought wrong.

2

In my experience, spec tends not to stand for specifications, but specious . . . (for the Grammar Police, [hi, guys!] referring to the third definition I found in the online Merriam-Webster Collegiate). Sigh. I feel your pain.

3

Boss: “Can you take a look at the spec form and see if you would make any changes to make your job easier?”

Me: “I can do my job fine with the present one, if it’s filled out. That is where the problem is.”

4

You mean you got some sort of specs in the first place?

Wow…so there is someplace where that happens…

5

You shoulda seen the napkin sketch I had to work from yesterday.

Salesoid: “Well, the customer and I are just going to mark up your drawing, anyway.”

:rolleyes:

6

My last product specification consisted of the following:

In short, I feel your pain.

7

Heh heh heh…specs…
“They wanna do an inventory database. They’ll want you to tie it in later with some existing data that was written in Filemaker 2. They want lots of reports. Make up some sample reports, make them look nice. And put some color on the screens. Lots of green, or blue. Maybe some red, you know. And some pictures. See if I’ve still got that CD of clip art. They’ll be coming in this afternoon, we need to show them what it will look like. No live data, just, you know, screens and reports and buttons and things.”

“Uh huh…I don’t suppose you have a list of fields, maybe a spreadsheet of SKUs and descriptions or something?”

“Don’t worry about that, we can put that stuff in later”

:rolleyes:

Yeah, OK boss…

::opens Field Definitions::

Item#
Item Name
Item Color
Item Flavor
Item Odor (from Value List)
Item Shoe Size
Item Volume in Tablespoons (index for sorting)
Last Medical Checkup of Item (Date)
Sexual Preference of Item
Cubic Furlongs per Item-Fortnight
DSM-IV Diagnosis of Item

8

snicker

I just settled for making them e-mail me what they wanted and giving them EXACTLY what they ask for.
I like yours better, Ahunter3.

9

How about shillings per hectare?