# My TPS report **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801 "2014-11-16T20:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/1 "2014-11-16T20:37:47Z")
O dear gawd. I just received a copy of an analysis of some capital spending proposals - let’s say it’s for Tom’s Puffy Snowshoes, Inc. And am in a complicated discussion of… “the TPS report.” No, it does not have the correct cover page. No, I don’t know where I put the memo. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/2 "2014-11-16T22:59:34Z")
Yeaaaah, well, if you could take care of that, that’d be greaaat. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/3 "2014-11-17T01:25:38Z")
Yeeeah. I’m gonna need you to come in on Saturday? That’d be great. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/4 "2014-11-17T02:08:17Z")
Yeeaaahh, I’m gonna need you to go ahead and take care of that? That’d be greeaaat. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/5 "2014-11-17T04:19:45Z")
Could you go ahead and move your desk down to storage area B? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/6 "2014-11-17T05:51:19Z")
Ah! Yeah. It’s just we’re putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that’d be great. All right! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/7 "2014-11-17T06:52:18Z")
Yeah, Bill, let me ask you a real quick question here. How much time would you say you spend each week dealing with these TPS reports? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/8 "2014-11-17T08:50:35Z")
It’s nice to see a thread once in a while where you know exactly what replies are going to say before you open it. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/9 "2014-11-17T15:03:23Z")
That’s my stapler! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/10 "2014-11-17T16:37:21Z")
I can’t say I’ve been missing it, Bob. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/11 "2014-11-17T16:40:32Z")
[My sympathies.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=691727&highlight=corporate) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/12 "2014-11-17T17:36:25Z")
I once got a staff manager to start asking for a weekly Total Progress Synopsis report. He stopped requiring it after (I think) someone had told him why we were all laughing. \ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/13 "2014-11-17T18:59:12Z")
This thread needs a theme song. Maybe something by Michael Bolton. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/14 "2014-11-17T19:45:55Z")
Which one? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/15 "2014-11-17T19:51:28Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I once got a staff manager to start asking for a weekly Total Progress Synopsis report. He stopped requiring it after (I think) someone had told him why we were all laughing. > > \ I did the same thing. They made us change the name after someone told the bosses why we were laughing. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/16 "2014-11-17T20:45:01Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > This thread needs a theme song. Maybe something by Michael Bolton. I celebrate his entire catalog. Fuckin’ A. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/17 "2014-11-17T21:40:30Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > This thread needs a theme song. Maybe something by Michael Bolton. Just as long as you play it at a reasonable level… ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/18 "2014-11-17T21:42:53Z")
I just realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/19 "2014-11-17T21:54:46Z")
Hello, Peter. What’s happenin’? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801/20 "2014-11-17T22:07:46Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > Which one? The one who doesn’t suck. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tps-report/704801.md?page=2)