Adult Children by Stephen Beals for September 10, 2022

and the binder needs a whole month of training, to read it.

Nothing like going in blind. That has happened to me twice in two different jobs. First one, the girl transfered to work in the hospital I was never trained, the third was so crazy, she hardly showed up to train me. Working for the Chairman of surgery and a vascular surgeon was a very demanding job. But thank God I had some common sense.

Binder? Oh you mean that one that has not been updated in 10 years?

O.J.T. in a nutshell

Just like our fuel procurement….It’s a PowerPoint set up but doesn’t really fit how an field office orders and pays for fuel. The instructions only apply to the Fleet services at headquarters. I miss the old way which was call the fuel company, order fuel, pay by a handwritten purchase order, send to Finance, all done.

In the Army it was called an SOP binder!

Admin. Policy and Procedures Manual

Like the Vogons response to Arthur?“But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.”“With a flashlight.”“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”“So had the stairs.”“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”

I think they have a binding protocol.

Binder. Reminds me of how my parents explained to me about sex. Mom handed me a pamphlet she’s bought through Catholic Digest.