Training

I work for a large bureaucracy, and so many things do not make sense, and so often it would seem that one hand does not know what the other is doing.

So it was recently at work.  My department was scheduled to attend a specialized training for 5 hours. Then, the notice came out that in addition to the specialized training, we had to attend a 2 hour mandatory general training on the same subject.  That made no sense.  In spite of our protests, we were told we must attend the 2 hour training.

My supervisor fought hard to resist this.   To the point where she went to the first of multiple sessions of the 2 hour training and spoke to the trainer.  Who told her, indeed, that the longer specialized training would include all the elements of the general 2 hour training. Yeah!

Sometimes people in bureaucracies are so literal. They understand the letter of the law but forget the spirit of the law.  I am so thankful my supervisor's good sense prevailed.  (And, she skipped the part of the 5 hour training that duplicated what she had already attended.)