At my company we just tell them we can’t, or in rare cases we charge them double and get overtime pay.

Wow Badass!!

On the other hand, the boss might just think you're unable to grasp what he was asking and might've given up trying.

Not lazy... just annoying.

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I had a friend who worked in a company where if you booked a meeting room they would make sure there was tea, coffee and biscuits laid out before you arrived. So almost every week, he would book a meeting with himself for late Friday afternoon. Then he would spend the last few hours before the weekend relaxing and snacking in the meeting room.

students do this with essays too

Wouldn't anyone notice that he kept getting hurt the same way all the time?

Hope she didn’t leave anything in it. A couple times over the years, at a couple different companies, I’ve had stuff stolen out of my purse while I was still in the office (but had gone to the bathroom, or was stuck in a meeting).

That's risky and concerning that the editor isn't actually reading it.

A prof told my class we could use notes printed both sides on any 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper for our final exam. I used a 6 point font and tiny margins - got most of my notes on that sheet. :) I was the only one who aced the test.

Client feels like you aren't hearing them and finds a new vender

He was obviously not paying too much close attention. That’s on him. Though it’s too bad too many bosses are like this. How TF do they get the jobs on the first place?

And when it's being used and it expands and damages everything?

This is a good way to embarrass yourself at my company. If we find out you’re sending stuff at 2am, we’ll have a lot of questions about how you ended up in that situation and what’s in your schedule over the next few days. We also have paid overtime, so if you make it look like you worked nonstop from 6pm to 2am, either the truth will be revealed in your overtime file and you’ll look ridiculous for lying, or you’ll be defrauding the company. This whole thing is completely cringe to me.

Sometimes a better intro and conclusion make all the difference. To the boss.

The many reasons I no longer give page or word count requirements

That is ridiculously petty on the profs part

This runs right up next to "You aren't senior enough for me to listen too". I see this in companies all the time. Costs them lots of money too, as ideas/recommendations are ignored until, weeks/months later a senior member "thinks" of it on their own.

Client wanted new ideas, but I don't have any.

Hehehe

TPS reports by any chance?

They know this one too, and changing the file type to corrupt the opening. Another thing that got several people in my postgrad fails.

Yup - if there's one word that describes why the human race never has - and never will - reach its full potential, that word is: 'Meetings'

You take such pride in your work. . . don't look for a promotion anytime soon.

Isn’t that why they’re called, “Standard forms?” 🤷🏽‍♀️

Does that really work so good ?

This happens all the time. Some audio level needs to be between -22 and -26dB, but it's quite consistently between -21 and -25. Time to change the spec!

I add phrases like "in accordance with the prophecy" and "Great Scott" and other musings to see if the higher-ups are reading my draft,s as they are supposed to. I also do it on the way downstream to make sure THEY also read it.