Sometimes I hate it when
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cocoajava, I think we see an example of what you and I were discussing last night. But I can't help it! It's my job to be a paranoid organization freak!!!
Sometimes I hate it when people try to be helpful.
Really, the best thing for me is to get one set of documents and do all the copying myself. Then I can feel confident it was done right, and if it's wrong, there's no one to blame by myself. Also, I can number the pages from one set.
The second best thing is for the client to hand me to sets that are perfect duplicates of each other. Then I flip through the sets side by side, turning the pages one at a time, confirming that the sets are exact duplicates. Then I can do two sets of identical page numbers. I like this way less, but it arguably doesn't take any more actual time than standing at the copier. It just requires more attention to detail from me, and it does leave the process open to more screwups.
What I hate is the client who brings me two sets that turn out not to be identical. Since I don't know if either set is complete, I have to go through both, comparing them, setting up piles of duplicates, figuring out what is unique and needs to be copied. It gets quite confusing when some documents are partially duplicated. Imagine a stack of bank statements (from the same bank, but multiple accounts, of course) all jumbled up, with about two thirds of the pages duplicates.
Big fat waste of everybody's time, including the client who took the time to make the bad set of copies.
So this client - I sorted it all out. Put his "duplicates" in a separate file. And I'm going to the photocopier with the rest - which I'm now sure is a complete set. I'm sorry if his feelings are hurt that I didn't use his "duplicates." I'm so glad this was a total of 150 pages (duplicates included), and not 550...
cocoajava, I think we see an example of what you and I were discussing last night. But I can't help it! It's my job to be a paranoid organization freak!!!Sometimes I hate it when people try to be helpful.
Really, the best thing for me is to get one set of documents and do all the copying myself. Then I can feel confident it was done right, and if it's wrong, there's no one to blame by myself. Also, I can number the pages from one set.
The second best thing is for the client to hand me to sets that are perfect duplicates of each other. Then I flip through the sets side by side, turning the pages one at a time, confirming that the sets are exact duplicates. Then I can do two sets of identical page numbers. I like this way less, but it arguably doesn't take any more actual time than standing at the copier. It just requires more attention to detail from me, and it does leave the process open to more screwups.
What I hate is the client who brings me two sets that turn out not to be identical. Since I don't know if either set is complete, I have to go through both, comparing them, setting up piles of duplicates, figuring out what is unique and needs to be copied. It gets quite confusing when some documents are partially duplicated. Imagine a stack of bank statements (from the same bank, but multiple accounts, of course) all jumbled up, with about two thirds of the pages duplicates.
Big fat waste of everybody's time, including the client who took the time to make the bad set of copies.
So this client - I sorted it all out. Put his "duplicates" in a separate file. And I'm going to the photocopier with the rest - which I'm now sure is a complete set. I'm sorry if his feelings are hurt that I didn't use his "duplicates." I'm so glad this was a total of 150 pages (duplicates included), and not 550...
