Creative Jam Fill

[fuzzyred]

This poem was inspired the by the "Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result." from ysabetwordsmith.

Breaking the Cycle of Insanity

Things are humming along, and then something goes wrong.
Out swarm the managers to hurry things along.
They question and prod, and stand far too close,
ignoring the signs that they'll soon be toast.

Her voice rises and her gestures get wider;
with less room to maneuver, her voice gets snider.
She tries to be polite, says "Excuse me, please,"
while the refrain in her head shouts "Leave, Leave, LEAVE!"

When the problem is fixed, they go away,
but this same scene will be repeated another day.
She doesn't know how they can be so blind
to all of her warning signs.

They think hovering will get more done,
and so they continue as they have begun;
taking up space and being a pain,
walking into danger once again.

While they may choose to remain the same,
she doesn't have to play their game.
She gives as many warnings as she can
but if they come within arm-span,
they better learn how to duck her waving hands.

Comments

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Well played.

I have listed this on my Creative Jam post.

Re: Yay!

[fuzzyred]

I'm glad you liked it :) I wasn't sure if it was going to work out, but I'm pleased with the end result.

[warriorsavant]

Sounds like the type of managers who hold meetings to find out why things are not more productive. When they get the answer, "because we spend so much time in meetings," they decide to hold another meeting to analyze that response.

[fuzzyred]

That sounds exactly like the managers I have. It's infuriatingly hilarious, because you just have to laugh before you scream.

[warriorsavant]

Exactly. They are so clued out, they cannot even comprehend that they are the problem.

Ayup!

[ng_moonmoth]

Here, have a listen to a song by some friends of mine. If committing the lyrics to memory is something within your powers, they would be an excellent weapon against those managers.

Re: Ayup!

[fuzzyred]

That is a very catchy tune :) And I feel like that describes my upper management to a T lol

Re: Ayup!

[ng_moonmoth]

It is indeed -- enough so that I've created new lyrics describing the day-to-day woes that SysOps gets slammed with. Shared those with the songwriter when we were at the same convention, and he enjoyed my version.