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What was once multi spreadsheet hell for the CIO has been my headache many years. All things must be dropped so that I may prepare the budget. It's probably the simplest of web apps, but it's used by the simplest of users, so I sometimes have to, gasp, talk to humans. Not fun.
Still, while working on the sacrosanct budget, I'm basically free of all other obligations, no matter how dire. The servers can catch fire, as long as the money is safe. It's kind of relaxing.
One task is to copy prior year budget to current year, so most departments can just ignore their line items like they did last year. Did they use all 50 "Male plugs Nylon twist" or the 48 "H2S Sensor For Genesis"? I doubt it. ( Yeah, I looked around for quirky ones. ) I didn't expect to get a chuckle out of this chore, but then I spotted the following line items in succession.
GLOVES, DISPOSABLE
SQUIRREL CAGE
TAPE, MULTIPLE COLORS
ELECT. COVER PLATE,WEATHERPROOF
RECEPTACLE, DUPLEX
TY-WRAPS, MULTIPLE SIZES
SEALANT, SILICONE,RUBBER
KINDORF, PIPE STRAP,
Squirrel cage? They budgeted a squirrel cage?!? With the bonus of all the adjacent line items, my mind has visions of squirrel abuse that are just wrong.
Still, while working on the sacrosanct budget, I'm basically free of all other obligations, no matter how dire. The servers can catch fire, as long as the money is safe. It's kind of relaxing.
One task is to copy prior year budget to current year, so most departments can just ignore their line items like they did last year. Did they use all 50 "Male plugs Nylon twist" or the 48 "H2S Sensor For Genesis"? I doubt it. ( Yeah, I looked around for quirky ones. ) I didn't expect to get a chuckle out of this chore, but then I spotted the following line items in succession.
GLOVES, DISPOSABLE
SQUIRREL CAGE
TAPE, MULTIPLE COLORS
ELECT. COVER PLATE,WEATHERPROOF
RECEPTACLE, DUPLEX
TY-WRAPS, MULTIPLE SIZES
SEALANT, SILICONE,RUBBER
KINDORF, PIPE STRAP,
Squirrel cage? They budgeted a squirrel cage?!? With the bonus of all the adjacent line items, my mind has visions of squirrel abuse that are just wrong.