Dok reminds me
At one of my old jobs, I used to regularly go for a cigarette with the girls from the Risk Analysis department. They were moaning about how their new reports had to be prepared in Excel and it was taking ages as none of them were trained so it was trial and error to figure out things like functions and graphs.

I mention this to my boss, the IT director. He mentions it to the VP. Next senior managers meeting, head of Risk is asked about it. Turns out he knew how to use Excel so was blissfully unaware it was a problem.

I go for a cigarette a few days later and I'm a hero as they're being sent on an excel course post-haste. And my boss liked me as he hated the Risk director.

Hooray!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 6 May 2009, 9:57, Reply)