A Brief Work Related Kvetch

[fauxklore]

My company has converted its foreign travel reporting system to an on-line form. This is, generally, an advantage. But I had to do the long form for a an upcoming trip and ran into something which astounded me.

One section has to do with the purpose of the trip and has boxes to check. I checked "vacation" and a box came up asking for an explanation. I was tempted to copy in the dictionary definition of the word or to cite the corporate policy on vacation. Instead, I wrote "sightseeing, eating French food."

(There are some other issues with the form, but that was the most egregious one.)

Comments

[ron_newman]

If this was not a work-related trip, why are you reporting it at work? (Do they pay for your vacation travel?)

[fauxklore]

I have to report all foreign travel for security reasons. How much info I have to provide depends on the countries involved.

[cellio]

I suppose "so I don't release all my pent-up frustration at idiots who design bad web forms" wouldn't have been prudent. :-)

[fauxklore]

Since threats of workplace violence are reportable, that would probably require filling out another poorly designed web form.