A Brief Work Related Kvetch
Apr. 16th, 2009 06:39 pmMy 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.)
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.)