The Opinion That Must Be Listened To

['Just a little follow-up to an earlier Note - 'don't remember exactly where: it must have been brilliantly stated, though, 'cause someone else remembers, obviously:]

Kyra writes . . .

Jackie came into my office - well, my to my desk standing in the middle of a room with 5 other desks, actually, all working together: we are the Ops Support Team (formerly Administrative Support Department, but everyone is a "team" now) - to tell me that I must change the report that we 6 desks had spent 7 weeks compiling. Change it significantly.

"Why?" I asked. We had done our homework. Say what you like about LisaJoyAngieMarieBill and me, but the word "drone" has been applied to our antlike persistence more than once and we take pride in our accuracy, no matter how colorless or dull the result.

"Because," said Jackie. And then there was silence.

"Yes...?" said I, waiting for some details on our erroneous ways that I could learn from and correct.

"That's all you need to know," said Jackie walking away, "I think it should be changed, like I told you."

And Jackie - who, because she is a "Supervisor" and I a mere "Team Leader," carries some weight behind her thoughts, whether backed up by fact or no - has an Opinion That Must Be Listened To.