Is Anybody There To Handle This?

We close the current thought-stream for these Notes from the Cube from Pierre Dolet . Another non-fictional entry. . .

Date: Thursday, January X
To: Carlos Miller, Joan Stevens, Olga Nikolaya
From: Pierre Dolet
Subject: Action Request # A2733

All: I am subbing for Ellen Chavez, who was laid off last week, so bear with me while I get up to speed. I need your help sorting this out.

Carlos: I have the September-requested AR #2733 that was submitted by Bill Shawn, who was laid off last week, too, but I understand he was acting as Requestor for this Action Request on behalf of the Calexico plant - and that, since you recently replaced Miguel Martinez, you called on this AR last week.

Joan: This AR was put on HOLD in October pending replacement of QA tester Holly Fides, who was laid off, to test the material for you - has she been replaced yet? Or is someone else handling her duties? If "yes," please advise if and when this test will be completed.

Olga: Since you are replacing Charles Norrell as the engineering handling this AR, I need a little better status/conclusion than: "Chuck was laid off in December, please cancel." You need to have the Requestor's agreement to cancel an AR. (Maybe they still need it.) [Yes, Olga, I realize that the Requestor is gone, too, but his Department still exists - even if it's been moved to Calexico and, yes, Miguel's not there anymore either, but we have to see if the Department still wants it - right, Carlos?]

ALL: Please review and discuss this among yourselves so that we can either COMPLETE, continue HOLD, or formally CANCEL this Action Request with the appropriate authorizations.

Thanks - keep me posted - I am returning the AR to Olga.

P.D.