The Deadline That Nobody Cares About

We stayed till 8 p.m. tonight to (unsuccessfully) meet a deadline that nobody cares about.

Oh, the deadline is real. A product cannot be produced and delivered to a new (BIG) client without the deadline met. Which doesn't change the fact that nobody seems to care about that: it is Friday - chance to take a 3-day weekend or go home a little early or, at least, don't stick around past 5 p.m.

Except for our little block of cubes. Nobody gave us The Message. Clueless, we drafted-on through the day, into the night, filling the millions of papers they need, sending them on for the appropriate authorizations on a quarter-hour basis all day long. Going over again and again to retrieve them from --- whom?

All gone or never in. No memo, no relief from The Deadline. We are expected to deliver. They are accountable to none.

So we didn't make The Deadline. Monday we'll try again.

Minions work. Masters bate.