The System

I had a conversation the other day regarding "the system".

You know...those processes and procedures that exist to make your job easier.

"We have a system in place"...of course you do. Don't we all?

The system is meant to serve you. Make your job easier. Make your life easier. Make decisions for you when you are not there to make those decisions.

Years ago, during a grinding groupthink meeting, a coworker asked (in a wiseass tone) "what the procedure was" for some weird situation which was clearly one of those "exception" moments.

And the crazy thing was that the group started knocking around ideas to create a procedure for this thing. I couldn't take it.

I answered, "Wanna know what the procedure is for that?

"Yeah."

"Simple...think."

The system exists for you.