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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 02:30 PM
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Is there a term for people who spend their whole work trying to fix things that aren't broken?
Because I work with someone like that and it's driving me NUTS.
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 02:44 PM
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1. Engineer.
You can always make something better.
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 02:48 PM
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2. Ha ha. But I don't mean physical things.
Just trying to change processes that already work. Like those web-based companies who deliver "solutions" to non-existent problems.
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SunnySong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 03:05 PM
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3. Manger? Web Designer? nt
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 04:24 PM
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4. micromanager
and it drives me nuts when I have to work for one :(
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betharina Donating Member (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-10 04:38 PM
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5. my husband. nt
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