Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n
\u201cDoc. No. XXX is stated as being expired, but was not listed on the spread sheet. Please make sure that this is inserted and in the future when you discover a new one please add it to the list. Thanks much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another example of a clerical mind-set employee who knows the procedures, but not the reason for the procedures. <\/p>\n
I started the spreadsheet as a way for me to track expired restrictive covenants that kept showing up in conveyances. Most of those documents were recorded by developers in the 1950\u2019s, before suburbs had zoning ordinances, so they afflicted whole subdivisions with crap like \u201ccan\u2019t build closer than X feet from the property line\u201d or \u201cbuilding must be at least X square feet\u201d and of course, the ever popular \u201ccannot sell to colored people.\u201d They expired under the 40-year law but must be manually removed each time I see one.<\/p>\n
Unless the restrictive covenants reserved easements for utilities or drainage, in which case they can\u2019t be manually removed but instead must be corrected to say \u201creserves easement.\u201d<\/p>\n
I created the spread sheet so I wouldn\u2019t have to read the restrictive covenant document every time; instead, I\u2019d glance at the spread sheet to see which ones had to be carried forward with corrections and which could be omitted.<\/p>\n
The document in question is a deed that affected one single platted lot. It did not reserve easements. So I ordered it removed. Now that it\u2019s been removed, it\u2019ll never be a problem in the future. Do we need to list that deed on the spreadsheet? No, of course not. But she has to make a point of sending an email to the whole office reminding us to do it, just to be certain we know that she\u2019s paying attention to every single thing we do, searching for mistakes to correct them, to prove how valuable she is. It\u2019s \u201cquality control,\u201d you see. To enhance \u201ccustomer service.\u201d <\/p>\n
Except it\u2019s not a mistake, I deliberately chose not to clutter up the spread sheet with useless data. The employee knows the procedure but not the reason for the procedure, and therefore confuses the means with the end. Of course, saying so would be mansplaining, a hurtful and sexist thing to do, and elitist because I have a degree as well as ageist since she\u2019s been here 30 years and it\u2019s disrespectful not to respect her opinion, even if wrong. <\/p>\n
You wonder why government isn\u2019t fast on its feet \u2013 it\u2019s because of all the ankle-biters slowing us down.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Government bureaucracy – where people are penalized for being too good at their jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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