Cat and Cat Herder

[nancylebov]

I was thinking that I wanted to comment to marykaykare's entry
about the difficulty of organizing with people who aren't communicating quickly and/or reliably, but the entry was already days old. I don't check my lj for back comments all that reliably and I don't know if other people check theirs, but I suspect that they mostly don't.

I could send an email....but then it occurred to me. I have an lj! I can move my comment into the present where it can have its brief exposure to the world!

So here it is:

I've done a little small scale organizing, and it's indistinguishable from work. As a result, I try to remember to thank people for organizing things. They tend to be surprised and grateful that anyone's noticed.

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[esmereldachubb.livejournal.com]

I live the organizing dream every day... well, every week, at least. My favorite is when my friends, who are apathetic about planning to begin with, just stand back and say, "I'll do whatever you want to do; I have no preference," or, even better, "I'm going to go out for the afternoon, and I'll just go along with whatever plan you come up with when I get back."

Meanwhile, there's no plan, because no one will express a goddam opinion.

It's a chronic problem. I believe caning is the answer. ;->