Third World Order GB!

[nev]

Hehe, the latest big thing at our place is "worksheets", used for writing up our work.  These are controlled and issued by our admin section - except they only work days and I work 24/7 shifts!  So, I am only able to generate the paperwork I need to do my job for 18% of my time at work!  Frackin' genius eh?

Mossie/Evan, some familiar stuff there  :dum:  :dum:  :dum:  

[Mossie]

Yep, those seven long years I mentioned were working in R&D in the Pharma/Medical Device industry.  It formed the foundations for the problems I have with my working life now!  A lot of the problems were paper based, like you say Lance & Nev.  First you had to write out a plan of work, which required the signature of both your immediate supervisor, then your line manager before work could proceed.  You were buggerred if one was off.  Then you had to write it up in a report, which needed the same two signatures plus that of the R&D Department Manager.  The trouble was, my line manager was a picky b*stard (and a b*stard in general) & it usually took several goes before he signed it usually over silly gramatical errors.

Then you had to follow the Standard Operating Procedure for your work & if one didn't exist you had to write a new one, often the case with R&D.  And if the work differed from the SOP, then you'd be hauled over the coals for it.  My soloution was to write SOP's as loose as I could get away with.  Then there were a thouasnd variants of SOP's, each having their own three letter acronym, for various instructions & stuff.  We actually had a documentation department, whose job it was to control all these documents.  One advantage of this was that the girls that worked in there were pretty hot!

On top of that was the initatives, buzz words & office politics.  Two blokes I worked with were the brightest & hardest working people I've ever met, they never got on there simply because their faces didn't fit (i.e. they didn't lick the bosses arse), not because they didn't do an excellent job.  Several people left to work on the manufacturing side because it paid better for less hassle.  It wasn't all bad, I met some of my greatest freinds there who I still regularly see, but apart from that, the only real thing I've taken from those seven years is a deep sense of cynicism!

[elmayerle]

Believe me, Mossie, over 30 years in aerospace has definitely deepened my cynicism levels.  I think the first time that started it was an Engineering-wide layoff at a company that shall remain nameless.  They'd already laid off everyone but the engineers and the 32 vice-presidents and senior vice presidents and you knew who was next.  The one group that didn't get hit, because "they still had so much work to do, yet", was the one that'd messed up so much that lots of their stuff had to be redone.  The rest of us on the same project who'd managed to get it right the first time were subject to layoff, but this group wasn't.

[Spey_Phantom]

this could be a good a good idea for a 3rd world order GB.
What if Hitler and Stalin joined forces?
i got the idea from a McBain scene in the simpsons   , here a pic of a MIG-23 with the CN roundel  B) , got it from a youtube clip.
"McBain to base, under attack by Commie Nazi's "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhAEH453TzU

[SinUnNombre]

I hate to continue the OT and general thread-jacking, but I'm getting my first real taste of the corporate BS we've been discussing. I work night shifts at McDonald's, and to close there are so many things that we have to get done before we can go home. The owner and corporate expect a 1 hour or less close every night, and depending on how busy we are, and how much we have done before close, that's pretty common. But recently, in an attempt to cut back on overtime due to the storewide pay raise, they've started the practice of clocking us out at 1 o'clock wether we're done or not, and making us continue to work off the clock if we're not. I guess the upper management thinks the night crew is trying to milk the clock after close, but some nights we're just so busy that we can't get anything done and it takes us longer. Now, not only is that unethical, but probably illegal as well......

Anyway, back to the GB. What about restoring old kingdoms, nations, races, knight orders, whatever, to the modern day with current aircraft, armor, and ships? Just imagine a Viking Gripen or a Celtic Typhoon. Or how bout an F-22 or -35 in colors of one of the various Native American tribes? Just a thoguht....

Jon

EDIT: Nevermind, just went back and reread the rules and the country ahs to be totally fictional. I have found some promising ideas on the Fictional Flags site though. Anyone for Petoria or Nation of Joe???

[lancer]

Nevermind, just went back and reread the rules and the country ahs to be totally fictional. I have found some promising ideas on the Fictional Flags site though. Anyone for Petoria or Nation of Joe???

Well, if anyone has watched the animated feature film Titan:AE will know what I am talking about. I vote for Planet Bob