Slapdash

Went running again today.  No rain, no lightening strikes, no near death experiences.  You know, when they say that all this exercise could kill you, I never took it so literal.

Today's word of the day:  Slapdash. 

It is coming up on review time again.  Already said how much I love doing reviews.  Had a training class on the new review system.  Not much improvement from last year's (IMHO).  I don't care how much training and how many reviews I've done, I still don't like the process.  Somehow cramming one year's accomplishments into a single piece of paper and a 30 minute discussion on how you can improve your performance doesn't seem to sell it for me.  But I can play the game like the rest of them.  During the class, we had a 20 minute video about how to give a good review.  Actually it was more of how not to give a bad interview.  Three scenarios about reviews and how they can go bad.  Was an old film from the late 80's or early 90's obviously done by a British company (having John Cleese in it was a clue).  Typically funny clip on how not to do a review.  One of the scenarios was where a supervisor was trying to coach her employee about how she was a bit careless and pissed off some other groups.  The offended employee felt she was being labeled as "slapdash" and went postal.  I commented to my coworker who was attending as well that I had never heard of or even used slapdash before and pondered if it was some thing more used in England.  But I do like the term and it may wind up in one of my reviews.  No matter how old you get, you are never too old to learn something new.   

BTW - Slapdash is defined by Websters as haphazard or slipshod.