Or when I'm eagerly anticipating some special event that could potentially turn out to be extremely bizarre, outright ludicrous or could invoke my righteous indignation.
As in the case of my company moving to our newly build headquarters. Thats 1600 people moving with all IT systems, archives, personal binders and stuff, desk, some of the furniture etc. And the moving company has 1 week to accomplish this. This includes packing out all our stuff and placing it in bookcases by the right desk - in a specific order nonetheless!
1 week means a rather tight schedule for that - especially considering the access road is planned to be finished on morning when 60 trucks is supposed to arrive with all the new furniture. That doesn't leave a hell lot of room for delays.
Furthermore we are switching to wireless network. I'm not much of an IT guru but it seems to me it'll be rather hard to seriously test the whole network prior to 1600 persons logging on within 1-2 hours. And if the network is not working -> no internet, no intranet, no access to files, folders etc. i.e. basically no-one is able to work (apart from the receptionists...).
It is of course a declared success criteria for our company that everybody can check in at their desk Monday morning and start working right away. I don't say this is impossible, but I will be mighty surprised if this dream scenario is coming through :o) I give it odds 1:80 for a seamless transition to our new headquarters (seamless as in people can start working instantly - which is not to say they will start working :p).
Personally I expect people to run around like decapitated chickens most of the day looking for their lost belongings, investigating the new headquarters and its facilities from cellar to roof while cursing changes and trying to gain access to wireless network.
Personally I expect people to run around like decapitated chickens most of the day looking for their lost belongings, investigating the new headquarters and its facilities from cellar to roof while cursing changes and trying to gain access to wireless network.
I will of course return on the evening of Monday 9th of August when the events has unfolded with an in-depth description of everything gone awry!