rowdie wrote:

As we once discussed, the current system doesn't allow for 2 or more local support sites in the same language. One possible solution could be to have the subdomain lead to a 'portal' page listing the local support sites for that language, if there's more than one...perhaps? Something for the Liaison team to debate, I'd say

Good day the Ants!!

Once upon a time, there was a happy and productive Ant that everyday arrived early at work.

She passed all her day working, in a joyful good mood, singing her little song.

She was happy to work and her yield was excellent but,

Misfortune! She was not supervised by a manager...

The Hornet, CEO of the business, considered that it wasn’t possible to carry on this way anymore, and he created a manager position for which he recruited a Ladybug with a lot of experiences.

The first preoccupation of the Ladybug was to organize the times of entry and exit of the ant.

She also created a report system and card shuttles. Very quickly, she needed to engage a secretary to help her to prepare the files and the reporting, so she hired a Spider that organized a classification system and that was in charge of answering the telephone.

During these times, the happy and productive ant continued to work, work and work.

The Hornet, CEO of the business, was delighted to receive the reports of the Ladybug, so well that he demanded comparative studies with graphics, indicators of activity and tendency analyzes. She needed therefore to hire a Cockroach to assist the manager and buy a new computer and printer.

Quickly enough, the happy and productive Ant begins to lower rhythm and to complain about the whole bureaucracy that was now imposed by the hornet

The Hornet, CEO of the business, consider that it was times for a check up.

He creates therefore the post of chief service to supervise the happy and productive Ant.

The post was covered by a Cicada that changed all the furniture of his office and that demanded a new ergonomic armchair as well as a new computer with flat screen.

But now, with several computers, they also needed to install a server network.



The new chief felt quickly the need to recruit an assistant (the same from his old enterprise) in order to prepare a strategic plan of piloting as well as the budgeting his new service.

In the meantime, the Ant was less and less happy and less and less productive.

"It is necessary for us to order a study on the social climate", says the Cicada.

But, one day, the Hornet, CEO of the business, while examining the sums, he realized that the service in which the happy and productive Ant worked wasn’t as profitable as before.

He called therefore the services of a prestigious consultant, MR. Owl, to do a diagnosis and to bring solutions. The Owl put up a mission of three months from which he presented his report: "there are too many employees in this service". And the Hornet, CEO of the business, fallowing his recommendations fired the Ant!


Morality:

Do not show you are a happy and productive Ant. It is better to be incompetent and useless.

The incompetent ones don’t need a supervisor, what for..? Since everyone knows it!

If despite all, you are productive, do not show that you are happy at work; they would not forgive you for it.

If you persist to be a happy and productive Ant, open your own business: at least you will not have to make the Hornet live……and Ladybug, Spider, Cicada, Owl and other Cockroach.