As if over-regulation wasn't bad enough in real life, my University is getting increasingly into having a written, approved policy for all sorts of dumbass pointless things. Today's gem: The wording on office doors! We have "office hours" where we're (almost) guaranteed to be available + an instruction beneath the written hours saying "Outside these hours please email for an appointment." A colleague (well-known for her "policy-driven" thinking) insinuated a question into an official meeting whereby the Head of School was asked where the policy on appointments was written down! Not just the fault of the colleague-concerned, however! Why did the questioner not engage brain and realise "I am about to ask a senior member of University staff (a Professor no less!) a seriously pointless question" and sit down and shut up! Quit wasting our time with bureaucracy and let us get on with (trying to) educate!
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