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submitted 3 months ago by raindrop1988@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

Manager: We (meaning you) need to do task A. How long will it take?

Me: Task A will take X days to do.

Manager: That seems awful long.

Me: How long do you think it should take?

Manager: It surely could not take any longer than Y days.

Me: Ok, it seems you have an answer to your question then.

Later:

Manager: It’s been Y days, why isn’t task A done yet?

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[–] butsbutts@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago*

me: suggests anything extra not on the critical path but useful

lead: grumble dont bother automating it, just do a manual minimal local fix!!

later same issues appears

repeat local fix * 1000