Tuesday, November 3, 2009

it's pointless trying to try. it's a lose lose situation

you know what's annoying?

we have a project management review to present this week in my senior design class. (no, i havent done any more work on the project. don't remind me :/) i think she realized that in all the groups (minus the stupid mason team that wasnt part of our class last semester) there is only one person working while the rest of the team sits around and looks pretty (they fail miserably at that, too).

at the end of this presentation, she wants everyone to report on what they have done for the project and what they will do for it. that means that every group will either have to stand up there and have one person say, "i did everything" or lie. both ways suck.

on the one hand, the entire team will get in trouble - the slackers for slacking and the team captain for not delegating. it's really hard though to delegate when there's no one to delegate to. when i tell someone to do something and they dont and i have to get down and present it in class, of course i'm going to end up doing it. and "make them work" is about the stupidest advice in the world and what most people say. it's kind of hard to make a college student with four other classes and a job work on what you want him to do. especially when theyre all at least three years older than you and start to play the older people have more responsibilities card.

if you lie, though, you may not get in trouble, but the slackers will get to take credit for the stuff you did. all your hard work (though it may not look like much) will get written off to the people who sat back and did nothing.

either way you go, you lose.

and the fact that there is a team with gantt charts and schedules and meetings where everyone knows their part and does it and helps the other people on his team with their parts, makes me angry. first of all, they make the rest of us look bad. second, it's just rubbing it in our faces the crappy hand we were dealt with our teams.

you know what makes it even better? my group and i agreed on meeting today and none of them can make it. do you think you couldve remembered that you have work and class before you said that 12 on tuesday would be fine? sheesh.

*Lose Lose Situation - Brian McFadden

2 comments:

  1. anonymous hippopotamusJune 7, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    i hate group projects... unless i'm the slacker then i love group projects!! LOL

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  2. i hate feeling like the slacker, though. plus, i don't trust anyone and end up doing everything myself.

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