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Ok, so this is week two – week two for me being gainfully employed as Project Manager for AMG Creative, Inc. as well as week two for ‘The View from the Bottom.’ As I am rushing like Eddie George in ’95 (shout out to my fellow Buckeyes!) to fit in this week’s post, I will refer you to week one for the explanation of this rant space.

For this week’s topic I turn to our talented, if not outspoken Creative Director, Blais Hunter.

TOPIC #1: ‘Let’s blame storm about this. Oh, and you’re always to blame’
Blais has personality, and he likes to share – there, I think I said it nicely.

During our weekly ‘File Maker’ meeting – where we scroll through each and every project listed in our aforementioned project management software and evaluate the status and next steps for each – my boss noted that the file for an ongoing website maintenance job was missing from the queue.

Quick Notes to Bring You Up to Speed before I Continue:
1. File Maker is the Devil in-software-carnate, notorious for its ease of screwing up your entire data management system – “touchy” is the verbiage my boss uses…
2. This job began and finished long before I started here, so the likelihood that I had anything to do with the problem ranges somewhere between zero and ‘a snowball’s chance in … (Gotta’ love British sketch comedy!) ‘
3. Blais is living proof that two, usually positive, character traits (willingness to share and rich personality) sometimes combine and manifest themselves in less-than-loving manners (somewhat understandable through the volcano experiment you performed in third grade).

At this point our , umm – witty? – Creative Director piped in with the quick and dirty solution to the problem that summarizes my position and the position of enterprising-entry-levelers-everywhere within our respective organizations: “Let’s blame storm about this. Oh, and you’re always to blame.”

Knowing my rank in the room and appreciating that I do enjoy receiving a paycheck, I bite my tongue regarding my knowledge that this incident could not and is not my fault and respond with “I will fix that.”

Oh what a view it is here from The Bottom. So, until next time, keep your head up, keep your tongue tied and keep your eye on the prize. And maybe one day you can be like Blais – everyone can dream!

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