You know sometimes I feel sorry for people who have to run an office set up
especially if it employs a number of girls
but darn many things can develop out of nothing.
I've always thought it was good common sense to ignore petty situations
but then again you never know George Barnes or G.
Bennett Barnes the scientists name had the same idea.
George runs the office and of the service department.
This involves considerable correspondence special records
and complicated systems of filing eight or nine girls worked for George
and Betty here is what you might call the leader of the group.
I guess just about every office has someone like Betty a little short on
personality maybe
but darned efficient fact is she's been here almost as long as George many of the
procedures and planning systems were set up by Betty in the first place.
Well to get along with my story. George hired a new girl.
Jonas good to have you with us. We hope you like it here.
Thank you Mr Pike I'm sure it's not very often we have the opportunity to hire
someone with your extensive background.
I'm sure your college training
and particularly your past working experience in the service field will be a big
help to us. Well I certainly hope you'll find where a friendly group.
Look around get acquainted see how we do things then who know what a fresh
viewpoint. Maybe you'll come up with some new ideas. You know. Thank you Mr.
So there are four Betty. This is Joan Thomas.
She's replacing Sylvia Jones abetting McCarthy How do you do.
Joe and I'm glad to know your fellow Betty
that if you take Joan I'm sure around the office
and then to do so would everyone please be happy to thank you thank write me back.
Well.
Joan proved to be an intelligent girl quick to grasp things full sound I did a couple
of weeks later. I'll bet you have a minute.
What is it but I'm having an awful time checking anything in these guarantee files.
It's all alphabetical
and there are millions of them takes forever to find any particular wine
but we haven't been having any trouble all the way they did America Betty think a
lot of time there. We broke the guarantee down by city.
And then alphabetically that way when you wanted to check
when you could do it in a jiffy. We could save a lot of time if we do it
that way here but we've been getting by.
All right so far and I don't see much percentage in changing now.
Well Mr Bryant said.
Well I just thought it would save time for everyone especially.
Well I'm sorry we don't do things more for your way of thinking perhaps America
with better organized. Now I didn't mean it that way. Betty.
I just thought it would be easier for everyone if we would do it the other way.
That's not a situation first developed a little friction between a competent old
employee and an intelligence experience knew one.
Well it wasn't long until the
other morning Betty. I was going to see Bryan.
I never had any trouble in the office as long as I've been here.
I think you'll agree I've always got along with the other girls certainly.
What's the matter Betty and said New Girl. Joan Thomas.
Just because she's been to college with service in a couple of other places she
tries lorded over everyone everything we do is inefficient.
Now she says our guarantee filing system is no good and I developed
that system Mr Bines over eight years ago
and it's work now all of a sudden it's no good.
Well this is probably my fault I did say something to Joan about new ideas.
Letter make suggestions. I'm sure it's nothing personal.
As far as you're concerned even the other girls even there getting critical
and I spent years getting those files to where they are now ready.
You've done a good job. We all think a lot of you. We appreciate what you've done.
I count on you to keep things rolling out there. I tell you what.
I'll talk to her
and don't worry I'll talk to it by
speaking. George Barnes is an efficient conscientious man
but he's also a busy man he didn't talk to Joan that day or the next day
or the next.
As a matter of fact George Barnes thought the whole thing would blow over.
But he could avoid making a mountain out of a molehill stopping a chain reaction of
disharmony in his department by just letting it alone and he could be right
but one day a couple of weeks later.
I don't find service companies monthly in warranty report following your desk I
can't find it anywhere. Alpine. No I don't.
There is nothing in the file.
I've been looking in the file for half an hour and I can find.
It's one of your files are you sure you're up to date.
Yeah that's all I know I'm sorry I forgot to tell you the girls
and I were talking yesterday and we figured out it would save time at the end.
Morty reports were separated because well they have to file a product that it way.
Here let me show you all I need to know is who do you think you are I think those
files in the first place and let me tell you Mr Barnes is going to hear about this.
But Mr Barnes you changed the whole file around I spend an hour looking for just
one word. She's tearing down everything I spent YEARS to build up.
What did she say when you talk to.
Well I did talk to or did you know frankly I forgot to do it
but my mind I thought a bit later than I thought Well it'll probably take care of
itself but I told you he was becoming impossible.
Mr Bangs I thought you appreciated all I've done.
I do I do but I just didn't expect that resistance to new ideas.