so check out what happened yesterday:
as a state agency we have to keep the files of our constituents in the state archives for a certain number of years. all the files (we have roughly 500 per fiscal year for our annual grants) are boxed in order of grant number, the boxes are clearly marked for archives and neatly stacked from the bottom up in columns of six, and they wait by the loading dock inside for archives to come and get them...at which point they're wrapped in plastic and taken to the state library. they are kept in the archives for x number of years. 5 years, or something like that.
we also have a process for boxes that need to be destroyed. they too are stacked by the loading dock and marked to be destroyed...
so guy comes yesterday. dumps all of our "to be destroyed" boxes into the shredder dumpsters. and then proceeds to dump our grant files into the bins to be destroyed.
we spent a good hour pulling our files out of the trash and putting them back in order, boxing and stacking them back up again. considering all things an hour isn't that long. our supervisor is pregnant, so you know she was on the verge of tears at some point. and the poor, oafy driver...he wanted to help but there was nothing he could really do to fit in at that point. poor guy. you know he felt like a dipshit.
honest mistake. just not a simple one.
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um, that reminds me of taking the box folding class. i can't say boxes are the best memories, but at least they were entertaining ones.
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