always somebody's got to gum up the works...

I really don't understand why making work-related travel arrangements has to be so difficult. If I want to go somewhere, I look up the fares, put in a credit card number, print off the ticket and that's that. I've never understood the office-politics dance that always goes on. The current one involves figuring out which end of this trip is responsible for booking the flights in the first place; me, or the people who said they would and now won't. This is before I even get around to figuring out which forms have to be filled out in what order and signed by whom.

And I'm trying to arrange a meeting with several people with nearly impossible schedules, and I still haven't found any time to reschedule a meeting that can't be next week. Since the next iteration is November 1, I'm sorely tempted to ask if they can't just cancel this one and make it up in November (even though I know before I ask that the answer is No, it has to be rescheduled).

And there's this conference call that has to be done before the end of October, except that one of the four people who has to be in it can't do it any time the other three can...

I'm almost positive this is going to be one of THOSE days. Just let me get one of these things dealt with today and I'll feel like I've actually accomplished something.