Attempt to prove procurement prowess ended up gathering dust.
Marco's boss, whom he described as a "sciagurato" – Italian for a wretch – kept one of those catalogs on his desk.
Marco said the boss told anyone who would listen that this feat of cost-cutting would propel him out of the tech team and into management.
After wrestling with the packaging, the truth emerged.
The company therefore had two stands and no printers.
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Attempt to prove procurement prowess ended up gathering dust. The company therefore had two stands and no printers.
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Attempt to prove procurement prowess ended up gathering dust.
Marco's boss, whom he described as a "sciagurato" – Italian for a wretch – kept one of those catalogs on his desk.
"He perused it every day, like a kid waiting for Christmas," Marco told The Register. "One day he found a laser printer at almost one-seventh the cost."
Marco said the boss told anyone who would listen that this feat of cost-cutting would propel him out of the tech team and into management.
Disaster duly arrived with the delivery.
After wrestling with the packaging, the truth emerged.
"Our boss had bought two laser printer stands," Marco wrote, "because the catalog showed the stands with the printer on top."
The company therefore had two stands and no printers. The boss's claim to promotion-worthy procurement prowess had collapsed.
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