Today in the Production Managers Meeting

The Production Managers have come up with a wild new scent for the season, it will be named 'Ripped Ass'.

Upon entering the conference room this morning, Calamity Jane immediately began to gripe about how she had to "rip her team a new ass" for recent human relations situations. Naturally, the rest of us laughed at her outburst and offered little support.

"I could tell something was going on..... A very distinct odor has emanated from your area," Big Dog was the first to comment between the snickers and giggles.

"Yes, it IS a very distinct odor, isn't it. That's what we, in the profession, would like to call 'Essence of Ripped Ass'," Mr. Brownstar snorted as he tried in vain to hold back a laugh.

"Let's copy right that bad boy," Calamity Jane is now laughing, her anger beginning to subside.

The average employee on the production floor really has no idea how difficult it can be to be a production manager. Not only do you have the demands of the customer, your own superior, and a director of operations, but you also have the intricate and detailed demands of the several individuals who work for you.

The toughest part of your job is always the latter. It is defined for you what the customer needs are. You know, without doubt, what your boss expects out of you. When the director of operations heads your way it has already been determined this isn't going to go well.

But, with your employee, you are absolutely blindsided. Are they here to tattle tale on their fellow coworker? Are they here to scope information in their subtle (yet completely obvious) conversation? Are they trying to work the system, yet again, with a new loop hole they have discovered in the hand book?

It is these issues that push a production manager, like Calamity Jane, to their wits end, forcing them to, whether they want to or not, 'rip their team a new ass'.