How much tolerance do you have for work that involves lots of details?
I have a high tolerance for detailed work. For catalogers, it comes with the territory -- anyone who couldn't deal with a ridiculous amount of minutiae would promptly go insane in my line of work. Catalogers are well known for their ability to fixate on and endlessly debate the most trivial details. Don't believe me? Check out some of the documents I've written for work, here and here. Writing each of those required the distillation of dozens if not hundreds of pages of rules, instructions, interpretation, and opinion.
There are other aspects of my work that require more of a grasp of the big picture, but I do spend plenty of time up to my eyebrows in details.
And a bonus seasonally-themed question, since I was unable to post on Friday:
How did we come to represent ghosts with white sheets?
The more I think about this, the more I'm baffled. Anyone have any ideas?
Posted by at October 25, 2004 11:03 PMAbout the white sheets...
My guess would be that it's because of the way many people have seen ghosts, as faded, misty images, like whisps of smoke. A white sheet would probably be the closest representation of that.
Charles Schultz? ;)
Posted by: Philip Hunter at October 26, 2004 9:42 AMDetails: I try to avoid them when I can.
Posted by: Philip Hunter at October 26, 2004 9:43 AMi think sheets as ghost was purely a work of a parent with a kids that said "i need a costume for school tomorrow." it's quick & it's easy (which appeals to parents) and kind of spooky (which appeals to kids).
i am also a detail nut. i love lists and forms. nuts, i know.
Posted by: becka at October 26, 2004 2:19 PMI love details which is good because that's my whole job. I like getting a pile of information and figure out ways to make is easy to access and still make sense online. I love to organize and keep it simple.
Posted by: Lori at October 27, 2004 10:06 AM