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u/tombisch 11h ago
Not quite the same, but a colleague once asked me to put together a spreadsheet. She needed it quickly, so I made sure it was ready within the agreed timeframe. I was actually quite proud of the result. I even showed it to another colleague who might benefit from it.
But because I don’t trust her (she’s always making a fuss and exaggerating the importance of the things she does), I password-protected the spreadsheet.
I kept asking her how she liked it, and she kept telling me how handy it was. Then, three effing weeks later, she had a teamsmeeting across from my desk, where she needed the spreadsheet.
The look of horror on her face when she realised she couldn’t open it.
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u/improbsable 9h ago
I don’t work in an office, so I have no frame of reference for what this means. Was she trying to steal your work and pass it off has her own?
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u/Frampletromwibblers 11h ago
And then someone makes a copy and starts adding data to that instead...
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u/Phogna_Bologna_Pogna 11h ago
Of all places in the world, I went to a tractor pull competition that was live updating the score sheet on Google Sheets including current standing and all the pertinent statistics and information surrounding such an event. shared by a nice QR code on the program. I know no other person there that day appreciated as much as I did. I wish I could have shook that persons hand who took the time to make that spreadsheet and looked them in the eye and let them know what a gem they are, because I guarantee nobody else did. We spreadsheet lovers are indeed a rare breed with a deep passion.
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u/Hikoraa 10h ago
I've made one we still use to this day. So in Warren Robinett fashion, I hid my name in white text on an empty cell saying who created it.
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u/Catpixfever 13h ago
As a lover of a well-made spreadsheet, replete with auto calculations and every statistic you could possibly want, I understand that the group of people who truly appreciate them is a rarefied group. “Look, it retrieves data and updates automatically! Tab 2 has all the charts you need dating back several years!” … “K thanks.”