{"id":4528,"date":"2019-07-11T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T18:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2019-07-11T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T18:36:30","slug":"putting-out-a-dumpster-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/2019\/07\/11\/putting-out-a-dumpster-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting Out a Dumpster Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4529\" src=\"http:\/\/paykame.com\/remanu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/RU417.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/RU417.png 600w, https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/RU417-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nA dumpster fire is the perfect visual metaphor for when things go spectacularly wrong. It\u2019s happened to me not a few times in my work life:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>System outages preventing whole schools of students and educators from being able to do or access anything.<\/li>\n<li>A new operating system that doesn\u2019t allow users to operate.<\/li>\n<li>A series of unfortunate events causing several essential personnel to be out at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>The phones are down.<\/li>\n<li>Or, in one case, an actual fire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are examples of situations, that when in them, you realize you are living through a dumpster fire.<br \/>\nThe most important characteristic of your state of awareness, your view of the problem, is that amongst a lack of solutions, and impending fire, you aren\u2019t panicking.\u00a0 You are a bit beyond panic.\u00a0 You realize that there isn\u2019t a whole lot you can do.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a weird feeling.<br \/>\nBut what you can do, are these things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t fan the flames.<\/strong> The worst thing anyone can do in a disastrous work scenario, where all seems to be going wrong, is to complain loudly, get others involved, and place blame. All these actions stoke the hot, hot flames, and that ultimately doesn\u2019t help anyone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be chill.<\/strong> Things are out of control, tempers are flaring, and the fire seems like it will never stop. The most helpful and ultimately resolving force in these situations are the individuals that keep calm and carry on, a beacon of rationality accepting the things we cannot control and helping everyone realize the world [probably] isn\u2019t ending.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take notes.<\/strong> The thing about dumpster fires is you don\u2019t see them coming. You don\u2019t plan for all of the circumstances working against you\u2014maybe one or two predictable worst-case scenarios\u2014but a dumpster fire is something special, especially crappy. Take notes: what worked, what didn\u2019t, what communications methods were best, who helped, who spread the fire, and how can you take this terrible situation and learn for next time?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>No business, no industry, no life is safe from a periodic dumpster fire, sorry. So, should you suddenly find yourself having one of those days where it seems like the sky is falling and you are just watching it all numb to pain, (yeah, I had one recently, can you tell?) don\u2019t worry, it\u2019ll be okay if you understand that a dumpster fire is at least a controlled one, and you can be a force for good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dumpster fire is the perfect visual metaphor for when things go spectacularly wrong. It\u2019s happened to me not a few times in my work life: System outages preventing whole schools of students and educators from being able to do or access anything. A new operating system that doesn\u2019t allow users to operate. 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