Furthermore…

Yesterday we had a parish form to fill out to provide feedback on how we perceive our Faith Enrichment Group – what are the positives, what are the negatives, that sort of thing. One of the members took on the task of the last minute filling out of the questionnaire, thinking that after the meeting as we sat around socializing we could all contribute our various ideas and responses.
But as it happened most of the group seemed to be largely unaware or unconcerned about recording any answers, caught up as they were in animated conversations about other matters. So the questionnaire only contains what the one member filling out the form and the person sitting next to her were able to cobble together drawing upon their own ideas and a few little bits of what could be gotten from the others by trying to occasionally interrupt their other conversations.
I can’t help but think that all over the world similar fiasco’s take place, perhaps in the form of overburdened secretaries performing last minute substitutions for what their boss should have done, or projects being delayed because needed contributions have not been submitted, or have been submitted in incomplete or unacceptable form.