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This is my dad too. I thought he was nuts, but it was very effective. Looking at your name I am going to assume that like me you are from the former USSR. The
by tyoma 7y ago
This is my dad too. I thought he was nuts, but it was very effective.
Looking at your name I am going to assume that like me you are from the former USSR.
The explanation my dad said is the following: a lifetime of dealing with soviet bureaucracy informed him that orders always flow down, and each worker tries to prevent complaints from flowing up. Therefore, to get a problem resolved, your request has to come from up high in the bureaucratic hierarchy.
The easiest way to do it? Write to the very top and hope they forward it down with a note saying “fix it”. Then it will get fixed.
- arkitaip 7y agoSoviet Life Lessons needs to be its own site or at least video series. I'm being serious as someone who lately has been reading up on the Soviet and realizing that its people developed amazing survival skills to deal with the trauma of daily life.
- dmitryminkovsky 7y agoThis isn't quite what you're describing, but https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXTAMdHwvWdmFyOlQmEtpQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXTAMdHwvWdmFyOlQmEtpQ
- dmitryminkovsky 7y agoYep, a child of the late USSR here, but my parents lived through its peak. Your dad's explanation makes a lot of sense.