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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 509294" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>DDD, you know I'm giggling here! That's EXACTLY what I spent the last 24 years doing - contending with all that mess in a Dept. of Correction business office! The State's purchasing systems, bill paying systems and inventory systems are so cumbersome and so complicated, you sometimes get things done <em>in spite of</em> them and not because of them! It's a miracle we got anything done! And I can easily see how a 20 cent discrepancy could turn in to a six-week long nightmare!</p><p></p><p>And about the duffle bags full of clothes ... we also worked with the warehouse system that issued everything to the institution including clothing items. And believe me, once you were issued something - it's YOURS! No way are you giving it back! We didn't care what they did with it but they're <em>keeping</em> it! If something isn't right, we'll issue you another one and then you will have two of them, but <u>NO WAY</u> is that thing coming back in to the system! It's a paperwork nightmare just to buy the items, receive the items, and then enter the items into the inventory system. Once the item is issued to someone, I don't think there even <em>was</em> a procedure in place to return it, and just to try would be a paperwork explosion of monumental proportions! So just KEEP the duffle bags of clothing! I seriously doubt if they will ever ask for them back. Just put them in a closet and leave them on the off-chance that they were given to him in error and were meant for someone else. They probably do this for every kid in the same circumstances and if his name was on the bags there's not much chance that it was a mistake. And even if it <em>was</em> a mistake, it's not your responsibility to straighten it out for them. If they were meant for someone else (not likely), you have no way of knowing that. No one will go without clothing. They will just get two more duffle bags full of clothing and give it to them!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 509294, member: 1883"] DDD, you know I'm giggling here! That's EXACTLY what I spent the last 24 years doing - contending with all that mess in a Dept. of Correction business office! The State's purchasing systems, bill paying systems and inventory systems are so cumbersome and so complicated, you sometimes get things done [I]in spite of[/I] them and not because of them! It's a miracle we got anything done! And I can easily see how a 20 cent discrepancy could turn in to a six-week long nightmare! And about the duffle bags full of clothes ... we also worked with the warehouse system that issued everything to the institution including clothing items. And believe me, once you were issued something - it's YOURS! No way are you giving it back! We didn't care what they did with it but they're [I]keeping[/I] it! If something isn't right, we'll issue you another one and then you will have two of them, but [U]NO WAY[/U] is that thing coming back in to the system! It's a paperwork nightmare just to buy the items, receive the items, and then enter the items into the inventory system. Once the item is issued to someone, I don't think there even [I]was[/I] a procedure in place to return it, and just to try would be a paperwork explosion of monumental proportions! So just KEEP the duffle bags of clothing! I seriously doubt if they will ever ask for them back. Just put them in a closet and leave them on the off-chance that they were given to him in error and were meant for someone else. They probably do this for every kid in the same circumstances and if his name was on the bags there's not much chance that it was a mistake. And even if it [I]was[/I] a mistake, it's not your responsibility to straighten it out for them. If they were meant for someone else (not likely), you have no way of knowing that. No one will go without clothing. They will just get two more duffle bags full of clothing and give it to them! [/QUOTE]
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