Re Invent?

Today's question is: Why do people expect you to re invent the wheel???

Background: Remember months ago when I had a little rant about how I said no to doing any volunteer work in the PTA this year and then I got assigned to the 1 day job of Bike Safety Day coordinator? (that's a freaking joke, it's more than a day of work.) Well, tomorrow is the big day. Thankfully it's going to be a beautiful day and I don't have to worry about rescheduling.

So, I'm probably the worst Bike Safety Day coordinator to date. I've been so busy with my trip to Napa last weekend and getting my oldest ready for her heritage day last week and my middle girl ready for her First Holy Communion (catholic) on Saturday that I hadn't done much to get ready. So today I had to re invent the wheel and it was annoying as hell all get out.

Why can't people just forward all word correspondence on to the next worker bee when transitioning jobs? Clearly, the person who had this job last year had typed up every piece of correspondence. Today I had to re type practically everything. What a pain. (if I was a good bike safety day coordinator I would have done it weeks ago, but alas, I suck.)

In an effort to keep re inventing the wheel low, I've done the gal who is taking my job next year a favor. I've already emailed every single thing I've typed up to her. I'll keep them for a year in case she misplaces them, I'm all about keeping inventing low.