Get a Grip
A few years ago, my dear sister Amy was trying valiantly to help her staff adjust to new courtroom routines. Digital document handling, in particular, was not going well. And there were other matters of decorum calling for commiseration and comment. Thus, I composed an occasional poem to add a little levity to the situation.
An Order To Get a Grip, People
If things in the courtroom are faulty,
Judge Amy might turn a tad salty.
Jus deal with it.
Now when your job is clerical,
Hey don’t get hysterical.
Jus deal with it.
If Judge Amy says no,
Paper handling is blow,
You’re gonna hafta jus deal with it.
And please cut the chatter,
For clear thinking does matter.
Decorum demands
There’s no snacks in your hands.
You really gotta deal with it.
Now to all who are fretting
Where you’re standing and sitting,
You gotta stop the pity party
and repeat after me:
“We don’t give a shit
where we stand or we sit.
We will deal with it.”
And you Lisa L— , (1)
Jus gotta refrain
From offloading this stuff
Cuz you don’t do enough
To make processes work.
Come on, stop being a jerk
and jus deal with it.
Judge Amy will strive to be fair,
Be assured that she really does care.
So cut the trash talking,
Or you’ll find you are walking
A path lonely and sad,
(Which is really too bad!)
Why not jus deal with it?
So people, you need to switch gears
And you ‘ll be able to share in the cheers
that come from jointly improving
how the documents are moving.
Let’s all get a grip and jus deal with it.
Susanna Pathak
April 1, 2018
Full Disclosure: Amy’s sister
- Surname redacted. Rhymes loosely with “insane”.