Notes in the Margin

Recently I've noticed a that lot of my colleagues have become less helpful. It hasn't been a gradual change either. I think it's very probably linked to overall stress levels caused by increasing workload and increasing bureaucracy (or 'bullshit' as it's more commonly known). It's almost as if there's a threshold of stress beyond which attitudes switch from "can do" to "can't do".

I think personally I reached that threshold quite some time ago. When the emails arrive with the next level of bull my immediate reaction is anger and 'how can I prevent this from happening?'. Can't do, all the way.