TIFU Giving Myself More Work
This TIFU was initially primed last week, but the tripwire was broken by me about 9 hours ago, consequences yet to fully emerge.
I like spreadsheets. One could say I love spreadsheets. I've even got one of those little badges that says This Calls For A Spreadsheet. I'm recognised in work as the spreadsheet guy, as well as The Count.
Friend in work last week approached me asking me to help with his new spreadsheet task, amalgamating 4 whiteboards of material into a workflow with multiple data entry and exit points to allow the higher ups access to the info.
"No bother" I said and go to work. Two hours later I have done and the new shiny and *perfect* spreadsheet goes out.
Today: KABOOM. Go into work and notice a meeting on my calendar, ominously titled as per the workflow included on the spreadsheet. Now I've recently been shifted slightly across from my usual role to help out with another project, which will entail working to 90% of my hours to make sure I do what I need to cover my work. I think the meeting has been scheduled to discuss how useful this new sheet is. That's how it starts off of course when I get in there. By the end I've been handed an ENORMOUS body of work to build logs and databases to manage the workflows and output in a sufficient way that the higher ups of the higher ups can review and understand where the entire department is at. "I don't want to upset the apple cart but am I not supposed to be doing that other role now?" "Well, we figured you could fit in this new task around your spare time out from the other role. By the way can you have all this done in the next two weeks?"
Me and my big mouth. The irony is, I'd offer to help all over again, like I did last time.
TL;DR: Helped a friend do a spreadsheet, get tasked by the managers to do a titanic version of the same in whatever spare time I can find but to be completed in about 2 weeks. Consequences: not yet fully clear.