Teodora Zepeda
At eighty-one, Teodora Zepeda is well past retirement from grooming show dogs to exact specifications, including the documentation required when a coat failed inspection. She still pauses at any administrative process with a missing approval stage and identifies the responsible role before asking what the process was intended to accomplish.
Articles by Teodora Zepeda
Paperless Office Initiative Generates 3,000-Page Implementation Manual
The manual, printed and distributed to all 600 employees in triplicate, has consumed more paper than the department used in the entirety of last fiscal year.
Employee Achieves New Record: 340 Consecutive Days Without Making a Decision
The mid-level administrator has elevated the art of deferral to what colleagues describe as 'a kind of genius,' routing every question to someone else's desk.
Interdepartmental Memo Takes 14 Months to Travel 30 Feet Between Adjacent Offices
The document, a routine request for additional printer toner, passed through eleven departments, acquired four amendments, and was briefly classified.