Moaning and groaning

I pointed out to the police blogger mentioned in my recent post that being new to police blogs I had been staggered by the sheer amount of moaning which goes on. If it's not the 'crims, slags, low-lifes' etc who get them going it's the paperwork. PC Bloggs obviously read my comments and responded wittily about 'institutional moaning' in the police service and the need for a commission to look in to it and report.

It got me thinking about moaning in our field - there is certainly a lot of it about paperwork and demands for information from all sides. But I think, at least in my own agency that we try to explain to staff about why information is needed and to give them strategies for easing the burdens of paperwork. I hope we do any way.

However, looking at our intranet there isn't a great deal of moaning and there is a lot of constructive thought and feedback. Hopefully not just because I can access the intranet too.