[dylan604]

That's the thing though, there's always going to be the mother-in-law tantrum that pops up to totally wreck anyone's priorities. Best laid plans will always be tossed out the window because some favored user/client contacts someone high enough that everything you were doing is now put on hold to address something that was already evaluated as a lower priority task be all stake holders involved.

It makes priority lists a joke to me. I've been in meetings where every single new action item became the highest priority, where at the end of the meeting everyone is confused on what the priorities are. It's bad management, and it is utterly demoralizing.