My own Catch 22

A thread on the expats forum reminded me of the farcical targets in my old job and how meeting one automatically meant another was failed.

Meeting your interview targets meant everyone turned up (it was, of course, my fault if they failed to arrive) and because they turned up it meant you were busy interviewing them. That, of course, meant there was no time to focus on the other targets.

Meeting those other targets could only be done with 'bonus' time caused by someone not turning up for their interview. That, of course, meant the interview target wasn't reached.