Another week
Finally another week is coming to a close.
I am not sure why I am celebrating, I have to work on Saturday and I have a test next week to study for. But at least I was around long enough to see another week pass by, something to be celebrating.
I get blamed for a lot of crap. Which is fine, I have big shoulders. I also know that most of it is in jest. To that regard, when I seen this comic the other day I had to save it. I thought I would share, so next time you blame me for something just remember Garfield's closing remark:
Life otherwise, more drama at work.
Not really at liberty to discuss the details, but this is the biggest change in quite some time.
Training is progressing, I really wish I didn't have to do it though.
I did do something extremely ballsy the other day. Last Thursday I got a call while in between classes concerning a decision/policy I enforced. Well I thought it was all behind me when it came flying up again. I got pissed. It was the second policy I had enforced that had been questioned just in the last month. So, I dealt with what I could on Thursday and decided to write the Chief an email (since I was out sick Friday) expressing my discontent with the situation. I basically gave him an ultimatum and said you can support my decision or I would set down from my position as the policy enforcer and someone else could take my place removing my say in the matter. Those of you who know my Chief, the reply I got was more 'fartherly' than anything else. I suppose he decided to support me, his response was just over a paragraph long compared to my page and a half rant to him. Enough work though..
I have finished one of my three classes. It was only 6 weeks long. I should find out soon what I got in the class. As I mentioned above I have my first test in one of my other classes on Thursday next week. It worries me a little, I have a lot of material to review. I am ahead on my project (already completed it, actually had it done last weekend) so I can devote my entire weekend to studying.
I am still single. I have given up on Laura/Amy.
I know it is a short update but not much excitement yet.
I feel there will be more this next week.
I am going to close with an email list I got the other day on, of all places, a class mailing list.
* How to Please Your I.T. Department... *
- When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children's art. We don't have a life, and we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours.
- Don't write anything down. Ever. We can play back the error messages from here.
- When an I.T. person says he's coming right over, go for coffee. That way you won't be there when we need your password. It's nothing for us to remember 700 screen saver passwords.
- When you call the help desk, state what you want, not what's keeping you from getting it. We don't need to know that you can't get into your mail because your computer won't power on at all.
- When I.T. support sends you an E-Mail with high importance, delete it at once. We're just testing.
- When an I.T. person is eating lunch at his desk, walk right in and spill your guts right out. We exist only to serve.
- Send urgent email all in uppercase. The mail server picks it up and flags it as a rush delivery.
- When the photocopier doesn't work, call computer support. There's electronics in it.
- When something's wrong with your home PC, dump it on an I.T. person's chair with no name, no phone number and no description of the problem.
We love a puzzle.
- When an I.T. person tells you that computer screens don't have cartridges in them, argue. We love a good argument.
- When an I.T. person tells you that he'll be there shortly, reply in a scathing tone of voice: "And just how many weeks do you mean by shortly?" That motivates us.
- When the printer won't print, re-send the job at least 20 times. Print jobs frequently get sucked into black holes.
- When the printer still won't print after 20 tries, send the job to all
68 printers in the company. One of them is bound to work.
- Don't learn the proper term for anything technical. We know exactly what you mean by "My thingy blew up".
- Don't use on-line help. On-line help is for wimps.
For those of you I work with... keep these things in mind!!!
- Larry
I am not sure why I am celebrating, I have to work on Saturday and I have a test next week to study for. But at least I was around long enough to see another week pass by, something to be celebrating.
I get blamed for a lot of crap. Which is fine, I have big shoulders. I also know that most of it is in jest. To that regard, when I seen this comic the other day I had to save it. I thought I would share, so next time you blame me for something just remember Garfield's closing remark:
Life otherwise, more drama at work.
Not really at liberty to discuss the details, but this is the biggest change in quite some time.
Training is progressing, I really wish I didn't have to do it though.
I did do something extremely ballsy the other day. Last Thursday I got a call while in between classes concerning a decision/policy I enforced. Well I thought it was all behind me when it came flying up again. I got pissed. It was the second policy I had enforced that had been questioned just in the last month. So, I dealt with what I could on Thursday and decided to write the Chief an email (since I was out sick Friday) expressing my discontent with the situation. I basically gave him an ultimatum and said you can support my decision or I would set down from my position as the policy enforcer and someone else could take my place removing my say in the matter. Those of you who know my Chief, the reply I got was more 'fartherly' than anything else. I suppose he decided to support me, his response was just over a paragraph long compared to my page and a half rant to him. Enough work though..
I have finished one of my three classes. It was only 6 weeks long. I should find out soon what I got in the class. As I mentioned above I have my first test in one of my other classes on Thursday next week. It worries me a little, I have a lot of material to review. I am ahead on my project (already completed it, actually had it done last weekend) so I can devote my entire weekend to studying.
I am still single. I have given up on Laura/Amy.
I know it is a short update but not much excitement yet.
I feel there will be more this next week.
I am going to close with an email list I got the other day on, of all places, a class mailing list.
* How to Please Your I.T. Department... *
- When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children's art. We don't have a life, and we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours.
- Don't write anything down. Ever. We can play back the error messages from here.
- When an I.T. person says he's coming right over, go for coffee. That way you won't be there when we need your password. It's nothing for us to remember 700 screen saver passwords.
- When you call the help desk, state what you want, not what's keeping you from getting it. We don't need to know that you can't get into your mail because your computer won't power on at all.
- When I.T. support sends you an E-Mail with high importance, delete it at once. We're just testing.
- When an I.T. person is eating lunch at his desk, walk right in and spill your guts right out. We exist only to serve.
- Send urgent email all in uppercase. The mail server picks it up and flags it as a rush delivery.
- When the photocopier doesn't work, call computer support. There's electronics in it.
- When something's wrong with your home PC, dump it on an I.T. person's chair with no name, no phone number and no description of the problem.
We love a puzzle.
- When an I.T. person tells you that computer screens don't have cartridges in them, argue. We love a good argument.
- When an I.T. person tells you that he'll be there shortly, reply in a scathing tone of voice: "And just how many weeks do you mean by shortly?" That motivates us.
- When the printer won't print, re-send the job at least 20 times. Print jobs frequently get sucked into black holes.
- When the printer still won't print after 20 tries, send the job to all
68 printers in the company. One of them is bound to work.
- Don't learn the proper term for anything technical. We know exactly what you mean by "My thingy blew up".
- Don't use on-line help. On-line help is for wimps.
For those of you I work with... keep these things in mind!!!
- Larry
| 22:56 
I love Garfield ~ and the IT guy rules were funny as hell,funny because they are so true... :)
Posted by
shes_a_sprite |
October 11, 2005 9:42 AM