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It's OK to stop me in the hallway for three "simple" questions, that turns into a 45 minute clusterf^&* when I'm busy enough as it is today.
[By :  skippytpodar / 2011-08-17] [Top]
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My wife bought me a t-shirt that says "There cannot be a crisis today. My schedule is already full." I've written this on my board but people refuse to read it. (My bad handwriting is no excuse.) -Olorin
@Olorin You could have removed the last word of your sentence (before the parentheses) and it still would have been true. Sad, really. -RDMcMains
Best t-shirt ever: "I'm sorry, I can only deal with one idiot today. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking to good, either." -AmazingKreskin
This same reason is why today, field work that should have taken three hours took five hours. I have sites where I will not answer "one more question" or even ask if there is anything else I can do, because I will be there all day. -TechieSidhe |
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8072.
I can assist you with configuring the VPI and VCI and disable PPPoE on your DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem.
Also, DSL is pronounced much like "diesel".
[By :linuxmatt / 2011-08-13] [Top]
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Dipshit Subscriber Line? -Seamus
Ah, hera at Very Cool Internet, we do pronounce it as Diesel,,,,,,,,,,,,, -beatmewithstick
at big red, I liked calling their fiber optic product feezo and their dsl deezo. -areatech |
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8071.
More of a cow-irker misconception:
That we will believe you when you say you got 4 PC's imaged and ready to go yesterday, while the server containing said images & ancillary software requred to update them has been down since Monday morning due to an electrical problem in the room in which it was located.
[By : skippytpodar / 2011-08-10] [Top]
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33 years XP i take it? -Harm
Your example is precisely why I have a DVD set with the current image load! -Grue |
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8070.
The notes I gave you after troubleshooting are merely a waste of space. YOu don't need to keep, memorize or actually, y'know, use them for anything. Even if you don't need them, you might want to file them away. Oh,. and don't lie and say you put them away. I heard you delete them via your speakers. Skype isn't one way, you a$$hat.
[By :AdmiralLaurie / 2011-08-09] [Top]
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"Well, you see, we figured they were more like guidelines..." -Captain Trips
"Dis heer comik strip dint have no pikturs so I's just gonna t'row it away." -MisterCommon |
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8069.
Your computer didn't get infected by a virus because you downloaded something called "sexyladies.exe".
[By :xhi / 2011-08-08] [Top]
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Damn straight (pardon the expression). It was sexydudes.exe. -concept14
I think you're both optimistic - 'sexybeasts.exe' -LDFeral
Man, where is Burkiss on this one? I bet it was sexymanbeastswithvegitablesgoatselemonpartytubgirl.exe -0gr3
IT BURNS!! IT BURNS!!
-VoiceOfSanity
...when I pee. -Chromatix |
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8068.
It is OK to leave 6 messages on a Sunday ranging from frustrated through to offensive (in the space of about 20 minutes) because your WOW addicted son figured out how to do a hard reset on the wireless router to bypass the scheduled rules.
Yes his university studies may be suffering but perhaps some active parenting on your part years ago might have played a bigger part in your obnoxious offspring's habits instead of band-aid fixes now he is an adult.
[By :Bloke / 2011-08-07] [Top]
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Somehow, I think he'll be doing just fine. Granted he may need some spit & polish, but that kid may make a pretty fair IT guy someday.. -skippytpodar
Oh Skippy, don't say that! TOO MANY of the new generation IT PFY think a hard reset is the answer to EVERYTHING! (It's just the answer to almost everything, including customer penalties!) -CyBear
coul d go into IT... but given gthe addiction to WOW somehow i don't think they would do much. -Harm
A hard reset on my router loses the internet connection as it clears the DSL account passwords until I can reload the router settings and manually type them in. Former roomie self larted himself several times doing that. -PolarCoyote
PC: Pretty much most/all of them do that. It also drives home the point that it's a good idea to back up the router's configuration somewhere on a locally connected machine. -BayouTech
This is a wireless router attached to a cable modem that requires no authentication apart from the modems mac address, so he left the wireless unencrypted into the deal. -Bloke |
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8067.
More of a recruiter misconception I will be perfectly willing to leave my permanent/benefited job for a contract job that pays $10/hr less than I make now and has no benefits....even if it is an 18 month contract. For some reason they always seem surprised when I tell them I'm not interested.
[By :Starfury / 2011-08-05] [Top]
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Was talking about this today, oddly enough - mentioned that a few people had said to me recently that it's unusual these days for somebody to stay in a job for more than three or four years... then I realised that the people who had told me that were Recruitment Consultants, who, obviously, don't benefit from a sedentary workforce... -Diptera
I think I finally got KForce to stop calling me (at work) offering me a "consultant" position that lasts six months, at $10-$15 less than I get now, with no benefits and absolutely no chance of permanent position. (I currently am way overpaid, have a PPO health insurance plan, accrued PTO, other benefits - and been a permanent employee for almost five years. Now what makes them think their offer is better than what I've got?) -Captain Trips
One reason I stopped having my resume on Monster and other sites was that the headhunters couldn't read what I put in the resume or on the site, and honestly think that just because you have a full-time job that you're willing to give it up for a short-term temp part-time position with much less pay. *sigh* Took a few "lessons" to get them to stop pestering me with "offers". -VoiceOfSanity |
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Just saw this on Not Always Right: http://notalwaysright.com/common-courtesies-not-for-commoners/12784
I live near the town referenced in that post. I swear, if I ever find out who that kid is and who the kid's teacher is, I'm going to give BOTH of them an ass whooping!
[By :unrenowned / 2011-07-29] [Top]
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When I read that one I couldn't help but wonder if the kid might have misheard 'jerks' for 'clerks'. -Calydor
LOL, caught the teacher talking about an ex perhaps? -spectreoflife
OMG. Is that the future caller demanding his password being reset and where I accidentally then delete the account instead? -TheLabAdmin |
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Gah, they're crawling out of the woodwork today. When you, the sole programmer on a project, are called out on the carpet, for a bug fix that you swore would be fixed in the new shiny version, that was not fixed, and in fact, made worse in this version, that you have the right to throw a fit, and threaten to blacklist us from using yoursoftware.... That we're not going to walk off with the source code and fix it ourselves. It's open source for a reason, you reverse-evolved dumba$$. And the fact that you didn't credit another developer for the massive amount of work he did, doesn't help. I may not be a programmer, but I can walk through code and figure some of it out. You're going to lose a lot of donations that way. Oh, and don't come whining to us when you lose more than half of your user base because of this bs. And putting our personal information out on Twitter for everyone and his dog to see, as an antipiracy measure for your program for pandora, that the blind must pay for, when the normal service is free, don't think the backlash won't happen. because it will. Whew. I feel better.
[By :AdmiralLaurie / 2011-07-27] [Top]
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Though he shouldn't drink anything bigger than his head, you, my dear, should have something quite tall indeed. -LDFeral |
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8063.
That walking up to my desk whilst I am right in the middle of having a conversation about fixing an issue that is affecting everyone with my colleague and shouting "HEY" because I have not acknowledged you standing there is going to want to make me drop what I am doing and help you.
[By :jp / 2011-07-26] [Top]
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Happens too often. Even not trying, I generally ignore all others while I am with a customer/client. They can wait patiently just like the other guy did. -ravensentinel
The correct response is to turn them and shout back, "YES, I AM BUSY RIGHT NOW!" -spectreoflife
The polite response would be to turn to them and say "Just a moment and I will be with you". The tech response is to hit them up side the head with Otis and continue on with what you are doing. -ecoli
Just turn to them, shout "HEY" back at them, then turn back to your work. Repeat as needed. -Voz |
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