"...and remember next Friday is... - Hawaiian shirt day..."

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:09 pm

I remember when I came into this job.

[during interview]

Me : Will I ever have to directly interact with any clients?
Future boss : No.

[a month or so later]

Me : Will I be working on the production servers eventually?
Boss : No. Clients will never directly see anything you do. You'll be working on the dev servers exclusively.

[today]

Boss : A client called with a list of ten things he says are missing from this particular webpage. Add them if they're not there.
[a few minutes later]
Me : Yeah, half that list is already on the webpage. I added the other five.
Boss : Well, he sent the e-mail for a reason. E-mail him and tell him to call.
Me : When he calls, who should he talk with?
Boss : Well, you.

GODDAMNIT. I've half a step away from being phone techie support.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:17 pm

Work would be great if it wasn't for the customers.

I'd email the customer, tell him which stuff was already there, and tell him you added the other stuff. Then I'd finish with, "if there's anything else you can email me at <whatever>, or call at..."
That's close enough to telling him to call, and there's at least a chance you'll never hear from him.

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:40 pm

Last time I was in a similar situation I "accidently" gave the guy my boss' number (which is only one digit off from mine). Never had to talk to him.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:49 pm

Last time I was in a similar situation I "accidently" gave the guy my boss' number (which is only one digit off from mine). Never had to talk to him.

Yea, I don't've fancy shit like an extension or working phone at my desk.

Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:49 pm

Dude what the fuck, your job is fucking retarded.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:50 pm

And unfortunately pretty typical.

Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:01 pm

Maybe if you're a line worker, as such.

Rooms inspector for a hotel is a kickass job.

My daily duties:
- check clean rooms in the morning to make sure some turd at the front desk or maintenance didn't get them messed up.
- get things housekeepers need to finish their jobs
- check dirty rooms after checkout time to make sure guests aren't staying over unexpectedly
- inspect the finished rooms
- meet guest requests

Killtacular!

Here's a question; do people who fix things instead of whining about them typically get promoted? Because, uh, whining seems to be more of a managerial skill.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:03 pm

I've rarely known competence to be the driving force behind a promotion.

Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:17 pm

So you're saying I need to be HIRED as a manager.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:26 pm

Uh, so you're a professional bitch?

Post by **TPRJones** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:37 pm

Not necessarily, you can get there by demonstrating the proper level on incompetance coupled with good hair.

Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:10 am

Uh, so you're a professional bitch?

Everybody is somebody's bitch, bub.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:21 pm

If anyone anywhere at any time tries to play up the virtues of moderately sized open source java software, do me a favour & punch him square in the cock. If it's a woman, drug her, get her a black market, back alley sex change, & then punch him in the cock.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:52 pm

Ah... Mondays.

To summarize mine: "So we may be disolving your department, or not. Or transfering the stuff you do to another company, or not. We'll give you a bonus if you don't quit before we decided what we're doing."

Post by **thibodeaux** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:45 pm

Not necessarily, you can get there by demonstrating the proper level on incompetance coupled with good hair.

Aw man...if only I had the hair.

98-1151371563 · Post by **98-1151371563** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:09 pm

I've got a hundred business ideas, just no one will give business loans to you unless you're a woman or a minority. Preferably both.

You just need to write a good business plan and practice selling it to investors.

If your idea is really a good one, it should find capital.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:22 pm

It would in a free market, yes. These days the pockets of free market capitalism are getting harder to find, though.

Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:57 pm

I heard they found one in Mexico, but then it was eaten by jaguars.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:02 pm

I heard they found one in Mexico, but then it was eaten by jaguars.

Jaguars or Jag-yoo-wars?

Post by **thibodeaux** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:04 pm

"Ha-wa-rose."