And You Think Your Day Sucked

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  • Bruce Cohen
    Veteran Member
    • May 2003
    • 2698
    • Nanuet, NY, USA.
    • BT3100

    And You Think Your Day Sucked

    Check this out.

    Almost makes me glad I'm still unemployed

    http://glumbert.com/wii/view.php?name=baddayoffice

    Bruce
    "Western civilization didn't make all men equal,
    Samuel Colt did"
  • gerti
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2003
    • 2233
    • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
    • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

    #2
    Windows. Just say no.

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    • RodKirby
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2002
      • 3136
      • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
      • Mao Shan TSC-10RAS

      #3
      (Many) Years ago, when I was working for IBM in Palo Alto, the local guys told of a Late-shift Systems Operator who came in one night and fired six .357 shots into a $2,000,000 Mainframe They fired him but didn't sue for the Mainframe

      I guess in 2008 he'd be on stress leave
      Downunder ... 1" = 25.4mm

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      • Black wallnut
        cycling to health
        • Jan 2003
        • 4715
        • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
        • BT3k 1999

        #4
        Hmmm maybe i should send that to my IT guy!
        Donate to my Tour de Cure


        marK in WA and Ryobi Fanatic Association State President ©

        Head servant of the forum

        ©

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        • jwaterdawg
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2005
          • 656
          • Washington, NC USA
          • JET

          #5
          my favorite is when the old guy throws his monitor into the neighboring cubicle (after the airplane assault) and then turns to finish typing his document

          LOL
          Don't be stupid, the universe is watching.

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          • cabinetman
            Gone but not Forgotten RIP
            • Jun 2006
            • 15218
            • So. Florida
            • Delta

            #6
            Having one of those "moments" in the shop at times has backfired where what I'm bustin' up winds up attaking me. Once the bleeding stops, I do feel better.
            .

            .

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            • mater
              Veteran Member
              • Jan 2004
              • 4197
              • SC, USA.

              #7
              Originally posted by jwaterdawg
              my favorite is when the old guy throws his monitor into the neighboring cubicle (after the airplane assault) and then turns to finish typing his document

              LOL
              That was my favorite also.
              Ken aka "mater"

              " People may doubt what you say but they will never doubt what you do "

              Ken's Den

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              • DUD
                Royal Jester
                • Dec 2002
                • 3309
                • Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
                • Ryobi BT3000

                #8
                I'm sending this to My Spouse, She is mad at least every day at the office. Bill
                5 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS.

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                • kirkroy
                  Established Member
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 343
                  • Brunswick, MD

                  #9
                  My brother is now on some panic attack medication due to his current work conditions. The boss doesn't know the job (after a couple years) so all the boss has to occupy himself is giving the employees a hard time. My brother doesn't want to leave the job as he doesn't want to give up his current pay. Of course, I am trying to get him to leave...

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                  • oakchas
                    Established Member
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 432
                    • Jefferson City, TN, USA
                    • BT3000

                    #10
                    BTDT... Well not quite, but threatened to.

                    We had a terminal that accessed our inventory system on the mainframe... It worked fine. But then, IT brought in a PC with a terminal emulator on it.

                    It didn't work. Ever. But, IT interns would come once a month to update the programs on it with floppies for about 6 months. We would tell them it didn't work... but they could get their updates to install, that's all they cared about.

                    But one day we convinced them something was wrong... Their answer? they took the monitor (not the CPU, just the monitor).
                    One month passed. All we had was our old terminal, and sitting next to it, the CPU box and keyboard unuseable.

                    Finally, AFTER 6 MORE MONTHS, I called the guy in charge of IT at about 4 pm. (I work 3-11) I said "Butch. if you don't get somebody down here to remove this unit, I will drop it into the dumpster from here (2nd floor)."

                    Charlie, it's nearly 5 o'clock, I'll send someone down tomorrow to repair it." I told him the story of the updates and the monitor, and finished with, "It's now 4:50 pm If this unit isn't out of here or repaired today, you will find it in the dumpster."

                    About 5:15 one of the lackeys shows up, unplugs it and hauls it back to the offices 5 minutes walk away on foot.

                    Two days later, I get a call from Mr. IT.. ."Charlie, the unit's video on the motherboard was toast. It was out of warranty a few months ago.. you could'a pitched it."

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