# Damnit People.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 10, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056 "2000-05-10T00:38:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/1 "2000-05-10T00:38:48Z")
…can’t you see that I am in the middle of a major network configuration and your piddly little Windows Explorer defaulting to a non existant web page is the very last thing on my list? …can’t you see that some mysterious CD ROM drive that appears on your fucking desk has nothing to do with my ability to ensure the entire network of 40 users is up and running. Oh and it never occured to your fucked up self that you interrupted me in a discussion with a guy just as important as you that HAS NO FUCKING COMPUTER AT ALL! …does it occur to you that my working with and coordinating a systems engineer and our hardware vendor is probably one of the most important things I have going on right now? I mean, if the network does not work properly or crashes, you can’t do ANY OF YOUR FUCKING WORK. Oh, and the company stands to loose millions in bids if the new network configuration crashes because of an oversight? Fucking leave me alone so I don’t leave anything out! Fer God’s sake people, if you want your fucking computers to work with all the files on the server, you have to let me get the system up and running! I am ready to pull my hair out. I am usually a nice person at work but my nerves became so frayed by the end of the day I was ready to scream at several people. Why do people have to be such ignorant slugs when it comes to shit like this? I honestly don’t understand it. Everyone in that fucking office knew that we were in for big changes. Most of them have gone through this before and know I am focused and really can’t be bothered. UUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/2 "2000-05-10T00:49:24Z")
Bummer. Does this mean you don’t have time to see why my screensaver flickers? It’s so annoying. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/3 "2000-05-10T00:51:04Z")
Sorry, techie. I was just trying to cheer you up a little. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/4 "2000-05-10T00:54:32Z")
Wally, Here’s my answer: “turn off your screen saver and push that little OFF button you freak!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/5 "2000-05-10T01:39:39Z")
Does this mean that your hangover did not interfere with your network overhaul? Glad to hear it… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/6 "2000-05-10T03:55:01Z")
Mike passes a ice cold beer to techchick. Go see that Gladiator movie it’s pretty good. Take some deep breaths relax…relax…relaxxxx…reeelllaaaxx Don’t take life too seriously…nobody gets out alive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/7 "2000-05-10T04:04:34Z")
Damn right! Look, if techchick really wanted to be constantly interrupted by people who know less about computers than she does, she would have become a Network Consultant or something. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/8 "2000-05-10T15:00:13Z")
Cynical my dear, nope, the hangover didn’t affect my work on Sunday. I was feeling like poop all day but got my work done. I slept 11 hours last night, thankfully. I haven’t been getting much sleep over the last week, waking up at 5:00 or so in the morning with work shit running through my head. So my ability to remain calm during this transition has been limited. LOL Alpha, I still need to bitch about things though. As you can see this forum is full of complaints about all sorts of things. In about a half hour I have to get in the shower and head on in to the office…thank God I finally got some sleep. 'Spose I will take off Friday and be mellow. That’s the nice thing about being self-employed. I have made some good money on this project so far. But some of those people are a bunch of fucking morons some times. Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/9 "2000-05-10T15:39:50Z")
is you power cable connected? bj0rn - ugh…i hate that! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/10 "2000-05-10T16:15:47Z")
**Bjorn,** sweetie, I don’t think **Techchick** is really in the mood for deep philosophy. But, hey, I like it. It’s got kind of a New Age, Silicon Valley, Redmond feel to it, you know? “Is your power cable connected?” “Are you–ON the bus, or OFF the bus?” (Ken Kesey) Or maybe a church–“Is your power cable connected to Jesus’ strip outlet?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/11 "2000-05-10T16:19:52Z")
“Download Jesus for Windows 2000 NOW!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/12 "2000-05-10T16:25:48Z")
techchick68 sez: > [@](#): > > Cynical my dear, nope, the hangover didn’t affect my work on Sunday. I was feeling like poop all day but got my work done. Lexicon sez: > [@](#): > > Does this mean that your hangover did not interfere with your network overhaul? At least I got my name mentioned in the same paragraph as the word “poop”. Huh, uh-huh, huh-huh-huh. ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/13 "2000-05-10T23:07:57Z")
Did you call me cynical? While I appreciate the compliment (that dude is pretty damn cool), I like me as me. WTF techchick? Confusin’ me with some other guy? That’s tantamount to adultery! You harlot! You wretch! You, you, you Jezebel of the SDMB! I am not going to talk to you until you apologize! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/14 "2000-05-11T00:06:53Z")
Flame me Cynical and Lexicon, please, I need more people on my ass. \< humble and apologetic \> I am sorry. This has been a hell of a week, I don’t even remember how to spell my last name. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUCK 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lexicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Lexicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lexicon)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/15 "2000-05-11T03:38:09Z")
Don’t feel bad, I don’t even _know_ your last name, so imagine what my week has been like. And I would never flame you, techchick. Not unless you really, really deserved it. mwa-ha-ha. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2000, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/16 "2000-05-11T12:47:40Z")
> [@](#): > > “turn off your screen saver and push that little OFF button you freak!” Wait a minute… This advice isn’t nearly as detailed as it should be. Wally, does your computer have any buttons that actually say “OFF”? None of ours do. And which power button do you mean? I kid you not, I’ve had to specify to one user that they had to push the button on the “box thing-ie, not the TV thing-ie”. “When I turn my computer on, it says, ‘You may now turn off your computer.’ But I just turned it on!” Fortunately no one’s asked me, “Which one is the ‘any key’?” Yet. * * * “My name is Annie Key. Ow! Why are you hitting me?” - Unknown ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/17 "2000-05-11T13:05:54Z")
To clarify, the advice you _needed_ to give was: “Unplug your computer monitor (the TV thing-ie) and take it to the nearest bathtub. If house has GFI wiring (little red and black buttons on the outlet), go to the next house until you find one that doesn’t. Fill bathtub with water by turning knobs until clear liquid comes out. Plug in monitor (use extension cord if necessary). Turn on monitor to make sure it works. Get in bathtub while holding monitor. Drop monitor in tub. Repeat. Don’t worry, it’s supposed to tingle a little…” ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/18 "2000-05-11T23:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > This has been a hell of a week, I don’t even remember how to spell my last name. > FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUCK Funny - most people with that name have little trouble. I want you to know I envy your new title… > [@](#): > > Jezebel of the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damnit-people/19056/19 "2000-05-12T03:06:26Z")
Damnit, we are in the final stages of getting the bugs worked out of the new network and software. This morning I was going to run into CompUSA to get some parts including a SCSI card for the “Communications Director” but I got a call at 8:30 that there were problems with our database software. I called the guy who programmed it but his wife said he was at bible study. Oddly enough about 15 minutes later he called me from the office and said he would fix the problem. Okay, cool. Thank you, thank you, thank you… About an hour later the office manager calls me up stating that he (the programmer) got past one of the problems but didn’t fix the main problem. It was a mapping issue within a Word Macro he created inside Access. I got in the shower and hauled ass in there to help get the merge documents running…it took a fair amount of time as I am not a programmer but got it done. During this process our Communications Director asked me if I got the SCSI card and if I could install it. I told her I didn’t have time to get the card then she interrupted me. Her comment was along the lines of (and it was a real bitchy tone) “I have a deadline and have to get this scanner working. Should I _just do it myself?_” I on the verge of biting off her head including almost crying because of my feelings of no control, yeah bitchy back, explained I have 30 users that are relying upon me to get the database up and working. “I am sorry I can’t get to your computer at this time, but I have to get the network up and running smoothly. I am ready to walk out of here and not come back, I am doing the best I can.” Granted, I was a little off base and could have responded better, but we have another scanner in the office. **My fucking network is more important than your fucking scanner when we already have a scanner. I realize it’s not the greatest scanner in the world, but we got you Photoshop to make it better!** I wish I had said that to her. Anyhow, I went back to my desk…having problems installing Office 2000 Developer edition was compounding my irritation. I sat down for about a minute, started to get furious, I mean kick ass furious. Decided I needed to go outside and smoke a cig and calm down. I calmed down after talking to my brother about the situation. I was able to get the database fixed and get other pressing issues completed. Then headed up to CompUSA to get the parts I needed including her SCSI card. She wasn’t there when I got back so I left the card on her desk with a note that basically told her I didn’t want to install it in case she had made other arrangements. NOW, I am completing a MAJOR project. We already have a scanner and it is completely usable. So why the fuck should I have to put up with bullshit like that. Even our network engineer was glad she didn’t have to deal with the bullshit I deal with. In all reality the only person she has to deal with is me. But I still don’t get the other people in the office. Again, I state that they were warned well in advance about this project. I am still furious about this episode today…That bitch, sometimes she can be so nice, other times a fucking bitch. No wonder I hate working around woman.