I got an e-mail re a conference call tomorrow for the SPRAGUE bike tour.
I wrote back, saying I was much too young to be indoors and on a conference call at 10 PM on Friday night, and could he verify it was indeed at 10 AM?
He writes back, saying,
“I’m pretty sure it’s am. I’ll confirm and get back to you. Thanks.”
Yeah right. You’ll see me on that call at 10 pm. Of course. :rolleyes:
So, I need you to tell me if I’m being ridiculous.
Today, I’m training New Girl, as I have been in various different tasks for weeks. For the last three days, I have had her over at my desk first thing every morning to review, import, and process the internet orders. And every morning, she asks me the same questions and tries to do everything in the same wrong order, despite the handy step-by-step instructions I gave her several weeks ago. If this were difficult, I’d understand better. But as I’ve said many a time, a monkey could do my job, if you put some bananas in the desk.
After all that, it’s time to inform customers regarding backorders and out-of-stock items. So, we copy/paste a form letter from a file I have into our nifty little e-mail box. If you’re copy/pasting, how do you do it? Because I have had to sit here and watch her highlight, edit menu, drop down, select copy, click on the taskbar to go to the other window, scroll down using the scroll bar rather than the mouse rolly button, edit menu, drop down, select paste. Entirely too many steps for my brain to comprehend.
I’m elitist and computer-snobby, aren’t I? You can tell me. I can take it. Because watching her do this drives. Me. Batshit.
Drae, I’m with you. I can respect that other people will do a task in different ways. Doesn’t mean I can stand to watch them do it. Ugh. My sympathies. I’d be going insane too.
Drae, I spent two days this week with my staff, locked in a room with a trainer showing us our new routing software.
I need new people.
At the user sign-in, it was mouse to the first box, never mind that the cursor is blinking there already, type in the name, then mouse down to the password box, instead of a simple tab key, type in the name, then MOUSE again to the ‘submit’ box.
This, despite the trainer calmy and patiently explaining the magic of the tab key no fewer than 6-7 times a day.
Now that we all know you have a Mac… 
If you want a freee place to stick the oddball pic for people to look at, Photobucket’s not bad.
Drae, my big pet peeve is Alt-Tab. No one seems to know how to use Alt-Tab. I am soooooooo with you.
BubbleShare is even better
I go crazy watching FCD navigate on line. I feel as if he takes 4 times as long as I do to do anything.
So I don’t watch. I don’t even think about it. Deep cleansing breaths. In. Out. In. Out.
<sigh>
First (((Taters))), I’m thinking of you and offering prayers for your mom and you. Treatment is wonderful these days and there is much to be hopeful for! Keep us updated and vent all you want!
Whew! The Pukies of The Summer of ‘06 continue … CherryHusband is now at home, one with the commode. Lil BabyCherry is all better, and I never seemed to come down with it (just tired, possibly due to staying up all night and worrying). My older two children are with their dad, away from the germs. We might all be better by the weekend–God willin’ and the crick don’t rise.
Happy birthday, rigs!!! I hope it was happy!
OK – now for what you all REALLY have been waiting for, and just politely skimming my post to get to The Good Part … I offer to you, the few, the lucky, the MMP’ers …
BROWNIE PIE
1 box of brownie mix
1 package cream cheese, softened
2 tsp. sugar
1 can crushed pineapple, drained
Fruit of your choice (blueberries, strawberries, sliced bananas)
Hot fudge (optional) … yeah, right … “optional” 
Prepare brownie mix according to package directions, EXCEPT bake in a pizza pan. Be sure it has sides. This is your crust and it needs to be thin.
Allow brownie to cool completely.
Mix cream cheese, sugar and pineapple in a bowl. Spread over cooled brownie and refrigerate until cheese is firm.
Top with fruit, and place in fridge until time to serve.
If desired, drizzle with heated hot fudge sauce or chocolate syrup. Serve pizza-slice style (if using round pizza pan) or in mammoth blocks if using square pan.
But … but … but … what do those people do when they’re surfing the net and somebody starts heading toward their desk? Do they close the window? WHAT DO THEY DO???
**Drae ** - you’re not being ridiculous
Years ago, I was teaching a 'puter-phobe how to do things in Excel and Word - and I told her, when in doubt she could always access the Help section by hitting F1
One day she said she didn’t know what she was doing wrong - she kept hitting F1 and that’s exactly what showed up on the document - so I watched her, and she did - she hit F followed by 1 . . . :rolleyes:
Heh, they mouse down s-l-o-w-l-y. Then they click on something else.
As a semi-computer geek, I have to admit my ex-boss floored me the other day. She is going on a business trip next week, and we now have an in-office laptop. I said, “Hey, you could take the laptop with you!” To me, that’s like heaven - install a couple of games, check your e-mail, and generally have something to do in the evening. She looked at me blankly and said, “Why would I want to do that?”
Whoa.
My other coworker can’t seem to save attachments out of e-mail. She forwards me the e-mails and asks me to save them.
I told you about the guy who called me into his office twice in one day to open an Excel file for him, right? But that’s one thing–he was an executive. I expect them to be incompetent in one way or another (no offense to any MMP Executives, natch, because we know you know how to use the computer). 
My mom still has dialup and makes me burn pictures onto cd’s and mail them because it’s so slow to download them, or even view them on Photobucket.
Do I win?
Alas, only the most pathetic stub of a ponytail can be achieved at this point. Too ridiculous-looking to go out in public. And the sides don’t stay in, they have to be barretted. I think that’s too much paraphernalia to be sportin’ on my head, at least in most social situations.
Since my hair stylist charges the same for cutting bangs as for the whole head, when the hair starts to actually get below the brows when dry, I’ll just let her trim up the whole mess. Bad experiences in my past tell me not to attempt to do the bangs myself. 
I think what will eventually happen is, one of these days in the next 10 days, I’ll have a really bad morning with the hair while getting ready for work, and call the hair stylist in a snit. Then I’ll be committed, and won’t want to back out.
BTW, lovin’ the song, Spats!
Alas, only the most pathetic stub of a ponytail can be achieved at this point. Too ridiculous-looking to go out in public. And the sides don’t stay in, they have to be barretted. I think that’s too much paraphernalia to be sportin’ on my head, at least in most social situations.
Since my hair stylist charges the same for cutting bangs as for the whole head, when the hair starts to actually get below the brows when dry, I’ll just let her trim up the whole mess. Bad experiences in my past tell me not to attempt to do the bangs myself.
I think what will eventually happen is, one of these days in the next 10 days, I’ll have a really bad morning with the hair while getting ready for work, and call the hair stylist in a snit. Then I’ll be committed, and won’t want to back out.
BTW, lovin’ the song, **Spats/b]!
Whoopsie! Sorry 'bout that. Ignore the first post - I didn’t close my tag properly. :smack:
Aagh!
Can a Mod please remove that pathetic attempt at a link for me?
Please?
And am I now at risk of some hacker who maliciously wants to play with me and ruin my chances for future success by wrecking my lil puter that sits so nice on my lap?
<timid voice, downcast eyes> So what is Alt-Tab when it’s at home? Is it just a way to close a window fast? I can’t get on the internet at work, so I have no reason to know these devious things.
I will attempt to email the pic tomorrow. Off to Target to spend more money. They have recently increased their cover charge (for me at least), so I hope to get out of there with only $60 in damage.
You’re a Mac user, so we won’t ridicule you. Alt-Tab will switch quickly between two windows.
Oh, dear Og. Alt-Tab is a way to quickly switch from application to application. So if you have a Word document, your Inbox, and IE (don’t shoot me, Spats, I have to at work) open, you can easily click Alt-Tab. If you click it quickly and let go, it will switch between your two most recent applications. If you click Alt, hold, and then click Tab, it will bring up the Alt-Tab toolbar, which will show you the cutest pictures of all the applications you’re working on right now.
Yes, please e-mail the pic, and ask me if you’re having trouble. Hey MMPers - is it going to be a problem since she’s on a Mac? Or can I open picture files from Macs? I know they have trouble with Office files.
And Target is dangerous. We always say we got sucked into the Vortex of Target.