I can’t think of a way to phrase this that doesn’t sound skeptical, but please understand that I don’t intend for it to be:
What’s your basis for trusting the version you were told?
Stick a couple of 50kV ones in there as dummies. He’s sure to pick one of those, eventually.
That’s a good question, and one I have asked myself - the consultants have said and done a couple of things that make me question where they’re coming from. My supervisor has not. Also, my gut (for what that’s worth 
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MMMM, toasted rat.
Saw one that ended it’s days eating the HV supply line to a cash registor display once. Made my trips to under the belt even more fun. You do not want to know what is under there…
I’ve ranted before about the boss’s daughter, and here I am again!
A few weeks ago, we got a phone call from an extremely distraught pet owner who wanted his dog put to sleep that day. His regular vet couldn’t get him in for three more days (!), but we squeezed him in. He was extremely grateful, and insisted on leaving us money for lunch … $75! With just a handful of employees, that goes a long way!
Yesterday was our scheduled monthly meeting, and we were all very excited about having a greatly enlarged lunch budget. When the youngest girl got the envelope out, she said, “There’s $65 in here, where do you want to eat?” My head snapped around and I said, “WHAT?! There’s supposed to be $75 in there.” Well apparently, at some point, the boss’s daughter didn’t have money for lunch so just decided to take $10 for herself. And, of course, she still got lunch yesterday.
I am SO sick and tired of the ridiculous bullshit she’s allowed to get away with. I can’t find a new jobs fast enough … and I’ve been looking for two months.
I’m not sure where that falls on the “This is a big deal” scale, but that is definitely not cool. That wasn’t her money! That was group money! I don’t suppose anyone asked her to put the money back?
Exactly! “Okay, so Deborah borrowed $10, so adding that back in, we have $75 to spend. Deborah, do you have a ten, or do you need change for a twenty?”
She comes in late, leaves early, and doesn’t have to pay for anything - shots, surgeries, bloodwork, dog food, etc. (I work at a vet clinic). Rules don’t apply to her AT ALL. Her mom (the owner) paid for her degree (and there’s suspicions that she didn’t actually even finish her last required class), let her live rent-free for years, and is basically raising her grandson 1/2 the time. There are no consequences or repercussions for her actions.
Probably because my boss’s boss doesn’t talk to her minions often. She talks to the other PTB, and I’m sure that the Facilities head didn’t tell her that his minions are refusing to go into the RatKing’s Lair. As it stands now, my boss told me that nobody is allowed to go in the Lair until boss’s boss talks to Risk Management and OSHA. This whole thing has been a clusterfuck from the start. If my boss forgives me for leaving and keeps me updated on it, I fully expect that it won’t be fixed for another 45 years. That’s when the retention schedule will be completed for the boxes and the whole place can be burnt to the ground.
This is why you don’t work for the government. You are the sort of person who won’t smile at someone while knifing them in the back. This is also why I won’t ever rise higher in the food chain. I don’t do that well either.
You are scaring me!
I used to work for someone who had 2 sets of rules…one for her family members and one for the rest of us. It was the worst job I ever had. Rats in boxes are much better than dealing with that sort of shit.
Yeah, at least your rats stay in their boxes, instead of stealing your lunch money…
No, I’m really not. If that’s how the game is played, I’ll just sit it out.
Obnoxious little troll! I just got a long complaining email from an admin titles “2 Outstanding invoices” because she had found mail in a slot where my physical mail used to be delivered.
She copied my boss and during the entire long multi paragraph email she complains about the fact that there were two invoices left there and how terrible that is. In the last line she acknowledges that the invoices are indeed not outstanding and have been paid.
Putting aside the issue that she opened mail addressed to me she misrepresented the entire situation. Bitch.
It’s all straightened out but still annoying 
Three times in five business days we’ve been asked for the status of some requests that have either been completed (most of them), or have not been completed because the people in question are repeatedly failing to answer security related questions about what level of access is required.
They complained several times that they were not included on the ‘this is completed’ emails. I’ve now forwarded those emails to them TWICE showing that “see, your name appears on the list of people it was sent to, so quite clearly, you were notified of this”. I’ve copied and pasted queries of access databases showing that YES, they have the access they’ve requested. They keep asking.
After today, I’m going to stop being nice about it on risk of making enemies. This is just painfully stupid.
They asked why one person’s access wasn’t granted. I’ve told them several times. He has to answer some questions about what level (security wise) of information he needs. He’s not doing it. They keep asking why it isn’t done. Today I forwarded their inquiry to the gatekeeper of that information, who came back saying that it’s because he hasn’t answered her questions (gosh, what was it I said again? Something about gerbils, was it? Or Topiaries?). He came back with a total NON-answer. She asked again, very clearly and very directly. He did not answer.
I expect in a day or so, I’ll get asked again why it isn’t done, and then next week when my boss comes back from vacation, they’ll complain bitterly to him about how it isn’t done.
BECAUSE YOUR EMPLOYEE IS A COMPLETE DUMBASS WHO CANNOT MANAGE TO ANSWER A SINGLE SPECIFIC QUESTION.
Well, at least you have the email trail to show who’s all about the ball-dropping. 
I gotta sack up* and make a phone call this morning that involves me telling higher-ups that they have completely dropped the ball on something. I keep finding ways to put it off. I mean, hey, that cup of tea isn’t gonna brew itself, now is it?
I’d be more than happy to send an email, but I’ve been explicitly asked to call. Not my preferred means of communication.
- Well, technically … ovum up.
Chimera, have you asked them what error they are getting when they try to access the system (or do a desk visit if possible)?
I’ve found that some people will not volunteer that type of information unless forced to.
My rant:
If you have a problem with your computer, let us know. We can’t fix problems we don’t know about.
At the end of last month we were notified by exiting co-ops about 2 issues that would have been quick to fix, but the user decided to suffer in silence instead:
- Note left on the user’s laptop: It wasn’t a problem for me, but the down arrow is missing on the keyboard
- Filed ticket: My monitor doesn’t work. This wasn’t a problem for me, but you may want to fix it for the next co-op
Both of these issues would have take 1/2 hour to fix and yet they decided not to tell us about them.
Well, as it turns out, both of the individuals got their acts together, provided the rather simple answers we were asking for an we got things pushed through. I think the manager took a hard look at what we provided and put an end to the crap.
Been a consistent stream of “no one notified me!” complaints over the last couple of weeks, including several more today. In each case, we can prove that they were notified, providing exact dates and times and even re-forwarding the emails they got. It kinda gets old though. Folks, I can’t make you read your emails or stop you from deleting them. But if you’re asking for database access and working with a support group that is taking care of it… The one at the end of the chain that comes from the DBA is probably important. 
So, on Friday, we had a potluck. I try to avoid eating anything that walks and breaths air. I brought fruit and everyone else brought stuff with red meat. I was good with that, I don’t expect people to take my diet into consideration at potlucks. I ate bread and fruit and had a nice time talking to people.
Jane noticed, then cornered me today to ask why I hadn’t eaten any of the other food. When I told her why, she started screeching about not knowing my eating preferences and apologized over and over and went out to buy me a fish sandwich for lunch.
I know that she is trying to be my friend, but if she doesn’t stop screeching, I’ll go more nuts than I already am.
I’ve thought about YELLING back at her, but I never remember until after I’ve answered her questions.
November seems so long away.
As long as I live and breathe, I will never understand why people with cubes in the center aisle need to YELL ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT to find out if it’s raining. They can’t just walk the 25 feet to the window? It probably takes up less energy. Every day they do this. Why? JUST STAND UP AND LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. Dear God, these people!
I hear you. I do some of the project space creation for my company and it’s surprising how long it sometimes takes people to answer basic questions like: how much do you need, what site does it need to be at and does it need to be backed up.
You would think that would be obvious information to put in the original request.