Also that doesn’t make any sense. Tab A should go into Slot (or Slit) A, not B.
Dear lame-ass coworker: since we get much of our work via the company’s paging/ticketing system, it’s imperative that you are logged in and able to acknowledge tickets that are assigned to our (2-person) work group. If you have problems logging in, you need to get that taken care of and not leave it to me for days on end, especially when you are carrying the pager. Thanks so much for your cooperation.
How the fuck did we manage to hire a mechanical engineer who knows absolutely nothing about any CAD program we have on site???
Becausw your HR Department knows even less about doing their job?
Wait, doesn’t mechanical engineering predate the existence of CAD technology?
Maybe it’s a really OLD mechanical engineer…
Jesus Harold Christ, if it isn’t the boss being an asshole it’s his son being a douchebag. The boss has either been out of the office or in an oddly good mood lately, hence my lack of rants. But his idiot son is another matter.
Sonny Boy is supposed to be the courier who takes stuff to all of the cashiers and customers downtown. The staff at one of the places downtown has been saying some yardwork needs done for about two weeks now. All Sonny Boy has to do is bring a rake and some trash bags to the place and the staff will take care of it. He’s going downtown anyways, driving right past the place, all he has to do is put the rake and bags in the truck and drop them off.
He won’t do it, absolutely refuses. He says the staff will leave the rake outside to get stolen. Seriously? After the third request that got ignored I went to Daddy. Daddy actually had my back this time. Now Sonny Boy is pissed at me. Darn it all. I could have some fun with this… evil laugh
Oh and we’re converting to new accounting software tonight. This could bring on all kinds of fresh hell. I’m picturing lost accounts, missing histories, all sorts of fun stuff. Sigh.
It is highly probable that nobody thought of including “experience using CAD programs, preferably one or more of [list of programs used in the company]” in the list of Must Have requirements. I’ve seen lists of requirements which the HR person/headhunter could tell were completely stupid, but it’s what the client had requested (despite the HH pushing back, in many cases).
Oh, she had a couple of dollar bills in her hand. Nothing that would cover the cost of ingredients, of course.
Well, my assignment that I was kind of enjoying will be over November 16th. Somebody transferring within the company wants my job, and since I’m just a temp, they get it. Poo. Oh well - I’m out in time to still find a Christmas job.
One of Santa’s elves at Deerfoot Mall?
Seems like when I have to turn in a ticket to IT, it turns out to either
- be something realllllly stupid-simple
~ or ~ - stump the experts
Both kinda suck.
Perfect!
I just remembered that my assignment was to cover a stress leave anyway - I have to take back my rant, because the regular person could be back any day anyway. C’est la vie.
I’m not really sure who writes the job descriptions…I think the one for my job said something to the effect of “CAD experience preferred”. The ability to interpret such drawings was a requirement.
My company currently has a contractor working onsite who was trained as a true draftsman. He’s not much older than I am. My company has a tremendous number of hand-drawn mylar and vellum drawings (“D” size) that are still “current”; when revisions need to be made, they’re often so small that it doesn’t make sense to spend time redrawing the whole thing on the computer. That’s where this guy comes in. He thinks it’s hilarious that people stop to watch him work at the one remaining good drafting table.
Aren’t there programs available that will scan such originals, and convert them into CAD files? Wouldn’t that be a better, safer long-term option?
Yesterday we went through another round of interviews for my job. 6 eager job seekers who seem to have good skills got their hopes dashed when they saw the warehouse. I could see it on their faces “Holy cow! People actually work under these conditions?” We picked our 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices and one of them will take the job because the job market sucks.
Jane had a meltdown and locked herself in the restroom for half an hour after it was all over. I just ignored the whole thing. I don’t care, I’m leaving. I know that she wanted me to stand outside the door and beg her to come out and get hugs and stuff, but I just don’t have the energy.
My exit date is set. I have no emotional committment to the place anymore. I really, really don’t care. This feels sooooooo good 
Sounds like you ran out of give-a-shit right on schedule.
Not with any results worth having; you pretty much need to redraw the results. Take into account that a CAD file is full of layers, while the print is, by definition, monolayer. The structure is in one layer, electrical on another, plumbing on a third…
Don’t forget the “standard” hidden layer of “All work and no play makes (whoever worked on this the most) go crazy.” Repeated. Over and over again. Just so you know who to keep an eye on at work; or stay away from. :eek:
Sorry for the double post.
Hey flatlined, I know it’s not your problem anymore and that you aren’t using poison, but is it possible that your Rat King is somehow related to, or in contact with the “mutant” rats in the west of England who have become resistant to common poisons? Hey, big scary rats are big scary rats if you don’t like them (like me).
(The linked article says that people aren’t following directions on the package, thus the rats are building up a resistance. Yuck.)
And that each printout/blueprint contains different information. First time Middlebro got a job as a construction foreman, he demanded electronic copies of every version of the plans; he knew that (as is very common in Spain) the architect’s team had divided the work, so that there weren’t just different-sized printouts for each trade but several different electronic blueprints.
“Melting” the prints together into a single file With Everything (which would have been impossible to read on paper) showed several spots that were out of code, as the electric cables, fiberoptics, gas and water pipes had all been drawn to go in the same spots. His boss said “kid, you’re worth every penny just for this! Normally we don’t find out until the bricklayer breaks a hole where the electrician has said and punches through a pipe!”
In his previous job, designing stone layouts, he’d leave every single “breakout” attempt (his job consisted of measuring the area, drawing it and designing the pieces which had to be cut and set). I think one had over 50 tries, he still uses that architect’s name as a curseword.