Seconded.
Acrobat sucks, that’s what the hell. I could be wrong, though; I have Acrobat Professional at work and I don’t have need to manipulate PDF documents at home.
Well, keep your resume polished, then I guess.
If she’s creating them, she must be doing something wrong. It’s not like the program maliciously creates PDFs in the wrong orientation all by itself, she *has *to have set it up to do that.
Roger that pal.
Oh, yes, to comply with SDMB rules. 
And here’s hoping those links work for people other than me.
Neko looks just like our Chipie. Does he have a white spot on his chest? (And does he turn into a drooling total affection slut when you knead his tummy?)
And in workplace rants, we were informed today that a critical information document on our internal Intranet website, which we currently update every 2 weeks, is going to be taken off of our section of the Intranet and moved to another section, where it will be extensively reworked and reformatted to fit the other area’s standards, including losing some of the dropdown links to specialized additional info in some sections, because they don’t have those in their standard format. But we’ll still be responsible for providing updates, which we will need to send them in Word :eek: format!
We will be talking to our Director General next week to see if anyone actually asked for his approval on this.
Antirant: Oh my god, yesterday I actually encountered someone who didn’t act like a lazy ass when they didn’t know an answer to something! Instead of just saying telling me who else to talk to, they *forwarded *my question on to that person and copied me in! It’s like working with real, actual grown-ups. Wow!
You’re thinking of PDFs created from electronic documents. I would assume these are instead PDF’d scans of hardcopies, where the orientation of the PDF will depend on the orientation of the pages as they were scanned.
They do. And dawwwwwwww.
I’ve dealt with passive aggressive slime like this before and the only thing that has helped me (as a passive person myself) is to become EXTREMELY POLITE AND INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL. (edit: and stupid. I apparently don’t *understand *that they are being underhanded or snarky.)
I would send an email back, making sure to ‘cc’ in her boss, because, gosh, you’re just trying to be helpful and keep everyone in the loop!
Thank the coworker for handling the call and bringing it to your attention. You appreciate it. You wanted to keep them in the loop, so you’re letting them know that you’ve helped the caller. Oh, and you know how busy coworker is! You were at your desk when caller called and in the future it might be easier for coworker to just transfer them over. Thanks again! Have a great morning!
Replying like this always makes me feel better.
However, this may not be the way to handle it (I really I need to start wearing a ‘wwsfgd?’ bracelet to work…)
I think this is the proper response no matter what your individual personality is. It brings the matter to the attention of the people whose job it is to address these conflicts. (Whether or not they do, of course, is a matter for … well, moejoe to post about!)
I’m extra-tired so it took me an embarassing extra second to parse this, but once I did … 
I would SO buy one and wear it.
This is exactly the route I take. *Perky *and *helpful *and I’m just being *considerate *don’cha know! Oh, and I’m sure this was just the result of some mistake on *my *part. 
More like “What Would SFG *Like *to Do.” Sigh. In stupid corporate situations, the best solution is usually, “When in Rome, out passive-aggress the passive-aggressors.”
My boss did do some of my work while I was gone, and she actually did it right! That was a pleasant surprise. 
Unfortunately, another co-worker who was supposed to cover for me royally screwed up some very time-sensitive stuff. I think the deadline to fix it has passed already. I need a drink…
I get a very weird feeling at my various assignments that people are any combination of:
- incompetent
- incredibly stupid
- screwing with me and pretending not to be able to do things.
I had a discussion with my supervisor at my last assignment about how we don’t have to write down the list of storage boxes to be sent off-site twice; he was the supervisor for the department I was in, so he is capable of understanding this, right? Right? I tried to explain it twice, then gave up and just did it, reciting my temp’s mantra of, “I get paid by the hour.”
Yes, this is actually a shock to me that I’m being rewarded for doing what I’m supposed to. That doesn’t usually happen in this company.
It’ll mean extra work, because I now have to monitor her team, have input on who she hires and make sure she’s doing her job (even though I’m not her manager, but she does implement my product), but so far it’s worth it to tick her off. Because I’m that petty, especially after all the crap that’s gone down lately.
I’m looking forward to my new chair, my new office and the one-day-per-week telecommute I’ve been offered.
They’re also going to add an employee to help me out in the new year. I’m completely overwhelmed with stacks and piles of work - it’ll be wonderful if they actually bring someone on for me.
You’re right about the Karma, SpazCat. It’s freaking refreshing.
Man, overly, if things go any better for you, we’re gonna have to kick you out of the workplace griping thread, and you’ll have to tell us the end of the busybody/minion story in the mini-rants thread…
If they are small animals like squirrels, you can buy an ultrasonic pest repeller*. They are only about $20 - and they seem to work pretty well. They don’t hurt the pests (though that might make you feel better), they just make it a little uncomfortable for them so they skitter off somewhere else. My house in college had squirrels living in the attic - but only above one roomate’s room. The little gizmo took care of it for him.
*is repeller not a word? Repel. Repelling. Repellent. How do you say “to repel”?
Oh and Cat Whisperer Harleys aren’t loud when they come from the factory. It’s a little unfair to group all Harley riders together as automatic noise polluters.
Unfortunately, most of it is numbers 1-2. The problem with being smarter than the average bear is that you generally don’t *feel *smart; it just seems like everyone else is shockingly dumb.
MAYBE IF YOU HIRED SOME PEOPLE WITH TATTOOS YOU WOULDN’T HAVE THIS PROBLEM. 
Oh no, that’s not petty. Or if it is, I never want to be mature again.
Repellent (or repellant) can be used as either an adjective (“repulsive”) or a noun (“thing that repels”).
(Good-bye job! Hello new money making idea!) 
Alas! Yet you’ve hit a good title for a new self-help book for us working folk.
I have had, count 'em, no fewer than NINE phone contacts and a couple additional email contacts for a job since 10 this morning. Three of those contacts came from the same recruiting firm.
All for the same requirement, that I’ve already been submitted for by a company that contacted me yesterday. :rolleyes:
I need good luck! This position is within ideal commuting range, and even if the recruiting company’s benefits are minimal (health only, no vacation/holiday/sick), it’s work, the rate isn’t bad, it could go on for a long time … and you never know, the client might even take a wild hair and decide to convert me. It’s happened before.
hope hope hope hope hope
Fucking high maintenance customers.
That is all.