Safety first

In our Department of Redundancy Department we get folders on our shared drive named Safety. In it are various documents and subfolders, most of which start with "Safety" and continue with at least one other word but one folder that is actually called "Safety". In that folder, we have another sub-sub-folder by the name of "Safety". Super safety things go in the 3rd level deep safety folder. I'm just guessing.

Safety is run by the Quality Department, and Quality not only likes redundancy but clarity too. They have folders named "QUALITY DEPARTMENT DAILY USE FOLDER - FOR DAILY USE" and in it they have a subfolder named "QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE QUALITY DEPARTMENT - FOR DAILY USE" not to be confused with the "QUALITY ASSURANCE FOLDER FOR THE QUALITY SYSTEM PROGRAM OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT" folder. Yes, all in caps. No, probably not for daily use. The folder and filename path length foobars the nightly backups so I wish I was making all this up.

Snippy snippy

Among other lovely snippy totally pissy people I've talked to today I talked to a woman on a tech support line who admitted she had about as much experience with the product as I did, which was exactly none. After asking to talk to someone who uses the program she told me that was entirely impossible, however I really should "educate" myself. My entire reason for calling was to find out how the connection string is composed for the software. Since there is no information in the manual about the connection string except "enter it into the blank field provided" how else should I get educated except by calling technical support??

To be honest, this woman loves to hate me. When she hears it's me calling she must get some kind of charge out of saying things like "I can't help you if I can't understand the question you're asking me!" when I've been more than specific about the issue or "Well I can't tell you what you did wrong, but you did something wrong. And I can't send you the correct files, but if you can determine which files are corrupt I will send them to you one by one." Good luck! One by one. For a thousand files.

Le sigh.

I'm calling around trying to get info on IP phones and services -- I called a place and was happily chatting away with a technician when we were disconnected with a big *bbzzttttttt*

It's not my phone. It's not our lines. I called back and their entire system rang "busy".

Not a good sign for a technical phone company I think.

How to tell it's fall

How to tell it's fall: The Shirtless Man* who drives to work in a teal-coloured Ford truck (circa 1991) started putting on a jacket over his tubby tummy.

* He used to be called the Naked Man as I couldn't see below the window of his driver's side door, but yesterday he was getting a newspaper from across the street at Timmy's and he was in fact wearing pants and a jacket -- but like all summer -- no shirt.

Popsie!

My Grandmother used to call all soft drinks a combo of Pepsi and Pop: Popsie!

Ich bin ein Popsie trinker!

Cute garage sale find

Totally retro colours but I love it! Acorns!

Fool.

I sent out an email notice alerting people to a new virus and asking them to make sure not to click on anything at work, but it may come to their homes as well, and so you should not click on any suspicious downloads at home either. I'm not assuming everyone is stupid enough to need notification not to click on suspicious things, but oh wait, yes I am!

Four hours later or so someone wanders out to refill their water glass and stands in my doorway to chat "Hey, so I was just wondering, what was your email all about?"
"Did you read it?" I asked annoyed.
"Not really."
"Ok well it basically said you should go home and click on every thing in your inbox. Hope that helps!"
"Whatever! You're pulling my leg... HA!"
"You're sharp! Guess you won't be fooled by a virus email then, but just in case you should read all the details I sent in the email."

Harvest

Tomatoes off the vine are the awesomest.

Online profile

The most important thing I am looking for in a person is:

Kindness. It is the one thing that I notice right away. Especially if it is absent. If you are a "stern" woman you need not apply.

I guess that's it for me then, I unkindly laughed out loud when I read that.

Phone call the second

AP: Hello I am wondering if you are busy at lunchtime today?
PL: Yes, I'm free for lunch!
think w00t! Someone invites me for lunch!!!1!!eleventy!

Oh wait, >:( it's not a nice invitation for samosas, it's an attempt for me to give up my lunch hour to scope out school netbooks for their 12 year old, and to set it up with anti-virus.

Reason #1 why I love IT.

Phone call the first

Odd day for phone calls:

Hello. This is Barry with CanPar. I have a package for (mispronounces my name badly) at some machine shop. No address, could you call us back and give us an address please?

How in the world do you have my personal cell phone number and name, vaguely know I work at a machine shop, but not which one, and no address, but send me a package? I can't wait to see who this package I'm not expecting is from.

Barry at CanPar, you have some googling-fu to find me.