going back to work when you already were home

severin · 01-03-2003, 01:29 PM

fuck i hate this. i was home exactly 10 minutes when my cell-phone goes off and that woman explains to me, that there is a problem in that one application i don't even really know, and that it has to be done now on a friday, at 7 pm, because they can't wok over the weekend if i can't get it running....and i'm not even on stand-by....fuck, this better be a real mess

Fish · 01-03-2003, 01:34 PM

I go home in 15 mins and don't work again till after easter. Yay for me. Hope you don't have to spend to long there

DeviousJ · 01-03-2003, 02:02 PM

They probably don't know how to get the diamond-shaped bullet points on Word.

severin · 01-03-2003, 02:08 PM

unfortunatly, it really seems to be a big mess. it concerns the application where our 1500 employees enter their worksheets, so our clients can be billed. so there's money involved, and that makes it quite a serious thing. i'm right now running some sort of by-hand-procedure. i hope i can get it done. this application is from 1996, and i'm still in the process of learning it from my soon-to-be-gone workmate, who is right now on holiday and can't be reached. talk about luck....

DeviousJ · 01-03-2003, 02:16 PM

You should ask for a nice big wad of cash for this...

severin · 01-03-2003, 02:21 PM

hell yeah, i got it running....that should be a nice argument in my soon to come salary-negotiations....

DeviousJ · 01-03-2003, 02:22 PM

Make sure to put in a nice backdoor in case you need to stop it working again

KrazeeStacee · 01-03-2003, 02:50 PM

I wish I got paid for all the computer shit I fix here.

Both of my bosses don't know a thing about computers. My boss Richard (he's like 80 billion years old) thought I broke the computer when it went on the screensaver, he started freaking out. I'm like "Richard, calm down, move the mouse" and he was like "OMG HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?"

Instead my other boss Carol (the one who takes the credit for everything, and is also my aunt) makes Richard take her car in to get washed every Tuesday, he pays for it and when he asks for money back she tells him:

"We made a deal, I fix all the problems you create with your computer and you get my car washed once a week"

Umm...Hi, hey how ya doin, carol? I'M the one who fixed his problems.

She buys him a new computer and I have to "Richard-proof" it. He just randomly clicks around on the screen until whatever he wants to happen, happens.

Do I get extra pay? No.
I work here for 6 months without any insurance or benifits or anything, and finally I get a measly 50 cent raise.
This sucks...but I'm done complaining because it pays the bills and its better than being unemployed.
:erm

Fish · 01-03-2003, 03:00 PM

It sounds like my job. First thing I ask anyone who phones me and wants help is "Have you tried rebooting/switching it on off/pulling the plug at the wall and pushing it back in?" as it normally solves most "problems"

mirrar · 01-03-2003, 03:57 PM

i worked retail in the summer, and there was one time where i went to the doctors, and the guy i got to take over for me buzzed me in the MIDDLE of my appointment to ask me "how do you open the cash when you haven't made a sale"... gee, the NO SALE button is a good start...

01-03-2003, 01:29 PM	#1
severin no more than sympathy Location: lying on the floor Posts: 14,826	going back to work when you already were home fuck i hate this. i was home exactly 10 minutes when my cell-phone goes off and that woman explains to me, that there is a problem in that one application i don't even really know, and that it has to be done now on a friday, at 7 pm, because they can't wok over the weekend if i can't get it running....and i'm not even on stand-by....fuck, this better be a real mess __________________ i once told a To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. that nothing really ends

01-03-2003, 01:34 PM	#2
Fish Demi-God Location: London (Cardiff Uni in term time) UK Posts: 392	I go home in 15 mins and don't work again till after easter. Yay for me. Hope you don't have to spend to long there

01-03-2003, 02:02 PM	#3
DeviousJ CORNFROST Location: GUREITO DESU YO Posts: 24,891	They probably don't know how to get the diamond-shaped bullet points on Word.

01-03-2003, 02:08 PM	#4
severin no more than sympathy Location: lying on the floor Posts: 14,826	unfortunatly, it really seems to be a big mess. it concerns the application where our 1500 employees enter their worksheets, so our clients can be billed. so there's money involved, and that makes it quite a serious thing. i'm right now running some sort of by-hand-procedure. i hope i can get it done. this application is from 1996, and i'm still in the process of learning it from my soon-to-be-gone workmate, who is right now on holiday and can't be reached. talk about luck....

01-03-2003, 02:16 PM	#5
DeviousJ CORNFROST Location: GUREITO DESU YO Posts: 24,891	You should ask for a nice big wad of cash for this...

01-03-2003, 02:21 PM	#6
severin no more than sympathy Location: lying on the floor Posts: 14,826	hell yeah, i got it running....that should be a nice argument in my soon to come salary-negotiations....

01-03-2003, 02:22 PM	#7
DeviousJ CORNFROST Location: GUREITO DESU YO Posts: 24,891	Make sure to put in a nice backdoor in case you need to stop it working again

01-03-2003, 02:50 PM	#8
KrazeeStacee Immortal Location: Sherwood Forest Posts: 21,296	I wish I got paid for all the computer shit I fix here. Both of my bosses don't know a thing about computers. My boss Richard (he's like 80 billion years old) thought I broke the computer when it went on the screensaver, he started freaking out. I'm like "Richard, calm down, move the mouse" and he was like "OMG HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?" Instead my other boss Carol (the one who takes the credit for everything, and is also my aunt) makes Richard take her car in to get washed every Tuesday, he pays for it and when he asks for money back she tells him: "We made a deal, I fix all the problems you create with your computer and you get my car washed once a week" Umm...Hi, hey how ya doin, carol? I'M the one who fixed his problems. She buys him a new computer and I have to "Richard-proof" it. He just randomly clicks around on the screen until whatever he wants to happen, happens. Do I get extra pay? No. I work here for 6 months without any insurance or benifits or anything, and finally I get a measly 50 cent raise. This sucks...but I'm done complaining because it pays the bills and its better than being unemployed. :erm

01-03-2003, 03:00 PM	#9
Fish Demi-God Location: London (Cardiff Uni in term time) UK Posts: 392	It sounds like my job. First thing I ask anyone who phones me and wants help is "Have you tried rebooting/switching it on off/pulling the plug at the wall and pushing it back in?" as it normally solves most "problems"

01-03-2003, 03:57 PM	#10
mirrar Braindead Location: in our bedroom, after the war. Posts: 19,826	i worked retail in the summer, and there was one time where i went to the doctors, and the guy i got to take over for me buzzed me in the MIDDLE of my appointment to ask me "how do you open the cash when you haven't made a sale"... gee, the NO SALE button is a good start...