Oh, here's a good one:
Money quote from the help desk, though:
"Your issue is beyond the scope of our training/experience, but it sounds like you know what you're doing, I'm sure you'll figure it out"
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Astarte - Jan 10, 2005 11:32:51 am PST #2834 of 10002
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
lisah - Jan 10, 2005 11:39:25 am PST #2835 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
they could save themselves some time by saying "I'm sorry. I don't understand."
I'm thinking the problem may be them not knowing when they don't understand.
A good part of my job consists of me saying "I'm sorry. I don't understand." to programmers and getting them to 'splain so I can interpret for our users. I'm going to go do some of that right now.
Ginger - Jan 10, 2005 11:45:17 am PST #2836 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I looked through the clueless clients and they don't seem to have the issue I've had with several clients: they want Web pages that print out better. Not a printable page; just ones that look better when they do what they apparently normally do with web pages--print them out and then read them. The actual instructions they gave me were, "Put this part on a different page." After several e-mails, in became obvious they just wanted that part to print on a different page.
erikaj - Jan 10, 2005 11:48:51 am PST #2837 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Ah, like Lloyd Dobler "I don't know, but at least I know that I don't know. You know?"
beathen - Jan 10, 2005 11:48:53 am PST #2838 of 10002
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
One of the quotes I found epitomizes the "want everything for nothing mentality":
Client: I want excellent work
Me: uha
Client: I want very fasst work
Me: Uha
Clent: and i want very very cheap work
Me: as i roll my eyes, look back at the client and exclaim sarcastically .. YEAH, SURE.. you want fries with that?
Daisy Jane - Jan 10, 2005 11:50:23 am PST #2839 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I like the woman whose husband had to explain vertical and horizontal.
Ginger - Jan 10, 2005 11:50:47 am PST #2840 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've worked with several printers who had this posted over the front desk: "Good. Cheap. Fast. Pick two."
Lee - Jan 10, 2005 11:52:56 am PST #2841 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
MM, and anyone else in LA who might have missed it -- well, everyone missed it, since it was Weather Watch for two hours.
Jumping forward to say:
Wait, is this about Deb's piece, which I thought was nice and saved on Tivo? Damn.
Glamcookie - Jan 10, 2005 11:53:56 am PST #2842 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Yay for good Cass news!!! {{{Cass}}}
deb, I didn't see the show but the photo on the Web site is so great! I'm jealous - I love those makeover shows. Glad you all had fun.
Can this effing rain stop already????? Gurglegurglegurgle
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2005 11:54:41 am PST #2843 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
is this about Deb's piece, which I thought was nice and saved on Tivo?
Ayup. On the up side ... okay, so it's raining a lot. I got that. TWO HOURS WORTH OF MORNING NEWS, THOUGH? Most of it seemed to be reminding you to not go stare at the strange water in the rivers.