I just thought you were so great you knew already, Allyson.
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Feb 07, 2005 9:20:47 am PST #4587 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Jesse - Feb 07, 2005 9:21:17 am PST #4588 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But seriously, I just got mandatory training on a piece of software that I know pretty well. The thing is, the guy doing the training thinks it makes more sense for him to just go through the whole thing, doing his regular shpiel, rather than trying to figure out what I personally do and do not know. I think that's what you people are getting from tech support -- it's not that they don't believe you, it's that they have a routine.
Lee - Feb 07, 2005 9:22:03 am PST #4589 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
You are awesome. Allyson. G&J were even telling me so this weekend.
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2005 9:26:54 am PST #4590 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does that carry over to this place?
Not till Fury shows up, no.
I just got mandatory training on a piece of software that I know pretty well.
Which leads to another peeve -- there's totally not enough training. The number of things I have to explain or correct in word, or show people how to paste into Lotus Notes without carrying over the formatting ... it's stupid, and in the end, unfamiliarity with the tool must cost more than 4 hours of decent training in it.
shrift - Feb 07, 2005 9:27:11 am PST #4591 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Can anyone tell me why the fuck my computer will no longer print envelopes???
Have you tried rebooting?
No, seriously. This morning, I was trying to print reports from our database, and nothing doing until I restarted my machine.
Now I get to meet with someone so we can change my work process, because they haven't screwed with a huge part of how I do my job since last Wednesday, so I'm due.
erikaj - Feb 07, 2005 9:27:28 am PST #4592 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Did they name a character after you, on the other board? No, I bet not. I wanted a name that was all not to be fucked with. And ita seemed like naming my detective "Cher" or something else too iconic. So she's Allyson.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 07, 2005 9:28:18 am PST #4593 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Speaking of training people, I just trained three co-workers in a program/process for the work we're going to be doing this month. I have minions! Though I tried to avoid being an evil overlord by not snarking about a question I was asked concerning guessing info when our sources don't provide it. Since none of us have doctorates in the subject at hand [actually, I only have six credit hours from the late 80s and I think I'm still the resident expert], we'll stick to citing info from those who do. Their BS, though still arguably BS, at least has the stamp of academic legitimacy.
Allyson - Feb 07, 2005 9:28:22 am PST #4594 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
G&J are da bomb, how is she doing in med school? How's G liking Apple?
hah! We know you Missy, you'll get nothing but being taken for granted from us!
My name is not Missy, Bob.
just thought you were so great you knew already, Allyson.
ARE YOU SAYING I'M CONCEITED?
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 07, 2005 9:30:06 am PST #4595 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My name is not Missy, Bob.
Funnily enough, my name is Bob.
Jesse - Feb 07, 2005 9:32:04 am PST #4596 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Have you tried rebooting?
Well, it was doing it on Thursday, and again today, so I figured that counted as rebooting, but I could try again....
Which leads to another peeve -- there's totally not enough training.
Yeah, I'm all for training. I made an employee go take an excel class because she was so freaked out by it.