Change is definitely scary, Frankenbuddha! I hope it's good in the end.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
meara - Jan 17, 2014 11:04:37 am PST #17429 of 30000
Jesse - Jan 17, 2014 11:07:36 am PST #17430 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, good luck, Frank!
Consuela - Jan 17, 2014 11:08:07 am PST #17431 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm still in the yoga pants I put on to walk the dog this morning! Complete with dog hair!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2014 11:15:21 am PST #17432 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's definitely a good way to start off 2014. Granted, all the shit that happened in 2013 had nothing to do with work; work's been great through all this (though it is definitely taking too fucking long to get acclimated to my new commute and managing my truncated off time).
SuziQ - Jan 17, 2014 11:29:53 am PST #17433 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Well crappity. I finally talked to the scheduling gal and she wasn't able to work on any scheduling yesterday and apparently I'm on the bottom of her pile. She was kinda snippy which made me feel horrible for calling but she had said I'd hear from her yesterday.
So now I have to wait all weekend and I'm not sure if they are open or closed on Monday, so it will be Tuesday at the earliest. I do not do patience well.
brenda m - Jan 17, 2014 11:34:42 am PST #17434 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Suzi, I can't remember. What are you trying to schedule?
Typo Boy - Jan 17, 2014 11:37:43 am PST #17435 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Wow. I just found out my company has decided to make a concerted effort to upgrade the Legacy systems (my area) to current technologies
Since you are heavily involved, my two cents:
1) Choose an unmodified existing package, if you can avoid customization.
2) If you must customize, modify an existing package, ideally one with lots of built-in hooks for that purpose.
3) Avoid from coding from scratch. For anyone but a huge place, the chance of failure is high. Yes, some companies manage it successfully, but it is a huge risk. And every business feels like it is a special snow flake whose needs no standard package can meet, but about 99.99% of the time standard packages - either as is or slightly modified- can accommodate their work flow.
SuziQ - Jan 17, 2014 11:39:04 am PST #17436 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Foot surgery. The goal is to get it done soon enough that I can be walking again by late March.
There is a LOT going on over the next 3 months and I just want to start nailing things down. I don't know when the surgery will be, I won't know what is happening with my lease renewal/move until early February, but there will probably be a move in March/April, and then it will be late March before I know if I got the promotion/raise I have been asking for.
Jesse - Jan 17, 2014 11:50:08 am PST #17437 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She was kinda snippy which made me feel horrible for calling but she had said I'd hear from her yesterday.
That is ridiculous. You should not feel bad! She should provide better customer service!
Calli - Jan 17, 2014 11:53:08 am PST #17438 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
they're going to open a cider-based place downtown.
Yay! I love cider, and I'm glad to see it's undergoing a kind of renaissance.
SuziQ, it seems like a scheduling person should be able to contact people on schedule to let them know where they are in the schedule. So she shouldn't have been snippy--more like apologetic, really. I hope you can get your surgery soon.