Office battle Royale - Bean Counters 1, Technicians 0

[omg-teh-funnay.livejournal.com]

I just overheard the management structure talking to the lead techs about how much paper we waste by sending out instructions on how to perform a laptop shell swap in the field with the laptops.

It uses three sheets of paper and we do about 20 or so a day.

Their first solution was to put the docs on a shared drive. This is a problem because not all our users work in networked locations, so the shared drive won't be useful

The new idea (and likely to be implemented) is to burn the docs to a CD and ship that. Then the EU ships the CD back when they're finished.

No one seems to grasp that THE END USERS CANNOT READ THE CD OR ACCESS A SHARED DRIVE 'CAUSE THE DAMN LAPTOP DOESN'T WORK UNTIL THEY FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE SEND OUT....

*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*

My salvation comes in the hope that my lead, who was involved, is just playing dumb because he's pissed off at getting a forced lateral promotion to a group he has no interest in being with.

here's your sign...

[major-error.livejournal.com]

Since when did I become the Encyclopedia Britannica of error-codes?

You have an error code from a common application? Great!! Drop it into Google and learn a thing or 2!
Kinda sad when problems can be solved by Windows Update or a reboot...

[Sometimes it feels like I'm in some alternate universe as Indiana Jones, and all these helpless users are Small Round bursting into my room shouting "Docta' Jones!"]

an ethical investigation

[redqueenmeg.livejournal.com]

I posted this on my personal journal, but thought you all might enjoy it.

Here is a story of how our company justifiably lost $100K, because we were a little overzealous.


(my coworker) says:
I was doing a web search on mode strippers, which are fiber optic devices. A few days later I got hauled into Ethics for it.

(my coworker) says:
Imagine their suprise when they found out what they were

(my coworker) says:
They locked my email, net access, etc. for about a week because of it

(my coworker) says:
too funny

(my coworker) says:
Then the program manager got in trouble because I was late on my report

(my coworker) says:
then the director had to explain to the president why I was late on a contract delivery and lost an award fee because of it

redqueenmeg says:
HAHA

(my coworker) says:
A simple $100K loss of money becouse of her error

redqueenmeg says:
sweet!

Oh. My. God.

[shifuimam.livejournal.com]

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