This.

[mix-hyenataur.livejournal.com]

Epic Microsoft Fail

[russianswinga.livejournal.com]

 I am really f*cking tired of Microsoft operating systems, and I'm even more tired of proprietary vendors that write software that runs on Windows. I've seen unparalleled levels of software fail today.

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Hey Sprint tech support!

[ptomblin-lj.livejournal.com]

When I call you to report that I can’t receive phone calls in my own home with my brand new hideously expensive Sprint phone, and you decide to call me back, it probably isn’t a good idea to call me back on my Sprint phone, since, you know, I can’t receive phone calls when I’m in my own home. Is this a hard concept to grasp?

When I call Sprint support, the voice mail menu cautions me not to call with my Sprint phone because it might be needed in other ways to diagnose the problem. So why can’t you figure out that simple fact yourselves?

How much of this has happened to you?

[mouser.livejournal.com]

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Spidey sense - tingling!

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

So I get a phone call from a recruiter, wanting to ping me for a TS job. This one's slightly more interesting than the slush pile as it's for the federal cops, in a town I did a couple of years' work in a while back. I ask for criteria and worm an email out of the caller. Some time later, it turns up.

Feels... odd, though. Something not right. For starters, the criteria to apply against are really vague, and aren't in a format even remotely resembling the one I've come to expect from federal agencies - and in my time, I've applied for a _lot_ of federal jobs.

So I react as any tech would, and start poking around. I check the agency's website - no IT positions open. At all. Suspicious, but possible if they're going through a contractor. I email their HR department and ask some questions about the team "because of the open positions". Get reply back "There are no open IT positions in the Department."

Are there not, now?

Forward them recruiter's email bragging about the multiple jobs in their helpdesk he's apparently recruiting for. Include his name, contact details, and office address conveniently ten minutes' drive from their HQ.


Send reply to recruiter -

"There seems to be some difference of opinion between you and the federal police about the existence of these positions. Have sent them all your details so things can be straightened out.

Fortunately, as an IT technician, my skillset includes diagnosing when something's not as it should be, and fixing things so that it doesn't happen again.

I'm sure this problem will be taken care of very shortly."