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red-scully.livejournal.comWorst week ever, seriously. In the past month we've done about a thousand desk moves, because a ton of new staff are being crammed into the building. This has resulted in a variety of stupid...
On Tuesday I got bitched at by a complete tosser of an Apple Mac user who told me it was 'completely unacceptable' to have his kit plugged into the power outlets on his desk, because it took up 'valuable desk space'. If he'd politely told me that he'd prefer having some of the cables under the desk, I would have smiled sweetly and done the job, but moaning and bitching at me will not get you anywhere. Furthermore, if you stand behind me and watch me spend ten minutes connecting everything up BEFORE yelling at me, I will hate you even more.
Yesterday, half an hour before the latest desk move (which I should add has been on the calendar for over a month), I get a phone call from $thinkssheisanimportantuser. "I've been told I have to stop working so you can disconnect my computer. I need to do work. You have to come and configure a laptop for my use." GAAAHH. Sorted it out in the end but suggested to her that next time, she asks us for this a week in advance, rather than half an hour. Gaahhh.
Other fuckwittery:
Users who packed their keyboards and mice with their files. When we connect their stuff up on Monday, they will complain at us. Unpacking the green boxes is YOUR JOB.
Users who leave food/porn/shoes under their desks when they know that the desks are going to be DISMANTLED. Also, crawling on my hands and knees to unplug stuff covered in dust is one thing, but getting covered in bits of toast is quite another.
User who called me five minutes before I was about to leave my desk to get started on the move: "O HAI. I know I should call the Helpdesk directly with problems, but they sound really busy." Me: "... sound really busy?!" User: "Yeah. Someone answered, but he sounded busy, so I hung up." FAIL.
Users who were lucky enough to go home at 2.30pm because of the move: cheering in our faces and shouting how happy you are that you get to leave early, and then wishing me a fun evening WITH NO SIGN OF SARCASM, will not get you into my good books. I accept that it's my job to stay late to do this work, but you don't have to rub in my face the fact that you get free time off and I get to work unpaid overtime whilst crawling in aforementioned toast crumbs. That's just mean.
And on Monday morning I get to do this again. And then again in a week and a half. Yay.
On Tuesday I got bitched at by a complete tosser of an Apple Mac user who told me it was 'completely unacceptable' to have his kit plugged into the power outlets on his desk, because it took up 'valuable desk space'. If he'd politely told me that he'd prefer having some of the cables under the desk, I would have smiled sweetly and done the job, but moaning and bitching at me will not get you anywhere. Furthermore, if you stand behind me and watch me spend ten minutes connecting everything up BEFORE yelling at me, I will hate you even more.
Yesterday, half an hour before the latest desk move (which I should add has been on the calendar for over a month), I get a phone call from $thinkssheisanimportantuser. "I've been told I have to stop working so you can disconnect my computer. I need to do work. You have to come and configure a laptop for my use." GAAAHH. Sorted it out in the end but suggested to her that next time, she asks us for this a week in advance, rather than half an hour. Gaahhh.
Other fuckwittery:
Users who packed their keyboards and mice with their files. When we connect their stuff up on Monday, they will complain at us. Unpacking the green boxes is YOUR JOB.
Users who leave food/porn/shoes under their desks when they know that the desks are going to be DISMANTLED. Also, crawling on my hands and knees to unplug stuff covered in dust is one thing, but getting covered in bits of toast is quite another.
User who called me five minutes before I was about to leave my desk to get started on the move: "O HAI. I know I should call the Helpdesk directly with problems, but they sound really busy." Me: "... sound really busy?!" User: "Yeah. Someone answered, but he sounded busy, so I hung up." FAIL.
Users who were lucky enough to go home at 2.30pm because of the move: cheering in our faces and shouting how happy you are that you get to leave early, and then wishing me a fun evening WITH NO SIGN OF SARCASM, will not get you into my good books. I accept that it's my job to stay late to do this work, but you don't have to rub in my face the fact that you get free time off and I get to work unpaid overtime whilst crawling in aforementioned toast crumbs. That's just mean.
And on Monday morning I get to do this again. And then again in a week and a half. Yay.
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