Oh wow.....

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

So I go into the office today and one of the *users* is having some trouble with his voice dictation software. I go in and he's repeatedly clicking the left mouse button on the menu button for this software. My first words were, "STOP! Let it load. Notice how the screen keeps flashing? It's trying to load and you keep closing it." He just stared at the screen dumbfounded.

What is with *users* these days? If it doesn't happen instantly, is it not fast enough? I mean, his computer isn't slow, by any means. I mean, he's got this Webshots crap on it, which I've tried to get him to remove. I thought he was going to break the mouse, he was hammering on that left mouse button. His words were, "I've had to use the task manager to end the program before, it's slow, it's locked up, it's down, I can't work....." Yes...he's used all of those in one sentence before.

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[igz00.livejournal.com]

my hamster is so much cooler...

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Hahahah. Yes! Thanks, that made me laugh.

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[linguafranca.livejournal.com]

What the... what kind of hamster is that?

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Hairless kind I guess....

I had a hamster in high school, so..I don't know much about em. I'm more of a dog and cat guy.

Still, hamsters are cool.

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[igz00.livejournal.com]

genetically engineered to be naked...

personally prefer dogs... but I'm technically not allowed to have pets in my apartment

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Cool. Wow, no pets allowed? That sucks. I couldn't live without my pets.

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[igz00.livejournal.com]

uh I have a fish... his name is Kitchen Fish... he lives in the kitchen (shocking I know) but I think he is dying...

I don't really have time to take care of real pets anyway

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Wow, very original names. I've got a Pom that's red and I call him Red Dog. Hehe. I had a brown dog when I was younger and called her Brownie. There's the psycho kitty called Lizzie Borden.

I know what you mean about time. Most of the animals are good about eating and drinking, as long as you pet em and keep their bowls full.

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[igz00.livejournal.com]

Hey the hamster's name is Pig, thats original-ish...

Its the whole being home long enough to feed them and pay attention to them and clean up after them and take them for walks... I tried with Pig but the leash didn't fit so well

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Should get a smaller leash. Hehe.

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[igz00.livejournal.com]

maybe a shoelace...

::runs off to fashion a leash::

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

lol

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[linguafranca.livejournal.com]

When my dad was a kid, his family had three cats, Blackie, Whitey, and Yelley-Whitey. Guess what colors they were.

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Uh....brown...orange....and taupe?

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[pleaseremove.livejournal.com]

ah yes, but remember which one can kick your's ass

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Hahhahhaa. Yes, don't ever forget that. He's been know to leave tiny horse heads in other hamster's cages.

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[igz00.livejournal.com]

you wouldn't beat up a genetic freak would you?

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't be me....uh...it'd be..the..uh...hamster....

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[igz00.livejournal.com]

of course it would...

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[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

hehe

[jecook]

Over here, if we (The IT department) didn't put it on, it can be removed without notice. And it's logged in the work ticket. Even if it's something useful, like firefox (which I've been known to let slide because they are at least *trying*). People that turn into "problem" sites lose their machine for a week. Plus it's in the polciy handbook somehwere...



In fact, I have a machine on my desk right now that has spyware, and suspected porn on it. No, I'm not sharing the porn, just noting it's existance, along with the time that it was put on there.

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Well, it's the owner of the company's computer and since it's a small business and he whines and he puts it right back on after I disable it, there's really nothing I can do. I've told him about the ill effects it "could" have, but he continues. He does alright though, just a little click happy. He's also VERY pessimistic, so tech support phone calls are all doom and gloom on his end.

I do agree with you though and if I had that much power, believe me, it'd be gone at least a week, hehe.

[geekgrrl-ca.livejournal.com]

Happy clickers suck

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Yes, they most certainly do.

[infy.livejournal.com]

I just love it when they fight me over it and try to wrest control of the mouse away when I'm in the process of removing it.

Nevermind that by that time I've already grabbed quite a few screenshots. They could have just taken the easy way out, "What? I don't know how that got there." But nooo...Webshots is just that important. Yet these are the same people who will bitch and moan that their desktops are completely locked down when refresh time comes. "Gosh, Bob, remember how you fought me over removing Weather Bug? Well, it's all your damned fault. You had to go and have that rectal-cranial inversion...see what happens?"

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Hahhaha. Way to go Bob! Everyone say thank you Bob. Hehe.