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has anyone had one of those couple days
where you're at work... you get given a lot of work, you think "sure i can handle this, i mean either way it has to be done, doesnt it? There are only 2 other people in the entire company who can handle stuff like this so sure i'll pitch in.
just put yourself in my shoes for a moment...
Then things go downhill from there.
One of the other people who you rely on decides that he's going to go on holidays for 3 weeks, leaving you solely responsible with his workload. Then despite the fact that nothing has actually caused it, about 10 of the companie's resources go down.
For example: your boss has a wicked idea to make a solution because a department is having problems. his "solution" only creates more problems, he has no idea how to fix it. then random things start happening all over the building at once - 3 people's entire email accounts go missing, your boss is the only person who may know anything about this, however you can't talk to him because he's too busy trying to fix his first problem.
You have recently been approved by the company director to spend approx $3000 of the company's money. not terribly much given the amount that they make and the fact that they give you shit all of it despite what you do. you buy a laptop computer for him. after spending 1.5 hours in traffic to pick up said laptop you start configuring it for the company's network, give the boss all his old files etc etc.
The laptop fucks up beyond belief. you format/fix. it fucks up again. whilst attempting to fix up this little box you call the company who sold it to you and complain. you agree that you will call them back tomorrow (mainly coz you're far too stressed to be thinking about this)
Then comes a phone call. some of the people upstairs need a 3rd party or generic account to be set up on a machine, this is no problem. however the email and network access for that machine are not working properly due to the way that the account was originally set up. you make all the necessary adjustments that you can think of, none work, you try one other thing, they say they'll get back to you. now you think to yourself - "wow, theres a lot of shit going on right here" in the time that you spent thinking that while sucking down a cigarette so fast that it would make Krusty the Klown blush, you receive approximately 8 voicemail messages. the people at the other site (which you are taking care of now because some old bastard decided to go on holiday) are having "problems"
"problems" can be described as pissweak insignificant minor issues which you personally can't be fucked dealing with:
"my mouse isn't clean" <-do it yourself
"can you please add this email account to my list" <-referral to someone else who can
"when are you going to get round to importing all my old emails back to my account" <- this is where i shit myself. i was in charge of migrating an entire call centre's old mailboxes to the new site. i did this however 1 person was away on jury duty when i was meant to do this. her old email was on a hard disk which is now being used by my boss in his new "solution" ~ no doubt it has been formatted, and to top things off it appears that my boss has deleted several people's email accounts from the server due to the fact that they "weren't being used any more". My account, and 2 other people's accounts were moved to a new server and now they have gone completely AWOL. now i have no email access where i can bitch to my friends about my day or simply say the word "urgle". A member of the management department's email was not copied from the old machine, and is most likely gone forever which will need to be restored by a backup which will take at least a few days to do.
I am onto my 4th attempt on this laptop, and whilst it takes a lot of things to make my mind snap (and i mean a LOT), i think i have gotten to the point of this day where i could not give a shit any more. hence why i have just spent about 10-15 minutes of my morning having quite possibly the biggest rant of my life.
it is now 11.03am and i have been here for 2 hours, 3 minutes. I am down to my last 2 cigarettes.
how the hell am i going to find a way to cope with the remaining 7+ hours????
dude, working in an office sucks the big one. i hate it, i love what people complain about.. 'getting rsi from keyboards' and stuff like that..
one lady complained it wasn a oh&s issue because her pc was located on the floor and her foot kept hitting the off button
people love that oh & s word, it means occupational health and safety.. how in the fuck is turning off a computer with your foot, a hazard to your health and safety?
fucking office dorks.
I like you M. it seems you hate work just as much as i do. the solution: avoid jobs that have any sniff of responsibility!! 
and yes dave, office jobs suck big balls. thank christ for the internet.
cheers
now i'm down to 1 cigarette 
things just went from bad to worse lol
Well M, im not having EXACTLY one of those days, but i sympathise with you Today i would rather continuously bang my head against a brick wall from 9 - 5 than do what i am supposed to be doing or do what you are doing.
*lines up head....here we go.....*
take the 3k and hit the bahamas baby!
i can sympathise with you M. I was in a similar situation recently, and i just gave up caring. I now work at a laid back pace - i'm much happier now. just let everything flow 
at least it's not your job to individually patch each computer to fix the GDI jpeg exploit 
and going to godskitchen on the weekend sure made monday fun!!
"Someones got a case of the Mawndays"
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| Originally posted by tathi i can sympathise with you M. I was in a similar situation recently, and i just gave up caring. I now work at a laid back pace - i'm much happier now. just let everything flow at least it's not your job to individually patch each computer to fix the GDI jpeg exploit |
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| Originally posted by Anomyst and going to godskitchen on the weekend sure made monday fun!! "Someones got a case of the Mawndays" |
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| Originally posted by -=M=- pfft today isn't monday, it only feels like it for you coz today's your first day of the week, slackass |
i love working from home 
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| Originally posted by Anomyst hehe life is sweet!! gotta love extended weekends!! |
hang in there dude...
i wish people would remember sysadmin appreciation day
link don't work
and i'm still at work
why isnt there an emoticon for crying? 
like this
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| Originally posted by tathi at least it's not your job to individually patch each computer to fix the GDI jpeg exploit |
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| Originally posted by tachyon hang in there dude... i wish people would remember sysadmin appreciation day |
nope, never had one of those days, as i dont AND NEVER WILL, work in an office.
there is a guy at my work who is just like Milton from Office Space, get this - he also has a red stapler 
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| Originally posted by tathi there is a guy at my work who is just like Milton from Office Space, get this - he also has a red stapler |
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| Originally posted by -=M=- webby - we use exch 5.5 |
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| Originally posted by webmeister |
open standards and open source
makes technical problems as easy as an open book exam
seriously tho, checkout open source alternatives M - like linux/LDAP/{sendmail|exim|courier}
it's crusty and smells like mothballs, but it makes sense - because they actually tell you how it works, not how you work
takes a bit of getting used to, so give it time - but command line has never been so much fun
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| Originally posted by tathi there is a guy at my work who is just like Milton from Office Space, get this - he also has a red stapler |
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