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Thankfully, in this case, it was merely huge.
Had it involved the entire company, and not just our office, it would have been yuge.
Believe me, I know company meetings. We have the best company meetings.
In other news, today I had to deal with the fallout from a sales person selling something we don't have. As anyone in IT knows, they do that all the time. In this case, she actually took a service that we do sell, wrote a feature that it doesn't have into the comment field, and had it signed without a tech review.
That's like selling a car and marking as the body color "red, with wheel upgrades and a towing package" when those should be extra line items.
"Legacy monitoring systems are like Rosie O'Donnell: ugly, a big nuisance, and the world would be a better place if they die soon."
-- me, today during a discussion with a project manager. I'm threatening to make this into a PowerPoint slide.
How one of our staff described one of our clients. I'm still laughing.
I have found the people who make it so that we cannot have nice things.
I have a place when we can send them. PM me.
Hmmm... a place when you can send them works, too. Far enough into the future, and they'll be roasted alive by our sun.
Massive e-mail invite sent at work for a 'First Annual Halloween Dip Off'.
Considering the widespread nature of this e-mail, I'd be a dick to point out that there is never such a thing as a 'First Annual' anything. You hope it will become annual when you do it next year, but doesn't become annual until then.
But... I would have lost points when I studied journalism had I written something like that... so...
Argh.
Fri Oct 21 2016 09:48:41 AM EDT from fleeb @ Uncensored
But... I would have lost points when I studied journalism had I written something like that... so...
You would however receive a promotion if you had written something like that while employed in the field.
"I want to be the first person to thank you for contributing to the heat-death of the universe with the rest of us. But you're probably the kind of lady who gets that from everyone."
If that turns into an HR incident, I want it to get weird as quickly as possible.
Every time at work, when I write something to show that I've thought something through, I feel a little weird.
I mean... I'm this odd fellow with weird ways who kinda acts a tad like an imaginative child weighing in on design decisions for a product the company hopes will generate a lot of revenue. I kinda feel like my company depends upon me, a silly 12-year old (who looks like he's 49), to help them do brain surgery.
At least I'm not taking Groucho Marx perspective and holding my company in disdain for hiring me.
A couple of us went downstairs to the Halloween Dip-Off our office started, and I asked the hostess if any of the entries would kill you.
"It is Halloween, after all. It just wouldn't quite be right without a little death."
She said no, none of them would kill you. Later, though, she said there were some other folks who hadn't finished placing their entries, to which I noted, "Oh, so there's still time!" (for an entry that might kill you).
"You guys on the third floor sure are dark."
"I can certainly beat people with a stick for you! Please send a prioritized list and the floggings will commence."
No, what I want is actual, literal, beating people with a stick. And not necessarily the people who are holding up my project, either -- I just want certain people to be beaten with a stick. Or as grelf used to say, stabbed in the face with a Buick.
It really would make my projects move faster because I'd be so positively motivated. :)