At least you're persistant
Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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They may spell it correctly. However...
(EDIT: for those who might not get it, it was translated as literally "paper marmalade.")
--Patrick
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Been there.
I still miss the golden years of Ask the Professor, with Ed Dewint and the rest. I never did send in the questions I typed up in 7th grade. Sigh.
...did you give up drinking?
--Patrick
New guy came to me with an issue. I asked a couple questions to get a better understanding of the problem he was dealing with, told him a couple ways we could handle it.
His response: "Well, it's a lot of work."
I acknowledged this, went over our options again with him.
Him: "Yeah, well, it's just a lot of work."
Me: "... We can either fix it or not fix it, and we need to fix it."
Him: "Oh, okay."
-_- What the hell do you want from me? I'm not going to reassign the project, nor can I tap a fairy wand to make it the assignment more pleasant, otherwise my work would be a hell of a lot easier. And aside from that, today was just an avalanche that I really didn't have time to be listening to him gripe. Those of us on senior staff busted our asses trying to finish tomorrow's order, which would be fine, except even though we did our best, we still couldn't finish, and will just have to come in early tomorrow and try some more. This guy's been working for us all of four days. If he's getting burnt out already, he might as well walk out the door now.
His response: "Well, it's a lot of work."
I acknowledged this, went over our options again with him.
Him: "Yeah, well, it's just a lot of work."
Me: "... We can either fix it or not fix it, and we need to fix it."
Him: "Oh, okay."
-_- What the hell do you want from me? I'm not going to reassign the project, nor can I tap a fairy wand to make it the assignment more pleasant, otherwise my work would be a hell of a lot easier. And aside from that, today was just an avalanche that I really didn't have time to be listening to him gripe. Those of us on senior staff busted our asses trying to finish tomorrow's order, which would be fine, except even though we did our best, we still couldn't finish, and will just have to come in early tomorrow and try some more. This guy's been working for us all of four days. If he's getting burnt out already, he might as well walk out the door now.
One way or another, I suppose. Usually when we get a batch of new people, a couple of them drop shortly after hire when they realize they don't like sitting at a desk and barely communicating with anyone all day and can't go on Facebook or any not work-related sites.
Yes, it is, which is why we're PAYING YOU TO DO IT.
/cracks whip[DOUBLEPOST=1496747048,1496746970][/DOUBLEPOST]If you find a job that pays you for doing easy stuff, let us in on the secret, until then you might actually have to work for your living.
Harsh, I know, but I'm sure top scientists are working on a solution right now.
TOP SCIENTISTS.
Sitting at a desk and barely communicating with anyone all... night... is what I do every night. They don't mind terribly that I surf during down time because a) I get my work done first and correctly, b) I surf on my personal gear. and c) I stop surfing when guests need dealing with.
It's not really easy stuff, because permanent third shift is a huge hit to the social life. Not many are up to the challenge.
Could be worse. Other departments are being eliminated, but commitments for those departments are still being made.
It's not really easy stuff, because permanent third shift is a huge hit to the social life. Not many are up to the challenge.
Could be worse. Other departments are being eliminated, but commitments for those departments are still being made.
Oh yeah? Well this new guy has to work normal 9 to 5 hours. Some of the names weren't typed in the document and he had to ... add them in. Last week, he forgot to mark that he was the one who finished a case ... and he had to put his initials on it. And didn't even like it! Now who has a hard job?
Yeah, and their research consists of sitting on the couch watching football.
It's agony for them.
One of the previous full time overnight guys couldn't be bothered to run the nightly credit card batch. At one point nearly two weeks went by without a settlement.Oh yeah? Well this new guy has to work normal 9 to 5 hours. Some of the names weren't typed in the document and he had to ... add them in. Last week, he forgot to mark that he was the one who finished a case ... and he had to put his initials on it. And didn't even like it! Now who has a hard job?
And then I discovered over the course of 2015, over $30k was left unsettled. The charge was posted to the folio, printed on the guest receipt, and counted as revenue on the property management system, but was never submitted to the bank.
I get fidgety if it goes too far past midnight without sending the batch.
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So then some guests never got charged for their stays?
Exactly. It wouldn't have been on their card statement because the kid never submitted the charge for payment.
Omg. Were you ever able to charge them eventually or is there a statute of limitations on something like that?
We got most of it. A few cards had since expired, so those were lost. There were a lot of disputes where the bank sided with the customer, even though we had the documented proof the final charge hadn't gone through yet. We had to send out a letter explaining what had happened and why the charge was only now showing up.
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We had a big dispute with our first apartment complex as a married couple. They took more than a month to cash our rent check, and when they did it bounced. They blamed us for not earmarking the money, and I guess that's technically true. But life moves on. Things come up. You never know where you'll be 5 weeks from when you expect a business to remove the funds from your account.
For the first few years my son was in school, LifeTouch (the school photo places a lot of schools use) used to take 6-8 months to cash our checks.
These days, they're on it..like within a day or two, it hits my bank.
Yowza!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me.Yowza!
A timeline of events:
One week ago: sweet, new hard drive arrived!
One minute later: now where's the hard drive enclosure?
Five minutes later: found it!
Ten seconds later: where the hell did I leave the power supply?
This morning: finally found the power supply!
One minute later: where are all the fucking USB cables?!
One week ago: sweet, new hard drive arrived!
One minute later: now where's the hard drive enclosure?
Five minutes later: found it!
Ten seconds later: where the hell did I leave the power supply?
This morning: finally found the power supply!
One minute later: where are all the fucking USB cables?!
And now? C'mon! Don't keep us hangin', man!
Aye. I think @drifter needs a paddlin' for that.
Adobe's subscription rates are ridiculous. I should just get better at R instead.