Just in case anyone is actually using this thread as tips on computer use, I should probably stress that you just turn off the firewall to see if that is the problem. Never leave your firewall off! If it works after you turn off your firewall, you have a problem with your firewall. You still need to fix it, but at least you know where the proverbial needle is in the proverbial haystack.
I've worked for my boss for about 9 years. He's always been really good to me but he has a terrible habit of sending me work at 4 in the afternoon
Isn't that just the freaking worst? Bonus points for "This is an urgent request, please have it ready by COB"
Hey, all they specified was 'Monday', so it needs to be done by a monday, I don't see anywhere specifying exactly which monday it needs to be done by...
Had one like that. My immediate response was, "Does this absolutely need to be done today, or can I deal with it first thing tomorrow?" I usually did filing and stuff about 3x a week.
It's even better when we get to argue Infinity rules with lawyers! (I'm a law student... And yes our group has a real lawyer).
My friend who works for one of the most evil companies in the entire world is often baffled by their business practice. He was sent out to Saudi Arabia to help with the testing on some pumping equipment. When he got there, turned out the testing rig itself was broken and unusable. They had two options - transport 50kg of testing rig from another country to them... Or ship 5 tons of equipment to the testing rig and back. Guess which they opted for? And just recently he was also sent to a country in South America for a job but upon arrival he was told there was a bit of a fuck-up with the paperwork so he'd have to live in the airport for a few days and whatever he did he must not set foot outside! A few days later he was brought back, having done no work. I can only guess the guy who signs the cheques does it with his off-hand, while playing Spider Solitaire with the other.
FTFY XD A further update to the leaking ceiling/roof in my colleague's office. The computer has been replaced. No sign of the roof being fixed yet though...
Latest from the dumbassery of upper management. We're having a meeting with another state's leadership about several applications my team has built because they want us to give them similar ones. Present in the meeting are: The customer, my boss, my boss's equivalent (let's call her Director A) from that state and myself, presenting. The costumer absolutely gushes over our tools and applications while Director A is dead silent the whole time. At the end of the meeting the customer asks for a time estimate of when we can have everything ready for her Boss: Oh, shouldn't take long. I would say a week for the data layer and another week for the applications to be functional Director A: That's physically impossible, your architecture simply won't allow it Me: Um, well everything is already built, and we have implemented it for several states already so... Director A: That simply can't be My boss and I are speechless at this point Customer: So what do you propose? Director A: My team can deliver a suite of applications based on [architecture 2.0] by the end of the month Boss: Oh, that's great! Maybe you could share your notes after it's done Customer: Are you sure you can deliver on that? We need these tools ASAP Director A: Piece of cake After the meeting I asked my boss what all that was about. He told me she is not going to be able to deliver, because we are the ones setting up [architecture 2.0] and it's not going to be ready until the second quarter of 2019, so basically she has nothing. This lady is just desperate to deliver anything because she's under corrective action and overheard something about [architecture 2.0] and has been telling everyone she will have it ready by the end of the month.
Irony of life & Destiny: 3 weeks later she delivers [Architecture 1.0] with a barnish that makes it look like 2.0 XD
This man is extremely hipster. So hipster,in fact, that nothing he does will ever be cool. It is impossible for him to have ever been into anything before it was cool. He is so hipster he has emerged into the other side of hipsterdom, a nega-hipster.
*is a human equivalent of an advertising leaflet* "Looking me in the eye is so invasive, muh privacy" Seriously the most WTF thing of the entire article.
