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NapCo. Where the saps go.
Saturday, 18 April 2009 6:54 A GMT-05
Probably about a year or so ago my company got with the times and had a key card system installed so that only authorized people could come in the building. Previous to that we'd occasionally have people come in and wander around convinced
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Reeking Haddock in the Workplace
Friday, 16 May 2008 5:47 A GMT-05
The Barn Project, coupled with the up and coming Blueberry Vacation, caused me to have to call our financial advisor to move some money around. I hate doing this during the day, especially when my office mate is present. The fact is that
I'm too techy for my car
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 5:58 A GMT-05
Last year, we bought a Prius. We were both taken by the idea of saving gas on our long commutes, and since because of where I live both public transportation and pedal power are unfeasible, the alternative is working from home (which I do occa
Too Little Information
Friday, 18 January 2008 6:55 A GMT-05
Part of the job of the Help Desk is to gather as much information as possible on a problem, then, if the problem can't be solved by the first level, send it on to the appropriate person. That's how it would work in a perfect world, anyw
It's beginning to look alot
Thursday, 13 December 2007 6:56 A GMT-05
Yesterday we had a company meeting, and among other joyous news pieces it was announced that for the rest of the year we could "dress down", or word for "casual".When I "dress down" I usually go all out, with ragged-ende
Thrown to the Wolves
Thursday, 8 November 2007 6:47 A GMT-05
There's nothing quite like trying to put together a presentation for the whole company in 2 to 5 minute spurts which may come between fires and crises born of VP's who can't figure out how to turn the projector on (or, more likely, feel t
Bill Richardson Lost My Keys
Thursday, 1 November 2007 5:47 A GMT-05
Yesterday I startled the President of the company by showing up next to him when a moment before he had seen me heading the other way. I had merely walked down the hall and forgotten that I'd wanted to talk to him, but before I could say an
Beginning to grind
Friday, 19 October 2007 5:44 A GMT-05
Yesterday at work I worked hard, fast and furious all day, but ask me what I did and I wouldn't be able to tell you. Which doesn't bode well for when I try to put my time down in 15 minute increments on our time sheets. Which idea
Phishing
Tuesday, 2 October 2007 6:03 A GMT-05
Even though it is actually Month Beginning, it being the start of a glorious (always the optimist, am I) October, at work we call it Month End, or technically, Day After Month End, which means we run around crazy llike trying to get everything done a
A salt and battery
Friday, 21 September 2007 7:30 A GMT-05
I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing but I fit in perfectly with the crowd at work.It's a good thing, of course, to be accepted by your peers. But consider this scenario:Your office mate, through a very complicated story, h
Welcome Back (sucker!)
Thursday, 23 August 2007 5:56 A GMT-05
I thought it might be easier for everyone in the family if I didn't go back to work full time right away. So I worked three days a week and was off for four. The schedule grated on me and I couldn't wait to get back to the 9 to 5
Fighting Fires
Wednesday, 1 August 2007 5:43 A GMT-05
Someone stop the world, I want to get off!I'd love to blame my inability to get anything done at work on the fact that I am only working three days a week, but I have a sinking feeling that that's not really the issue. The issue is that
Work Work Work
Thursday, 28 June 2007 5:49 A GMT-05
The person who was covering for me while I was gone comes in on Mondays and Fridays but no longer covers the Help Desk for me while I am there, which means I have once again fallen into the abyss at work. But that's fine. It's a f
All in a Day's Work
Wednesday, 20 June 2007 5:38 A GMT-05
I am glad to report that we all seem to have survived yesterday.For my part I went back to a job in which nothing much had changed, including ongoing technical issues which I had left by themselves two months ago, and yet of course some things had--t
Working Hard? Or Hardly
Wednesday, 4 April 2007 5:56 A GMT-05
The last few days at work have been, let us say, less than stellar in terms of actual work being done. Part of it is my co-worker's sudden awareness that I will not be around for a little while, and that the time of my departure is not enti
Life in the Backup lane
Friday, 30 March 2007 6:08 A GMT-05
It's truly amazing how one small discovery can lead to huge discoveries later, like the discovery of static electricity has led to the electrified nation, or the discovery that storms travel which led to the creation of the National Weather Servi
Training
Tuesday, 27 March 2007 6:09 A GMT-05
My office has gotten crowded. It's odd training your "temporary replacement." For one thing in the back of your mind you wonder how "temporary" your replacement will be. For another your replacement asks you
Tuesday
Tuesday, 27 February 2007 7:02 A GMT-05
I'm not sure why but it's only Tuesday.
Up until yesterday work has been insanely crazy, with very little downtime to actually do work (leading one to ask, perhaps, what I do all day. The answer is, I run around like a maniac trying to put o
Department of Redundancy Department
Thursday, 4 January 2007 6:59 A GMT-05
Because I am presently in the Help Desk profession I can safely complain about other people's Help Desks because, of course, mine is perfect.
The Network Administrator has gone on vacation to some tropical island, bully for him. Since one of
Instruct for Use This Devices
Wednesday, 27 December 2006 6:52 A GMT-05
I don't necessarily expect perfect English from my software vendors, but I do expect their English to be intelligible enough so that the instructions make sense. It was a bad sign when I first opened up the package of the wireless computer lock
Classics and the Stone Age
Wednesday, 20 December 2006 7:00 A GMT-05
Long before I arrived on the scene, when my company first got started, they had the brilliant idea that they should name the printers in the building so they could tell them apart from each other. This was a good idea, but the next idea was not
Christmas Jollies.
Tuesday, 19 December 2006 6:58 A GMT-05
This is one of those long weeks which should go by faster because of all the Holiday anticipation and distraction which go on, right?
Yeah. Right.
Friday the whole company is invited to a luncheon at the E.F. Lane, pretty posh for a company o
Small Accomplishments
Friday, 15 December 2006 6:54 A GMT-05
We had a staff meeting to celebrate our accomplishments over the past year, and as we went round-robin about the table spurting out increasingly ludicrous "accomplishments" (I finally blurted out that one of mine was that I was hired)
Only Human
Thursday, 14 December 2006 6:47 A GMT-05
It's often comforting to know that everyone else is human too; for instance I got a Help Desk request from someone who claimed that our phone system wasn't working yesterday. The phone rang and rang, the outside party said, and there was no voi
Blazing Conversation
Tuesday, 28 November 2006 6:51 A GMT-05
The Network Administrator watches a lot of movies and as a result you'd think he would know better, but apparently he still believes that movies should exactly reflect reality, especially in the realm of physics. So if set off, he'll rant on fo
