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I'm attempting to put together an unofficial IT Three Margarita Lunch team building exercise for the Friday before Memorial Day. We all take half day vacations, go to lunch together, enjoy some adult beverages, and get the long weekend started early. Woe to the yet-to-be-hired IT support guy that will get to man the phones by himself on that day.

LordMortis wrote:Ill right now. Biggest mistake I've made at work in 18 years here.

Used persons container name in email template to list access that were terminated for his access being terminated. Did not delete container name before sending email accounting of his terminated access, so he was copied on the confidential mail along with the names of the people who asked me to do the terminating.

So sick to my stomach. Heart beating so fast.

Stupid. Stupid. Gonna puke.

Well, you might get a thank-you note from whoever is absolved of breaking the news to the guy.


Know this, we've all been there. Well, most of us anyway. Life goes on eventually.

And hey, it's Friday!

LawBeefaroni wrote:

LordMortis wrote:Ill right now. Biggest mistake I've made at work in 18 years here.

Used persons container name in email template to list access that were terminated for his access being terminated. Did not delete container name before sending email accounting of his terminated access, so he was copied on the confidential mail along with the names of the people who asked me to do the terminating.

So sick to my stomach. Heart beating so fast.

Stupid. Stupid. Gonna puke.

Well, you might get a thank-you note from whoever is absolved of breaking the news to the guy.


Know this, we've all been there. Well, most of us anyway. Life goes on eventually.

And hey, it's Friday!

reminds me of the last two lines of a 'player death' messages from Space Quest III (i think) that i use to this day:

"Life goes on. Well, for most of us, anyways."

Isgrimnur wrote:I'm attempting to put together an unofficial IT Three Margarita Lunch team building exercise for the Friday before Memorial Day. We all take half day vacations, go to lunch together, enjoy some adult beverages, and get the long weekend started early. Woe to the yet-to-be-hired IT support guy that will get to man the phones by himself on that day.

Especially when you wasted veterans start calling the support line with "problems."

LordMortis wrote: Used persons container name in email template to list access that were terminated for his access being terminated. Did not delete container name before sending email accounting of his terminated access, so he was copied on the confidential mail along with the names of the people who asked me to do the terminating.

I've read this through like four times. I still have no idea what it means. I am assuming that this is because I don't work in IT and haven't been part of a corporate network since the 90s.

He sent the e-mail to a group of people confirming that he did his firing activities, of which the firee was a group member, before said firee was actually fired.

Oh. Well, then.

I assumed that an "used persons container" was a coffin.

Seeing the thread about Chicago reminds me of a story a buddy of mine told me in the service.
When he got stationed to northern Maine (where I was at the time) he drove thru Chicago on the way here. He had been partaking his favorite weed at the time and as he drove down the freeway he was watching those dotted lines zipping down the road at an incredible pace all mellowed out, zip zip zip zip. Figured he must be doing 80-100 mph.
Suddenly the flashing lights of a cop car appear in his rearview mirror. He pulls over and the cop walks up to him and before he can say anything my buddy blurts out "I'm sorry for going so fast officer. I don't know what came over me."
The cop says "How fast do you think you were going?" My buddy says 80-100 mph.
The cop says " I pulled you over for going too slow. You were only doing 40."
My buddy spent the night in jail, paid his fine and made record time up here without partaking anymore.

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I'm sure there's some cultural myth that can tell me what it means when you find a dead opossum on the front steps to your house. No trauma, no signs of distress...just DOA.

Isgrimnur wrote:He sent the e-mail to a group of people confirming that he did his firing activities, of which the firee was a group member, before said firee was actually fired.

I'm ascared to go to work tomorrow.

Smoove_B wrote:I'm sure there's some cultural myth that can tell me what it means when you find a dead opossum on the front steps to your house. No trauma, no signs of distress...just DOA.

Or maybe just, you know, playing possum.

That was my first guess, but nope. He's really most sincerely dead.

Smoove_B wrote:That was my first guess, but nope. He's really most sincerely dead.

I believe you're expected to hold your nose and applaud.

Smoove_B wrote:I'm sure there's some cultural myth that can tell me what it means when you find a dead opossum on the front steps to your house. No trauma, no signs of distress...just DOA.

Just a little gift from the Cincinnati Visitors Bureau.

First guess? Hit by a car in such a way as to cause internal trauma, but not splatter him.

Second guess? Apocalypse.

Old age? Vault Tec rep?

He probably ODed.

Jehovah's Witnesses have been knocking on doors in our neighborhood all week. Did you refuse a Watchtower recently?

So, all that anger and talk of revenge by the French over the bombing in Paris has led to what, a couple of bomb runs and a lot of cursing at ISIS?

Isgrimnur wrote:He sent the e-mail to a group of people confirming that he did his firing activities, of which the firee was a group member, before said firee was actually fired.

I'm still employed. The person who got canned is a big deal and many law suits are probably to follow. But at least I'm still employed for now.

I figured you'd be okay. It's not like you were driving the decision, and who hasn't e-mailed the wrong people before?

Since this seems to be the de facto Zootopia thread:

Wife and I caught it last night and enjoyed it. Bateman's voice is distinctive, as, of course, is JK Simmons. Shakira's presence was a surprise.

LordMortis wrote:

Isgrimnur wrote:He sent the e-mail to a group of people confirming that he did his firing activities, of which the firee was a group member, before said firee was actually fired.

I'm still employed. The person who got canned is a big deal and many law suits are probably to follow. But at least I'm still employed for now.

I don't think you should be too hard on yourself, this sort of thing even happens to Presidential Candidates. You'll be fine.

LordMortis wrote:

Isgrimnur wrote:He sent the e-mail to a group of people confirming that he did his firing activities, of which the firee was a group member, before said firee was actually fired.

I'm still employed. The person who got canned is a big deal and many law suits are probably to follow. But at least I'm still employed for now.

Good to hear. Years ago, when I was fresh to the world of IT, I replied to an email by accidentally hitting Reply All. Unfortunately, the first line in my reply was a joking allusion to sex with small animals as the greeting (the originator of the email was a friend). Thankfully, most folks pretended they hadn't read it.

I'm having one of those weeks where I have to deal with a coworker who vacillates rapidly between expressing open contempt for me one minute, to being friendly the next. My boss still hasn't done his year end reviews....again. And his interaction with me is usually in the form of grunts and monosyllabic replies.

I've been told I'm reading into things by the HR person. But it's hard not to get discouraged in this kind of environment.

My annual review was due in September. Old boss promised me a certain percentage based on the prospective ratings and final approval. He delayed so long that I'm now under New Boss, and the HR process is moving to twice-yearly adjustments done company-wide. So there's the potential that my review period in April may result in my losing my 6mo overdue raise. And my title is still wrong.

hepcat wrote:I've been told I'm reading into things by the HR person. But it's hard not to get discouraged in this kind of environment.

Aye.


My review theoretically happens this month. The good news is that raises come along with the review. The bad news is that goal setting comes along with the review. I hate goal setting. I want to do less work, not more work. Under the current system there is no more efficiency to be gained and no more money to be squeezed out of processes. So goals = "How do I create more work for myself to benefit the company?"

Efficiencies. Increase results by decreasing actual work. Of course, that requires being able to get your head above water enough to not just hotfix everything.

I took the first really indepth look at my pay rate in the last three years. I knew my pay had gone down. I did not realize just how much it had gone down from where it was 3 years ago. Along side of the harsh reality that I need to focus a LOT more attention on my income as it no longer covers just me came the loss of any interest in continuing work for this district.

Pay freezes and "acceptable" decreases negotiated into our contracts have cost me way too much. Finding myself very bitter at this point.

Prices go up. Every year that you're not increasing as much or more, you're doing the same job with likely more work for even less that when you started.

Bargained employment is such a double-edged sword.

I think I got a 10 cent raise a couple of months ago. Good thing I work stupid hours, otherwise, I'd be fuxxored.

Remus West wrote:

Isgrimnur wrote:Prices go up. Every year that you're not increasing as much or more, you're doing the same job with likely more work for even less that when you started.

Bargained employment is such a double-edged sword.

Even were inflation flat I'd be making less. My union actually bargained lower pay for all the teachers in the district. Due to where I'm at on the pay scale, I (and everyone hired the same year as me) have been hit for the tune of thousands of dollars a year due to this and the step freezes. Given my service time to the district I should be at the top of the pay scale. I'm barely half way there. I had thought I would not be able to leave the district due to pay level. It has gotten low enough due to the cuts and the freezes that that is not true. I may very well be better off accepting a lower (for now) rate from a district with a healthy financial situation and supportive community then staying here and making what I now make. Happier too.

A large local health system just released financials that show a $185m loss. Bond ratings took a huge hit. Debt defaults are a worry. They've announced 250 layoffs with plans for 500 more. Blame is largely on the shoulders of their finance Dept. My job is to make sure the same thing doesn't happen here. And they didn't bring me in because everything is perfect. No guts, no glory.

Remus West wrote:

Isgrimnur wrote:Prices go up. Every year that you're not increasing as much or more, you're doing the same job with likely more work for even less that when you started.

Bargained employment is such a double-edged sword.

Even were inflation flat I'd be making less. My union actually bargained lower pay for all the teachers in the district. Due to where I'm at on the pay scale, I (and everyone hired the same year as me) have been hit for the tune of thousands of dollars a year due to this and the step freezes. Given my service time to the district I should be at the top of the pay scale. I'm barely half way there. I had thought I would not be able to leave the district due to pay level. It has gotten low enough due to the cuts and the freezes that that is not true. I may very well be better off accepting a lower (for now) rate from a district with a healthy financial situation and supportive community then staying here and making what I now make. Happier too.

Have you ever considered moving? States like New York pay their teachers quite well and cost of living is about the same.

Are there really that many transgendered people in the world?
Seems like an awful lot of media for them, more than I would have thought.

Societal acceptance requires media presence in excess of demographic representation.

dbt1949 wrote:Are there really that many transgendered people in the world?
Seems like an awful lot of media for them, more than I would have thought.

I assume that everyone "woman" who has ever turned me down was one...it's the most logical reason. So...a billion perhaps?