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Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

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Here it is, Jan 2nd (Friday), but it sure feels like a Monday after having the last few daze off.

Now, before you feel to sorry for me, I will be going home at noon because the place is a grave yard! There are only three other people here today, and two are leaving anytime now. 😀 I have a few projects that need cleaning up after, so I decided I would hang around a bit longer than they are.

How is everyone else’s year starting?

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About the same

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

It does seem like Monday. Not that I’m complaining, I’m GLAD it’s Friday.

I’m tired and I don’t feel like working. There are more people here today than there were the day after Christmas, but not much.

I had planned to skip out early, but I don’t know if I’d get away with it. Maybe around 4:00..

Same here…

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Place is very quiet today. I may skip out just after 3, but I am not sure yet. I may have to go get coffee or something though otherwise I will take a nap. :p 🙂

Got a pot in my office

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I don’t like the brand or the way they make the coffee here, so I got my own maker and coffee. They like weak maxwellhouse here. ugh.

I went through all of my beans over the holidays.

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I’m back to store-brand, ground, French Roast from a huge can. Much cheaper. Damn budget. :0

Been there, ground that….. ;\

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Folgers fits the budget nicely right now. Less than half the cost of getting the beans.

Not to mention, the people in the office were about to revolt because my coffee would smell so good. 😀

Either you drink a he// of a lot of coffee

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or that was a mighty small hill of beans.

Um. Resistance is futile? 😀

Can’t speak for OTR

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but I go through at least a pot a day on my own.

I like my coffee how I like my women. Full of booze. B-)

Four or five full TR mugs of coffee is all I have.

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That doesn’t seem like too much.

Still haven’t been able to bring myself to use it

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it took me YEARS to get that puppy! B-)

Same for me, took a long time to get it.

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I’ve used mine ever since I got it, for every cup of coffee I drink. :^0 It’s my favorite mug.

I can go thru a large bag of beans in a week.

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Is that too much coffee? Is there such a thing as too much coffee? I’m not seeing white spots/flashes before my eyes so I don’t think I’m overdoing it.

ha!

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My heavily used travel mug holds an entire 10 cup store pot of coffee.
and it only costs me $1.42 CDN to fill it at the local 7-11 ]:)

good for about 4 hours if I’m a bit busy, otherwise, 2 hours and it’s all gone. 🙁
8 hours and any coffee in it is finally cold.

one day = 10 of those full of coffee. 🙂

Years ago, I cut back to one cup a day

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So I bought a 32oz mug. 😀

small cup huh.

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mine is an 80 oz cup 🙂

10 of them a day. 🙂

It’s no wonder you’re so thin.

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Drinking that much coffee seems like it’d make you feel full.

Now that’s some serious coffee drinking there.

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Mine is much stronger than store bought coffee, I bet twice as strong but still, you are putting away some coffee.

Weak..

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Coffee is p!ss weak over there..
When I was over in October I almost died of caffeine withdrawal. 🙁
After 2 days of drinking whatever i was given as coffee, i went and ordered a small black coffee with 2 shots of expresso.. after drinking half of it, went and asked for 2 more shots into it.. next time i got smart, just ordered 6 expresso’s in 1 cup.. the braindead chick on the counter says to me “thats going to be a bit strong..” I replied “if its not I’m not going to pay for it..”
Even the expresso was weak oevr there 🙁
Cost me a fortune to get something string enough to drink.
Tim hortons is a bit stronger than most, but it still needs a couple expresso#’s chucked in

the mug

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Wish

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I had a pot in my office. Wouldn’t have to step across the hall to use the communal facilities…

Picked one up when they were on sale

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Actually got an electric perk. I like it. To many of the drips, the hot plate gets to hot and scorches the coffee after a while.

Before I bought this, I would make my coffee at home and bring it in to work in a 2quart thermos. 😀

Not that kinda pot, pally. :D

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I wouldn’t get ANYTHING done

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except maybe assassinate a bag of Dorts…. ;\

JD…

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I think Boxie is referring to p!$$ pot. :p

Knowing Boxie

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I know EXACTLY which she was referring to, and munchieville is never far behind… 😀

JD?

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I was referring to a piss pot. I mean, hello, we’re talking about work here.
Munchies are pretty much always uppermost, but only with clean hands.

Smokey at homey.

french press

In reply to Wish

You need a french press. I have a pot in my office that boils a cup of water in under a minute. If you get a french press and one of those, and a nice thermal mug, you can make a couple of servings at a time and keep it warm in your mug.

I don’t drink coffee, but a friend of mine does this and he says it tastes better than the swill in the machines, cafeteria, or the dept coffeepot.

Maybe someday

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it is “good enough” for now. Got to many other toys I am already going without. 😀

Oh…

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You have it made!

We’re been relocated into double wide trailers outside the office. We have to go outside and into the building for the facilities. (Bathroom in trailer isn’t functional).

And that really sucks when it’s nasty out. I actually fell on the ice the other day. As there was a witness, my pride was injured as much as my knee..

Yes, but…

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At least the fear of the shovel prevented said witness from a chuckle at your expense. 😀 :p

We will have to keep an eye out

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for the posted security video…. ;\

Nah..

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it was one of the tech support ‘kids’..they aren’t afraid of me.

dammit.

Then make them afraid

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Build up your reputation.

The Helpdesk boys and girl approach me on their knees if they want my help.

😀

I had figured today would end up like this

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which is why I decided to work it. B-)

Short weeks make it so easy.

And because no one else is around, I can actually accompish what I want to do.

Been repairing/replacing a lot of older dying systems lately, and so the skeletons have been piling up in my office, so putting a tag on their toes and sending them off to the morgue…. 😀

Five down, three more to go.

I’m not back until Monday

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

When it will no doubt feel like Monday as well as be one.

Probably a whole day spent trying to figure out what I was doing two weeks ago….

You too?

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I kid our ‘problem’ employees about having to spend half the day every Monday to retrain them because they’ve had some time off. But, I’ll probably spend the other half trying to remember what I was doing and where I left off before the holidays. 🙁

Ack.

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Spent half my day going through my email, reviewing the files I was working on to determine where I left off and what remained to finish.

Spent the other half updating and backing up company computers. Which means I could keep half an eye on TR.

I’m alive.

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That’s something positive right there.

A great way to start the day…..

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😀

How was the new years? Was it still a “dry” holiday? That working out well for you?

Me, only a few drinks here or there. The fact that my boys have still NEVER seen me drunk is a source of pride for me. B-)

It was a dry holiday season.

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Trust me, I felt like drinking but ‘things’ aren’t going the best and booze and problems mixed together just create more trouble. I’m REAL glad that I didn’t drink. I’ve no plans to start drinking again anytime soon either. For me, it’s just better that way.

Always need the right reason

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and problems is the dumbest reason to drink. Attaboy for not trying to “escape”. 😀

I just hope that my boys are able to follow my lead and not fall for the stupid peer pressure that says it is cool to brag about how much you can drink or how drunk you were.

I have shared many stories from growing up where it was MUCH more fun to be the sober one that got to sit back and laugh at the dumb drunks…. B-)

I would be really, really scared if you weren’t

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and still posted!

why neil?

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I’ve been dead since 1994 🙂

Yes, but you’re a special case, Jaq

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Ropes is closer to what passes for normal in this place.

🙂

Damn.

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Something passes for normal around here? I didn’t get a memo. 🙁

yup, something

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passes for normal around here.

look at me, and everything I am, ain’t part of normal 😀

oh jdclyde…

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

stfu…please…all your time off. :p

and to think i was gonna invite you to meet me in Europe for beers…blah! :^0

My year ended sucky…started sucky…and will probably suck more til I leave Florida.

I am to the point where I can’t take living around all these putzes that retire from the north and think their retirement money is worth more than the people who earn theirs here by SERVING them.

I am gonna move somewhere southern…and cordial…and where people live life for life, and not in a rush.

I’m sick of living in the retirement villa state.

That is the nice thing about Michigan

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we legally deport our old and even trick them into thinking it is THEIR idea… 😀

Nothing worse than an ancient person worried about not getting 10 cents off of their coffee.

The nice thing about florida, lots of estate sales so you can get hardly used good REAL cheap! ;\ Got my golf clubs that way through a snowbird I know. B-)

Good luck with making the new year a better year. My last two years have had major down points, so I am very hopeful of this year.

Man, not sure if I will be able to handle working a full week next week. Haven’t had a full week in two months! 😀

Ancient person

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The last time one pulled that on me, declaring age and fixed income, I leaned in close, pointed to my ugly face, and said, “I…am…OLD.” Not only am I NOT going to take ten cents off, I’m gonna ADD ten cents!

:D

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“old people steal things” – Chick McGee

Ancient person

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So…
You’re like the old fart across the street who won’t let me do a damn thing for her without slipping a ten-spot into the mailbox behind my back.
Pisses me off.

Count your blessings

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She is a wealthier old fart.

Last time I did a thing for gratis, ordinarily in the range of a hundred or so, the old fart proffered a dollar with near-perfect equanimity.

Sure caused a retrenchment on my part.

There are times when a handshake is better than money.

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My opinion.

I just wish she wasn’t compelled

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to pay me for things I enjoy doing for her. I like to help people, and I like to do it without remuneration. It’s not helping if I get paid for it. IMO.

I’m trying to build karma for when I’m ancient. 😉

etu

I could use some Karma myself.

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I see homeless people and I think, “there, but for the grace of God, go I.” BTDT. Can’t recommend it.

By the time you have the Karma you’ll wish you’d taken the cash. ;) B-)

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All the Karma in the world won’t do anything for you but cash could put you in a nicer home and buy you a classier box for check-out time.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

Jeez Dawg.

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I’m fooking dead. Who the he// cares what kind of box they burn me in? 😀

I am gonna…

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call your boss and show him your posts…and tell him you want to work those long weeks… :^0

You can’t

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because he isn’t working today…. B-)

betcha $100

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I could have gotten his home and cell numbers 😉

remember…i have friends who have access to blocked/unpublished info :p

We do almost the same thing in New Jersey . . .

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But no deportations needed here. By retirement age, people here have had enough of this state and they just pack up and move to Florida. Its a tradition. And, in typical Jersey style, the state taxes you a hefty sum for leaving it.

Thats a great idea JD. Estate sales in Florida. Perfect! I never thought about that. There must be alot of good stuff available.

Its going to be REAL tough going back to a regular work week. 🙁 I’m going to be depressed on Monday when its back to reality. I have holiday head.

AV :^0

Avoid Georgia

In reply to oh jdclyde…

Although it is my home state and I reside in Atlanta, I would really recommend that you avoid a relocation to Georgia.

Our unemployment is higher than the national average; crime is massively up; the Department of Highways overspent their budget by about $1 Billion dollars, so no new roads are beign built leading to massive gridlock; there is a massive drought for the area and water is going to be scarce again this summer; businesses and banks are failing all over the place; and, to top is all off, the nightlife in Atlanta is non-existent these days.

On the bright side, I have a great paying and permanent position with a very stable company, all my bills are paid, I don’t owe any money on anything; I have friends that care about me; I get to write articles for GeekEnd; thus, I am very thankful for all of those things.

I know that a few years ago, Texas and the Carolinas were experiencing some real expansion with IT positions. I’ve not been seeking a new opportunity, so I don’t know what the markets are like these days; but, I suspect they aren’t great.

If you need the names for some recruiters, let me know.

no chances of me coming there

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Where I’m looking:

South Carolina
North Carolina
Ohio
Texas
Oklahoma (nowhere near my hometown)
California (Long Beach or San Diego only)

I love rural Atlanta (out south past Jonesboro), but I couldn’t work there. The traffic sucks and the city has (as you said) gone downhill.

I’m lookin to go outside of huge metros where people are more laid-back and not so rushed and into the onslaught of living life “on the edge”.

Maybe I’ll start me a ranch sometime. I have always loved riding horses.

Ahhh, the joys of living in FL in the winter time

In reply to oh jdclyde…

Been here so long, it doesn’t bother me any more. I just remember that their tax dollars feed a lot of people here.

When you move to the more elegant, relaxing and anti rushing part of the south, do not forget to buy: Jeff Foxworthy’s Redneck Dictionary: Words You Thought You Knew the Meaning Of. It could keep you out of fights!!

😀

LMAO DadsPad

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I was born and grew up in Oklahoma, spent lots of time in TX growing up(home of Ron “Tater Salad” White), and was around tons of southern people.

I know all the terms and stuff. I will do well. I just gotta remember I can add better than most of them when I do. 😀

They can’t add well

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but they sure as hell know how to multiply… ;\

hahah

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how would you know? been to the south much? :p

I can honestly say…i have been to Iowa WAY too much and it’s TOO DAMN COLD!!! :^0

OMG.

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It’s not Monday? What was I thinking? Was I thinking? What is going on with the world that it can fool me so?

Aaacckk!

At least

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you are home, right?

Headed to work very shortly.

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Very shortly. Feels weird. Go in on a Friday for one day. ???

I’m here HOPING for a dead day!

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

The cold I caught over Christmas has been kickin’ my @ss.
I’ve all but lost my voice and feel like crapola!

I’m praying that this day flys by without any problems!

Oh…. Happy New Year!
😉

Lots O’ Tea

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with some honey in it, and maybe a touch of lemon.

Always makes me feel better, especially when having scratchy voice and all.

Merry New year. 😀

Sore Throat?

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I always like to gargle with Captain Morgan’s then swallow it of course. Don’t know if it really helps but eventually you don’t feel it anymore.

Besides, alcohol kills germs right?

Haha

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Actually, I was talking with a vocalist in another band once and he said he drinks hard liquor so he does not get sick. 🙂
I don’t drink, and (maybe not so) coincidentally, I have had a cold since 2007. :0 :p ;\

Could be some truth to that

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I have either some bourbon or scotch almost every day and I rarely get sick. 😉

That’s it!

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That’s my problem.
I haven’t been drinking enough!

I knew there was an answer.

Time to hit the single malt!
🙂

I’ve just had a phone call from my colleague, Mike

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

I’ve been off for two weeks (until the 5th) and I left him one job to do for me – Friday Tapebitch – and he forgot. I sent him a small death-threat so he’d get the blank tapes back from the offsite store and I didn’t get any reply. Four hours later and he’s just phoned me up to tell me he’s done it and he sounds half-cut! There is one from each team in today and, because most people have taken today off, the building is empty and IS support have all been down the pub since 11am.

Good work if you can get it!

😀

Funny, seems more like Sunday

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

I woke up an was expecting to find the fat Sunday paper on the driveway. What a disappointment to find the skinny Friday paper. The last two weeks has really thrown my routine into total chaos. Besides waking at 4AM and not knowing what day of the week it is, Monday will be over-ridden with the sub concious need to remember to write “09” and not “08”. Going to be a very interesting week for sure.

Feels like a Holiday

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

Trains half empty
Streets are clear of cars and people
No lines at Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee

It feels like one of those holidays where just about everyone else has off (MLK, President’s Day) but you!!

Only thing needed to make it complete would be to go home to a mail-free (read: bill-free) mailbox!

🙂

~wandering off~

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to the bank to pay bills, shop to get smokes and esso station to get a cup of Tim Hortons coffee.

since “work” doesn’t start for another 5 and a half hours.

Forced Day Off

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

They forced us all to take the day off. Of course, calls have been coming in left and right, so our help desk guys went ahead and just went in.

I started off the year by meeting with my financial advisor. I’m looking into a Roth IRA and into re-financing my house at a lower interest rate.

Then off to the book store where I found not one, not two, but THREE books! Whoo Hoo! I can’t wait to start the 5th book in the series about the insane, once dead, vampire slayer who compulsively rearranges furniture and who used to compulsively shuffle cards until she made a deal with a demon and had to give up her ability to shuffle in return. She also has conversations with her dead grandmother. Did I mention that she’s insane?

I’m going to sit down with my books, my fuzzy blankie I got for Christmas, and a nice steaming mug of hot chocolate.

What’s the series..

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I’ve been on a kick lately..ready to try something new.

Dante Valentine

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Send me a peer message with a shipping address and I will send you the whole set of Dante Valentine, Necromancer and Demon Hunter books, which are by Lilith.

I was going to donate them to a hospital, but figured some lil ol’ lady would pick one of them up and have a heart attack or something…

Awesome!

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You’re my favorite person today!

Lilith Saintcrow

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I recently discovered her books. Love the Night Hunter series.

I also liked the Watcher series, with the witches protectors.

Jaz Parks

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It’s the Jaz Parks series by Jennifer Rardin. Our heroine has a few “quirks”, namely that she has blackouts where she kills people, and she’s trying to work through her issues.

The books are:

Once Bitten
Bite Marks
Another one Bites the Dust
Biting the Bullet
One More Bite
Bitten to Death

Oh, her boss is a vampire named Vayl who’s searching for his reincarnated sons, and a sidekick shows up who’s in disguise.

The series is hilarious.

Sounds rough….

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I did a lot of that over the last 2 weeks. Ran out of books and haven’t made it to the store for more yet…. 🙁

Could be worse

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I could’ve been at work. Things are not good due to bad management that I won’t go into. Let’s just say that the economy is NOT the problem. We’ve gotten our hours cut to 37 hrs per week, yet are expected to keep on taking more and more projects. At least by taking the cut in hours, none of us got laid off.

A full 1/3 of the department is actively looking for new positions and I’ve been re-budgeting and trying to figure out how much of a pay cut I can tolerate if I go to another organization. I’m also trying to pick up some contract work because if I get the job I want, then I save 1 1/2 hours a day in drive time. I could use that time to supplement my income until I get established. Heck, just working a full 40 a week would make up a lot of the difference.

If I could find something local

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I could take about a 5K cut because of what I would save in my transportation costs, and then it would save me 2 hours of driving every day. There just isn’t anything. 🙁

I’d be screwed

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if there wasn’t another party providing income around here. Low man on the totem pole at all my jobs. Fortunately, no one else wants to do them, and they have enough tenure to say ‘No’ and get away with it.

Good….

In reply to Man, today sure feels like a Monday……

…a slow start to the year. Can’t complain.

BTW, Happy New Year to you all!!!

The day is “grinding” to a halt!

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Yeah. Coffee humor…Sorry. Couldn’t resist!

Happy New Year to you too

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Hi onbliss,

I’m definitely happy I didn’t have to work today. Sometimes our company gets it right. They were closed today as part of the holiday.

I can’t complain either. Been catching up on my beauty sleep after a very hectic holiday season.

AV :^0

Yep. Today does feel like a Monday!

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Probably because it is now 😀

Happy New Year jd and everyone!

Ya know

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today feels less like a monday than last friday did… 😀

Hope you got off to a good start on this new year. Mine isn’t bad, so far…. ;\

Today sucks..

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and blows.

The boss is back after a two week vacation.

I got so much accomplished while he was gone. And now? already, he’s screwing up my day. Wish he’d go back to visit Mickey a little longer..

Start calling him roid

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since he is such a pain in the a$$… ;\

Maybe posting this notice will help?

http://www.nightowlcafe.com/importantnotice.htm

B-)

Osha LOL

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I loved that one sent it around my office. LOL

:^0

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Still got little to do I see

But I do it so well…. ;\

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Just finished my inventory AND updating our project list. B-)

Now to figure out how to recreate the raid on a crashed system….. ;\

lol

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i know how you feel.

my boss will be back any minute from a doctor’s appt. he told me 4 hours ago i need to have a module ready to go. yet, he didn’t get me the info to he knows i need to make it happen.

whoopie!!! lol :^0

A nice email

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to politely remind him when he gets back to provide the information so you can START the module….. 😀

Looks like you might need the link I posted for Mae just above this….. B-)

Its Monday all right…

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The CIO of my company, a billion dollar division of an much larger company, pointed out in a status meeting with many VPs and peers of my boss that we didn’t have great requirements…I stood up and took my lumps.

Great way to start the year.

James

What are “great requirements”?

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To hold the job in the first place?

Project Requirements….

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We are doing project to build interfaces between our customers and the manudacturers they deal with. The Manufacturer doesn’t know our custoemrs business as well as they might and they gave us hazy specs that worked for them, but not for the customer, and we didn’t do our homework and confirm our assumptions with our customers about how it would work on their end.

Its a classic tale and to an extent he was pointing out something that everyone has experienced, it just didn’t need to happen in front of the big crowd.

James

Ah man..

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That sucks james 🙁

Doing it in front of a crowd is not the best way to aproach it…

I’d have cried if it was me 🙂

damn that sucks

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never had that happen. that sounds like a real bad thing tho. you have my sympathy.

if you’re in IT…um…the CIO is your top level guy…right?

he basically insulted his own people…poor leadership…especially to do it in front of peers and others from other groups possibly.

you need to get him fired and get me in there as CIO. :^0

At least I’d never get up in front of a crowd and put it to my own people. That is just wrong and poor leadership.

Although it IS Monday (now)

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it seems too busy for a Monday. What is up with that??

I’ve got a pile of boxes to sort through, broken things lined up for me to fix, items need to be shipped/ordered, and a blog to create/start for internal use.
I’ve got lots of emails, and I just finished going through vmail. More than half came in last week when we were shut down still.

Nice to know that your job is sooo very kickback 😀

I rarely suffer from Mondayitis

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But last friday sure was a goofy day.

Today, steady.

Just hit the last PC in my office to inventory and label, so off to update the on-line database (intranet) of IT projects and the timeline for them…. fun fun fun… 😀

As for emails, I got in over the weekend during the day when I would be waiting on something, so I didn’t have a backlog to come into. B-)

cr@p — I even forgot

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I need several Sharepoint sites create/setup for worldwide use, several requests submitted for approvals for server space, items added to a database, and that isnt including these equipment emails to verify (by ser #) which items I still have….

At least

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you won’t have time to get bored, huh? ;\

Monday was painful

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Some fax lines were down, 2 broken copiers, air-conditioning unit down in one of the server rooms, IMF on the Exchange server stopped working over the weekend (thankfully, we have other filters), etc. etc. etc.

It was the worst. I think Gremlins come in over a long weekend sometimes just for kicks. Hope it doesn’t set the tone for the year. :_|

AV

Fax lines? Copiers?

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At least those are things you call out for, right? 😀

How do TWO copiers go down at the same time???

We do have vendors to call

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But, people still have to get their work done and IT has to accommodate. We have 10 copiers and recently moved the fax lines to an MPLS system. Its been dicey with the fax lines.

The copiers we have are just used to their limit. Truly, they are workhorses, but sometimes they have system errors that you can’t solve in house. We have a support contract, but its still a PITA to deal with how people will actually get their work done when the equipment they depend on isn’t working. Of course, they can walk to other printers, but THATs a HUGE inconvenience for them.

AV

your entire year is screwed

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oh, sorry, I wouldnt be Scummy enough if I didnt say it :0

It would be even more scummy

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if scummy had actually said it…. :p

:0 — Oops

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:0

Oh Ship, I hope not (nt)

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AV

Look at the bright side

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you have plenty of copiers left that can die at any moment….. ;\

I don’t touch copiers. That is office supplies, and they are leased.

Heck, I don’t even touch the fax machines.

I do!

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I read the label off to whomever asks me to work on them. The label that states to CALL THIS NUMBER IF THERE IS A PROBLEM

I only do the network side of the copiers

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Only network scanning and printing connectivity issues. Xerox copiers are definite workhorses, but their integration with our network has always been dicey when it comes to scanning. Before Xerox gets the problem, I get a shot at fixing it. Lucky, lucky me.

I usually don’t do anything with the fax machines, but we just moved our fax lines to a new PRI line, so it became my problem.

So it goes if you work in a smaller IT shop. Still, I’m very thankful for support contracts.

AV

Today is my New Year’s day

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and my first day off since Christmas.

Does that answer your question?

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