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Doesn't the BSA offer a monetary reward for tips of that nature?
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Doesn't the BSA offer a monetary reward for tips of that nature? Sometimes not getting into a toxic relationship of harassment with a former client is worth more than money.
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There's really no amount of money in the world worth the hassle of dealing with clients who dumped you
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Make them pay as much as they can upfront but still get yourself in the door to see the damage... then grab "systeminfo" on each machine to see the installed date. Show them the operating system's installed date is when you weren't under their employment and tell them to go gently caress themselves.
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go3 posted:There's really no amount of money in the world worth the hassle of dealing with clients who dumped you
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I assume a lot of people have seen this but it reminded me of the water filled comms room http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011/you-wont-believe-why-the-victoria-line-is-currently Currently ruining the day for a few people no doubt.
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Caged posted:I assume a lot of people have seen this but it reminded me of the water filled comms room Why would they pour in concrete? This doesn't make a lot of sense but who knows.
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They were filling in an old elevator shaft that isn't needed any more as far as I can tell. Turns out the shaft was linked to this room.
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Jan 23, 2014 22:44
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Caged posted:shaft You're drat right.
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Caged posted:They were filling in an old elevator shaft that isn't needed any more as far as I can tell. Turns out the shaft was linked to this room. drat that's gonna suck for whoever was responsible for checking for stuff like that.
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Jan 23, 2014 22:54
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The construction worker equivalent of running an untested script on production. To bad they cant restore from backup though!
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Bohemian Cowabunga posted:The construction worker equivalent of running an untested script on production. To bad they cant restore from backup though! I hope they have documentation!
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sfwarlock posted:I do. Hence how I knew about the hour long rant that the nephew (let's call him Sean) went on about me "wasting money": in my billing, in "over"paying for Windows and Office, in "setting up an expensive computer no one uses" (?? I hope he wasn't referring to the DC); and the plan to throw me under the bus when the BSA came by. I hope when you saw what the nephew had done you just went "lol nope" and moonwalked out 
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Caged posted:I assume a lot of people have seen this but it reminded me of the water filled comms room Now I need a link to this water-filled comms room.
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Why are doctors (and medical companies by proxy) such assbags? I hate them so much. e: 
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Jan 23, 2014 23:41
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sfwarlock posted:Now I need a link to this water-filled comms room. Enjoy:  (At least, this is what I'm assuming Caged was referring to. If not, this picture still rules.)
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Yeah that was the one. I'd rather water than cement.
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Sirotan posted:Enjoy: Aww! It's the little fan that could! It thinks it's an outboard motor!
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Soylent Heliotrope posted:Context: I'm the user-facing support guy for my site (entry-level position, 10 users). There are literally only 2 IT higher-ups, a network guy and a sysadmin, but our company is like ~400 users over 20 sites. Ignoring for a moment that they're sales people and therefore
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Collateral Damage posted:sfwarlock, I assume you installed the original servers with proper licenses. It might be a good idea to dig up any paperwork you have that can prove that they were in compliance when you left, or at least that anything that wasn't in compliance wasn't your fault. Give them the gently caress you rate, then talk to a lawyer and have him draw up a release of liability clause for your contract. Expense the legal fees.
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Caged posted:$200 an hour is nowhere near a "gently caress you" rate. I just paid $250/hr for a network consultant to take 20 minutes to connect to an SG300 switch. And get it wrong when he got in.
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900 tickets came in. CenturyLink's MPLS is having a pretty bad time tonight.
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single-mode fiber posted:900 tickets came in. I suspected something was going on when all our non-Minneapolis sites dropped off the grid. And of course, they're all routed through MPLS.
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Here's one you guys will like. A couple of weeks back we were at a company-organised event after work hours. A woman came up to me (because I was one of the ones who had organised the event) to ask if I knew whether anyone from IT was here because she was having trouble with her work laptop. I feigned ignorance.
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rolleyes, same category - Just got cursed at because I forwarded a caller to contact our outsourced mobile phone support. If it has electricity, IT guys know how to fix it. Ah, how I love being in IT.
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Eemo1 posted:rolleyes, And we also know how to get whiteboards and markers in meeting rooms (usually with smartboards already installed) And we also know where to get business cards because
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evobatman posted:And we also know how to get whiteboards and markers in meeting rooms (usually with smartboards already installed) And also be your personal psychological wastebin if needed.
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Also, one of the toilets is clogged so since you guys are computer janitors could you fix that please?
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Sometimes I wonder how do these people survive outside the office. I mean, how do they hook up their TV an sh*t like that at home. Then I get sad and go home and drink beer. also, I don't get why employees expect the company to buy them everything they need for working in every situation possible. The company does not pay for your clothes or shampoo either.
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We got two tickets in a row from a store:quote:Good Afternoon, Our Right docking plate in the warehouse is not working properly. It will not open correctly. It pulls up and will not lay flat without someone having to lift up on it to engage. Thank you for your help with this matter. quote:Our mop sink in our janitorial closet is leaking around the knob when you turn it on. Sometimes people submit music issues as facilities requests instead of to us, but we don't usually get them the other way around. This guy isn't new. It's not like it's way less effort to submit a ticket instead of facilities request, either. They're like the same thing. Just... 
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Eemo1 posted:also, I don't get why employees expect the company to buy them everything they need for working in every situation possible. The company does not pay for your clothes or shampoo either. We just did an acquisition in Florida. While we were down there, we invited the staff to a meeting up at the home office (Boston) in the fall. Then right there, on the spot: "WILL YOU BUY US COATS, I DON'T OWN A COAT LOL"
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We have a field sales rep in town from Miami. We're in Madison. It ~5F right now and he has no coat.
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Jesus. Just.... Jesus. Funny coincidence: We also did an acquisition in Madison about 2 years ago (Hilldale shopping center; I work for a mall mgmt company.) That was hands-down one of the most bizarre networks I've ever ripped + replaced. It's a great city, Madison. CatsOnTheInternet fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Jan 24, 2014 |
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It's currently one of the top 3 coldest cities in the US! Luckily my job is within 1 mile of three different breweries and a rum distillery. Yeah, I love this town. Not a lot of IT jobs though with the university right here. Super cheap labor.
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Eemo1 posted:rolleyes, Got a call about how power was out at one of the stores we covered. When I expressed my confusion, I was asked point blank: "Well, don't you guys handle that?" For a second I couldn't decide between saying: "Have you tried turning it off and back on again?" or "Sure, lemme just push out a patch for that real quick...OK, done! Is it on now?" Instead, I just told them to contact their District Manager, and that we can only do work on computers that have electricity flowing to them already.
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myron cope posted:We got two tickets in a row from a store: You did send it back with extremely in depth instructions on the correct way to send it right?
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guppy posted:Ignoring for a moment that they're sales people and therefore I'm looking this up and holy poo poo, iOS can gently caress with Exchange that badly? No, only the manager is using a mobile device and it's an Android. Buut all the affected users have her as a calendar reviewer and are inviting her to their meetings, and we have an older version of Exchange (2007), so maybe it is an Activesync thing.
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Seriously though, gently caress printers. dogstile posted:You did send it back with extremely in depth instructions on the correct way to send it right? Sadly they submitted a third ticket that actually belonged to us so we explained on the phone what he should have done with the other two (what he actually should have done, not what we would have like him to do)
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evobatman posted:And we also know how to get whiteboards and markers in meeting rooms (usually with smartboards already installed) I don't even HAVE company business cards, but for some reason I am hit up as well.
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Eemo1 posted:Sometimes I wonder how do these people survive outside the office. I mean, how do they hook up their TV an sh*t like that at home. They pay for the best buy extended warranty and installation.
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