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Sailor_Spoon posted:I occasionally sign mine "Yours in Christ". This is still cracking me up, by the way, even though it was hours ago I read it. We once had an email (from someone outside the company) where the signature included some Bible verse that I don't remember. Not the text, just like "John 3:16" or whatever (it wasn't John 3:16). I'm sure that has its own name but I'm not a Bible guy so I don't know what those are called. There was also a time where we were fixing a computer and when we turned it on there was a wallpaper with gigantic text: "KEEP THE CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS"
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Sonic Dude posted:There's a SEO "service"/spammer that frequently blasts an advertisement to my work email (and a few of my coworkers), and every time the email opens with "Dear Sir and/or Madam." When I was in the Army I had to answer the phone with "Bravo 310 Private Gunjin speaking, may I help you Sir or Ma'am?"
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myron cope posted:Not the text, just like "John 3:16" or whatever (it wasn't John 3:16). I'm sure that has its own name but I'm not a Bible guy so I don't know what those are called. They're called citations. 
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Gunjin posted:When I was in the Army I had to answer the phone with "Bravo 310 Private Gunjin speaking, may I help you Sir or Ma'am?" I remember a sup I had at Walmart while in high school that answered ftw phone similarly. "Thanks for calling the Walmart Electronics department, this is Department Manager James speaking..." Edit: Just got an "emergency" call at home. "Halp my iPad got hacked. The squares are all wiggle-y and have X's on them." ghana rheya fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Those don't sound like outrageous greetings...I think the strange part of the email one is that it said sir and/or madam.PurpleButterfly posted:They're called citations. I knew it had an actual name! Yes, she had a citation in her email signature. I looked up the verse and it seemed pretty boring.
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PurpleButterfly posted:They're called citations. I don't know how you could post that without including a link to a reference article.
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myron cope posted:Those don't sound like outrageous greetings...I think the strange part of the email one is that it said sir and/or madam. They could be intersexed 
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I was doing some quick mailbox stats and came across pee@company.com 
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Sailor_Spoon posted:We have a little competition around the office for our email valedictions. The best I've seen yet is "Govern Yourselves Accordingly". We have a chapel on site, the Reverend signs his emails Every Blessing Father Joe Bloggs
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:I don't know how you could post that without including a link to a reference article.  I work for an MSP, but spend a good deal of my time at one particular client. I actually enjoy visiting them, they're good people and appreciate my presence. And I never have a hard time with anyone there. They've been on a hiring spree the past few months and are pretty much out of not only vacant cubicles, but also places to put new desks. They have managed to squeeze in a few more along the outer walls (nice window view!) but due to a shortage of power & network drops, I've not only had to use a bunch of little 8-port switches and PoE injectors to get everyone's stuff connected, I've also had to daisy-chain power strips. Not keen on that. I even concocted one guy's desk out of two teardrop tables:  (New desks have since arrived, he'll build his when he's good & ready) Just found out a few days ago that they're going to reconfigure one side of the office to make room for more cubicles/desk space. Thus, 50ish users will have to migrate to the other side and double up in already occupied cubicles for a week while it's done. Never have I hoped more deeply for most of them to work from home that week, and for remote access to just work.
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Volmarias posted:They could be intersexed We have a person in our unit who requested he be called Vanessa because he was undergoing gender reassignment. The military officers and the lead PM had a mini-huddle for a moment and then asked him if he "still had your dangly bits". When he answered yes they breathed a sigh of relief and told him no. S/he was very upset about it, but not enough to quit.
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Wilford Cutlery posted:
Before we had a facilities manager where I work, it was not only my responsibility to ensure a new employee coming in had a computer, mouse, phone, and various accounts, but also a desk, a chair, and an office/cube. I frequently had to go to the giant pile of disused furniture in the basement when we were expanding rapidly and look for something, anything with a flat enough surface to support a computer monitor and a keyboard. I had to put together chairs, fix broken chairs, build little filing cabinets and put extensions on our crappy ikea desks and everything. Not to mention fix the coffee maker and repair the flush arms in the toilets when some overzealous employee would... flush too hard? and break them Sorry to hear about your client's situation, be glad you can get out of there when everything's set up and not have to lug huge wooden secretary's desks up 2 flights of stairs for employees that was hired without notice  I might be  soon, I'll probably know by next week. I have some friends who want me to come work with them in ISP tier 2 / voice / desktop / field service type stuff. It sounds a lot more interesting than my current job, which is alternately boring and terrifying, and I'm still the only IT guy in an office of 100, on call 24/7. I just finished a vacation of 4 days where I spent at least an hour on the phone helping people each day. I can't imagine the luxury of 1 week on call out of every 6, and vacations of longer than a day that aren't approved on the condition that I fix anything I can from home, and come right back to the office if something major happens. If I do end up getting this job I really hope my former employer goes with a managed service that can spend 12 hours a day tearing out and replacing/distributing their 8 year old centrally-housed clusterfuck infrastructure, implement a technology policy that doesn't give everybody full control over their machines, and actually make the users start submitting tickets instead of hiding their issues until the IT guy walks by their desk. I'm supposed to be migrating us to google apps from an ancient zimbra server next week, too. It is a shame that after about 18 months of being told by me and my boss we need to switch to a hosted provider they decided to finally go through with it long after I started looking for other work. I wish I had known that all it took to get the financial approval in motion was somebody with a vp on their door having too many issues with outlook iCloud sync. arnbiguous fucked around with this message at 14:17 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Feb 9, 2014 14:14
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Daylen Drazzi posted:We have a person in our unit who requested he be called Vanessa because he was undergoing gender reassignment. The military officers and the lead PM had a mini-huddle for a moment and then asked him if he "still had your dangly bits". When he answered yes they breathed a sigh of relief and told him no. S/he was very upset about it, but not enough to quit. Good to see that catch 22 is still alive and well in the military! (Trans people generally have to spend two years living as their target gender before they're eligible to have that surgery, and most doctors will ask for proof such as payslips in their new name.)
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Did he legally change his name to Vanessa? I don't know if you can actually be trans in the military. I know a person who was separated for having a mental disorder when he became a she. The most awkward going away of all time.
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Cojawfee posted:Did he legally change his name to Vanessa? I don't know if you can actually be trans in the military. I know a person who was separated for having a mental disorder when he became a she. The most awkward going away of all time. He's actually a civilian contractor just like me, but what generally happens is that since we fall under military oversight we also follow military guidelines and decisions. In this particular case our commanding officer decided that there was no way in hell he was going to call the individual Vanessa until or unless he undergoes the gender reassignment surgery. I'm not sure if the individual got a legal name change or not, but I do know that no one calls him Vanessa. In other news I'm 100% moved in to my apartment and about 40% unpacked and organized. Accommodation-wise the apartment is pretty well set up with refrigerator with ice maker, microwave, dishwasher, stove, washer and dryer and gas heat. My only complaint thus far is the drat toilet, which is small and low to the floor. If I were a short, skinny-as-a-rail old woman then it would probably be okay, but I'm not, so I'm going to be talking to the leasing agent about getting a real man's toilet put in (which I will happily buy and even pay to have installed, although I could do it myself). I've already replaced the shower head and curtain rod, both of which were poo poo (however I did keep them in case the leasing agent wants to pitch a fit, but I doubt it and I'm not telling them). Now I just need to do some organizing and buy some groceries and I'll be in awesome shape. I have, however, made myself a promise that I will only be moving one more time - I slept like a log last night after dozens of trips up and down the stairs carrying all those boxes. I'm getting too old for this poo poo, so next time I'm hiring a moving company. Daylen Drazzi fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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Daylen Drazzi posted:He's actually a civilian contractor just like me, but what generally happens is that since we fall under military oversight we also follow military guidelines and decisions. In this particular case our commanding officer decided that there was no way in hell he was going to call the individual Vanessa until or unless he undergoes the gender reassignment surgery. I'm not sure if the individual got a legal name change or not, but I do know that no one calls him Vanessa. If you want to help her out at all (because it sounds like she's getting a raw deal from her employers), you could at least call her by her preferred name and gendered pronouns.
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Daylen Drazzi posted:He's actually a civilian contractor just like me, but what generally happens is that since we fall under military oversight we also follow military guidelines and decisions. In this particular case our commanding officer decided that there was no way in hell he was going to call the individual Vanessa until or unless he undergoes the gender reassignment surgery. I'm not sure if the individual got a legal name change or not, but I do know that no one calls him Vanessa. If he legally changed his name to Vanessa, then you had better call him/her that. It is not up to a CO to decide if a name is appropriately masculine enough. See also: Shannon, Lynn, and Tracy (as well as others).
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Daylen Drazzi posted:He's actually a civilian contractor just like me, but what generally happens is that since we fall under military oversight we also follow military guidelines and decisions. In this particular case our commanding officer decided that there was no way in hell he was going to call the individual Vanessa until or unless he undergoes the gender reassignment surgery. I'm not sure if the individual got a legal name change or not, but I do know that no one calls him Vanessa. I might be a naive Brit but I am guessing bullying and harassment aren't words your military have much use for then?
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angry armadillo posted:I might be a naive Brit but I am guessing bullying and harassment aren't words your military have much use for then? Only as recommended training techniques.
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JohnnyCanuck posted:If you want to help her out at all (because it sounds like she's getting a raw deal from her employers), you could at least call her by her preferred name and gendered pronouns. At the risk of going all Tumblr here... this ^^^ If you can't do that because of management shittery, stick with they/them and avoid using her name at all. Same tactic I've used with trans people who aren't yet out at work.
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JohnnyCanuck posted:If you want to help her out at all (because it sounds like she's getting a raw deal from her employers), you could at least call her by her preferred name and gendered pronouns. Our officer in charge got wind of it and lectured him on it, making sure to use his non-fantasy name about every fifth word, was probably the funniest thing I've ever heard. Just got me thinking. Well Chad, the reason it's important that we call you Chad, Chad is that Chad is the name on your legal documents, Chad.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Well Chad, the reason it's important that we call you Chad, Chad is that Chad is the name on your legal documents, Chad. And if Chad legally changed his name, what then huh? It wouldn't be the most ridiculous name change ever done.
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Lum posted:And if Chad legally changed his name, what then huh? drat. Was expecting good old Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop
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Nerdrock posted:drat. Was expecting good old Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop And don't forget this guy gone soon
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If users are going to be OCD about how we address them, then the same should apply for us: -You will utilize "Comrade %lastname%, %title%" -You must reference all certifications using the format of knightly orders in descending importance: e.g. "Comrade MJP, Systems Administrator, MCSA, MCITP: SA, MCTS: AD, MCP, S+" -Do not use "fix it," the correct terminology is "please investigate"
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MJP posted:-Do not use "fix it," the correct terminology is Here, I think this is what you meant. And can we choose random titles instead of Comrade? Because I would like to change what mine is weekly, just so I can get upset that people never pay attention to my special snowflake needs.
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BringBackATV posted:And don't forget this guy You guys need THIS law up in dis.
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xThrasheRx posted:You guys need THIS law up in dis. That's fine for socialist countries, but our constitution pretty much eliminates the possibilities for laws like that. It's unfortunate for some (and doesn't affect me in the least), but I would hate it if I couldn't name my child something because the gov't said it wasn't appropriate.
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AlexDeGruven posted:That's fine for socialist countries, but our constitution pretty much eliminates the possibilities for laws like that. Just a small derail with some politarding, I find it hilarious when people call Sweden a "socialist" country in the same vain one would call someone a commie. We have loads of capitalist values these days and calling us some kind some socialism haven is hilarious to me. And to end that, it's not like you guys don't already have global problems with your gov't overstepping poo poo. BUT BACK TO NAMING! I am probably just sour I cant name my future child Robert`);DROP TABLE Students;--
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xThrasheRx posted:Just a small derail with some politarding, I find it hilarious when people call Sweden a "socialist" country in the same vain one would call someone a commie. We have loads of capitalist values these days and calling us some kind some socialism haven is hilarious to me. I was being direct, not "lolcommies". There are things that just aren't allowed in our constitution that are elsewhere. Socialism also does not preclude capitalism. I agree that our gov't does some shady poo poo, which is part of what's so infuriating about it. Personally, I prefer the "democratic socialist" method, but that's dirty talk over here.
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AlexDeGruven posted:I was being direct, not "lolcommies". There are things that just aren't allowed in our constitution that are elsewhere. this is currently who is running our country. With leadership from the liberal conservatives the moderate party, and they have been since 2006. But yeah I suppose compared to the far right that exists in the US we would still maybe be called democratic socialists. And now I am a arguing politics in this thread, a ticket came in that this sucks balls, and now I am leaving!
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xThrasheRx posted:You guys need THIS law up in dis. Changing my name to Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 right now. I wonder if Canadian law will allow it.
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A call came in... A UPS in a network closet is beeping and they'd like us to come and check it out. Oh wait, someone just unplugged it, never mind. My co-workers and I are just supporting the electronic document management system. We're not general tech support. We're not in the same building or the same division as tech support. Ticket closed: User found a solution?
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Migishu posted:Changing my name to Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 right now. I wonder if Canadian law will allow it. If you're in Quebec, better start using that name for a bunch of years beforehand.
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MJP posted:-Do not use "fix it," the correct terminology is "please investigate" Unless the technician is called Felix. As for the rest of your post... way to miss the point.
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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:If you're in Quebec, better start using that name for a bunch of years beforehand. They call me Barf for short
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Migishu posted:They call me Barf for short I think you have to have a "last name" in there and probably need to drop the numbers.
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Bohemian Cowabunga posted:Calling the Scandinavian states for socialist states is such a hyperbole it could only have originated from U.S politics. Compared to what we have here, it's not hyperbolic.
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