Grumpy Old Man
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@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
the bitterness is strong in this one.
I've noticed no one seems to visit official Empire taverns for serious drinking. I question the Empire's longevity, deathstar or not.
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
Music between overs at a Test Match.
Fuck. Off.
If your attention span is so low you need entertainment for 15 seconds, piss off back to T20 shits and giggles.
this! the quiet hum of a test match crowd is one of its absolute joys, just fuck off back to fucking up rugby with your shit music
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fluffybunnies at work who come to you a fortnight out from Christmas, saying they've got a change needing sign-off by January 17. FMD pal I'm on leave for three weeks during that period. And I'm literally the only one who can do that work.
And the files are wrong in 20% of cases, compared to my database...
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
fluffybunnies at work who come to you a fortnight out from Christmas, saying they've got a change needing sign-off by January 17. FMD pal I'm on leave for three weeks during that period. And I'm literally the only one who can do that work.
And the files are wrong in 20% of cases, compared to my database...
That's the problem for you IT nerds isn't it? You control the systems and own the world except you are dependent upon illiterates to put in the actual data. And we're shit at it.
LOOOOOOOOOL!
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@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
That's the problem for you IT nerds isn't it? You control the systems and own the world except you are dependent upon illiterates to put in the actual data. And we're shit at it.
LOOOOOOOOOL!
The data is fine - it is the way it is organised in terms of column order
so this is, in fact, an IT fuckup, but not my fuckup.The actual issue is middle managers who have no fucking idea how to keep a project on time and on budget, or communicate to critical stakeholders (i.e. me) when they're doing system changes.
This was supposed to be completed a month ago. I got one email for the kick-off back in April and nothing since.
Dicks.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
That's the problem for you IT nerds isn't it? You control the systems and own the world except you are dependent upon illiterates to put in the actual data. And we're shit at it.
LOOOOOOOOOL!
The data is fine - it is the way it is organised in terms of column order
so this is, in fact, an IT fuckup, but not my fuckup.The actual issue is middle managers who have no fucking idea how to keep a project on time and on budget, or communicate to critical stakeholders (i.e. me) when they're doing system changes.
This was supposed to be completed a month ago. I got one email for the kick-off back in April and nothing since.
Dicks.
The important thing is your governance, project managers, change managers and PMO are earning their coin...
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@antipodean And getting their bonuses like everyone else.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Catogrande said in Grumpy Old Man:
That's the problem for you IT nerds isn't it? You control the systems and own the world except you are dependent upon illiterates to put in the actual data. And we're shit at it.
LOOOOOOOOOL!
The data is fine - it is the way it is organised in terms of column order
so this is, in fact, an IT fuckup, but not my fuckup.The actual issue is middle managers who have no fucking idea how to keep a project on time and on budget, or communicate to critical stakeholders (i.e. me) when they're doing system changes.
This was supposed to be completed a month ago. I got one email for the kick-off back in April and nothing since.
Dicks.
Do you remember when Bruce Lee was fighting Chuck Norris in Enter the Dragon?
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
Don't forget consultants.
First against the wall when the revolution comes. Right next to lawyers
There'll be no one left to read the help manual back to you.
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
Don't forget consultants.
First against the wall when the revolution comes. Right next to lawyers
There'll be no one left to read the help manual back to you.
What will we do without meetings and billable hours?
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I'd have thought NTA was more inspired
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'd have thought NTA was more inspired
Same shit churned out by management everywhere, self licking lollipops
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Major Govt Dept issued an EoI last Wednesday. Due January 17th.
They actually had the temerity to start their covering email with; "We don't mean to ruin your holiday break, but ..."
They've all gone on leave.
"It's only an EoI so please keep your responses to 100 pages".
.Made worse because last year I had to spend my two-week Malaysian holiday working on our response to an All of Government Tender. Which we won but which isn't mandatory.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
I'd have thought NTA was more inspired
I've been watching a lot of videos lately on Bullshit Jobs and burnout, and that whole circle jerk doesn't even make a dent.
He's actually "Head Of IT" for one of the many streams in the nebula that is Woolworths - as with many corporations we are deeply moving toward the model where you can be a Vice President of Vice Presidents.
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Went out for a mate's 50th a few weeks back.
Only time I've worn my wedding ring in months. Usually it lives in a drawer where I keep my other shit like keys.
Now I can't find the fucking thing. Pretty sure I arrived home with it.
Wasn't even drunk. Just fucking old and having trouble retracing my steps mentally.
