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ahochaude wrote:Not in my house! :D

As long as you do the finances, the wife won't find out! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

In a Japanese household, doesn't the wifey handle the finances? :beaten:

I hate blackberry.. :bleh:

Akakage wrote:I hate blackberry.. :bleh:

The communication/email device??

dochira wrote:

The communication/email device??

Yup! because I got constant email from the office as well as clients..24/7.
I didn't buy it ..my office gave it to all its employee just to make our live more miserable. :beaten:

Akakage wrote:

Yup! because I got constant email from the office as well as clients..24/7.
I didn't buy it ..my office gave it to all its employee just to make our live more miserable. :beaten:

Oh the irony of being able to check emails from anywhere....they can send you emails anytime and they know you have a way to read them. :beaten:

dochira wrote:Oh the irony of being able to check emails from anywhere....they can send you emails anytime and they know you have a way to read them. :beaten:

But you don't have to read them. :D

bmwracer wrote:But you don't have to read them. :D

well, i don't know about that. in my old job, we were given alphanumeric pagers, and a rule. if you did not answer your page within the hour (even off-work hours), you would have a sh*tload of explaining to do. if the page had 911 on the end of it, you had 20 min.....

i have seen written reprimands for infractions. it was a pretty harsh life! :shakehead:

Akakage wrote:

Yup! because I got constant email from the office as well as clients..24/7.
I didn't buy it ..my office gave it to all its employee just to make our live more miserable. :beaten:

Yup... when we were younger, we used to look at electronic gagets that folks got for free from work, such as cell phones and pagers, as being exciting. :woot:

Now that we're older, we realize they're a leash. :doh: :beaten:
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:Yup... when we were younger, we used to look at electronic gagets that folks got for free from work, such as cell phones and pagers, as being exciting. :woot:

Now that we're older, we realize they're a leash. :doh: :beaten:

All I've got is a cell phone. And it's off 95% of the time.

jholic wrote:
well, i don't know about that. in my old job, we were given alphanumeric pagers, and a rule. if you did not answer your page within the hour (even off-work hours), you would have a sh*tload of explaining to do. if the page had 911 on the end of it, you had 20 min.....

i have seen written reprimands for infractions. it was a pretty harsh life! :shakehead:

I can't imagine a position that crucial about answering pages when you are off the clock other than something like being a doctor on call. :shakehead: What line of work was this? :crazy:

bmwracer wrote:
All I've got is a cell phone. And it's off 95% of the time.

Consider yourself lucky..hehehe...I only sleep for two hours last night.. :bleh:

oh yeah not too mention that my office has set up webmail account that allow us to access email anywhere and everywhere.. :sweat: *cough* even at a cyber cafe?! :nut:

KouSeiya315 wrote:I can't imagine a position that crucial about answering pages when you are off the clock other than something like being a doctor on call. :shakehead:

Neither can I, but some people make themselves available 24/7 some reason... Self-importance, I think.

Our VP's cellphone is constantly ringing and more times than not, it's his wife... Ridiculous. :shakehead:

KouSeiya315 wrote:

I can't imagine a position that crucial about answering pages when you are off the clock other than something like being a doctor on call. :shakehead: What line of work was this? :crazy:

Some of us work at companies whose clients pay us to keep their servers, switches, routers, websites, etc., running 24 x 7.

Some businesses never close. :doh:
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:

Some of us work at companies whose clients pay us to keep their servers, switches, routers, websites, etc., running 24 x 7.

Some businesses never close. :doh:
-PCM

Hahaha..now you're talking :beaten: :shakehead: :sweat:

pcmodem wrote:Some of us work at companies whose clients pay us to keep their servers, switches, routers, websites, etc., running 24 x 7.

Well..... If you're getting paid.... :thumbsup:

pcmodem wrote:

Some of us work at companies whose clients pay us to keep their servers, switches, routers, websites, etc., running 24 x 7.

Some businesses never close. :doh:
-PCM

Gah, the things people have to do to satisfy insomniac web surfers :hehe:

KouSeiya315 wrote:

Gah, the things people have to do to satisfy insomniac web surfers :hehe:

I'm not complaining and I'm very grateful. :beaten: :hehe:

Insomniacs anonymous! :woot: :victory:

KouSeiya315 wrote:I can't imagine a position that crucial about answering pages when you are off the clock other than something like being a doctor on call. :shakehead: What line of work was this? :crazy:

yup, pc was pretty close. a telecommunications firm. we took care of voice, data and video lines. when you have customers all over the state that have offices open at night, during weekends/holidays, etc. that means YOU never close.

that doctor-on-call needs to actually GET a call, right? if the hospital's lines don't work, or their surgery team's video telecon goes down, you can bet your behind you better be up and at 'em.

sometimes, the nature of the page wasn't that urgent, and that's when fights would start, but rules are rules, and if you don't like 'em, you can do what i did. find another job.

That new picture in Kyoko Fukada's profile is simply RIDICULOUS!... is it what she really looks like now?

Today (Wednesday) is my first day back to work after twisting my back on the slopes of Squaw Valley on Saturday. :beaten:

The doctor gave me some Flexeril (muscle relaxant), which has me pretty darn nemui. :sleep:

Not taking the pain killers, those coupled with the Flexeril would likely make me pass out. :hehe: :sleeping:
-PCM