Talk About Work Thread

ARGH! The Head has informed me that their taking away one of our art courses to replace with a digital course, and we weren't part of the discourse!

I am SO pissed off, because he only ever discussed the matter with the one teacher who gets the most gain out of this situation. :mad:

i'm glad to be back at work as i didn't get paid for the two weeks holiday over christmas. also with so many people losing their jobs at the moment i'm just grateful. :sweat:

Wynter wrote:ARGH! The Head has informed me that their taking away one of our art courses to replace with a digital course, and we weren't part of the discourse!

He knew you'd object. Meanwhile, they've implemented a new system for taking lunch and breaks, it's determined by some program that supposedly can tell when the peak call periods are and when things are a little slow and it adjusts accordingly. Today, it had EVERYBODY scheduled for lunch at the same time. The manager wents nuts because there's nobody to take any calls. Hey, they told us we have to follow the program. I think the program still has a few bugs. :mrgreen: [/list:u]

I'm finally back to working 40-42 hours a week instead of 50+ like I was on the holidays.

gaijinmark wrote:He knew you'd object.

I'm going to talk to him in person... but I also wrote a letter. I hope it doesn't sound angry...

On another note, Semester 1 is over. I'll be getting all new classes next week. I hope they're as lovely as these past ones have been. :fingerscrossed:

Note to self: be careful with the female interns....

kitakaze wrote:Note to self: be careful with the female interns....

If they're over 18, it's all good. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
If they're over 18, it's all good. :beaten:

Try telling Bill Clinton that :doh:

Anime Dad wrote:Try telling Bill Clinton that :doh:

LOL. :hehe:

Being married and POTUS didn't help. :beaten:

So, I had this knucklehead customer call in tonight. One of the characteristics of DSL is that you lose some speed as the signal goes down the line. That's just how it is. If you have a 384kbps line and you run a speed test, you'll probably get around 320k. [/list:u] Anyway, this guy has a 1.5mbs line, and he was complaining that it was too slow. I had him run a speed test and he said it showed his speed @ 1.197mbs. I said, "Well, that's almost 1.2m, not bad." He starts saying that it's "nowhere near" 1.2m! I thinking, "Eh? you're only off by .003, can't get much closer." I had to go round and round for about 20 minutes with this dimbulb trying to get it thru his thick skull. Some of these customers, you just wanna hit 'em in the head with a shovel!! :beatyou:

gaijinmark wrote:So, I had this knucklehead customer call in tonight. One of the characteristics of DSL is that you lose some speed as the signal goes down the line. That's just how it is. If you have a 384kbps line and you run a speed test, you'll probably get around 320k. [/list:u] Anyway, this guy has a 1.5mbs line, and he was complaining that it was too slow. I had him run a speed test and he said it showed his speed @ 1.197mbs. I said, "Well, that's almost 1.2m, not bad." He starts saying that it's "nowhere near" 1.2m! I thinking, "Eh? you're only off by .003, can't get much closer." I had to go round and round for about 20 minutes with this dimbulb trying to get it thru his thick skull. Some of these customers, you just wanna hit 'em in the head with a shovel!! :beatyou:

LOL! "dimbulb". :rofl: I've never heard that one before.

Wynter wrote:

LOL! "dimbulb". :rofl: I've never heard that one before.

Feel free to use that on any of your kids next semester if the opportunity presents itself. [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote:So, I had this knucklehead customer call in tonight. One of the characteristics of DSL is that you lose some speed as the signal goes down the line. That's just how it is. If you have a 384kbps line and you run a speed test, you'll probably get around 320k. [/list:u] Anyway, this guy has a 1.5mbs line, and he was complaining that it was too slow. I had him run a speed test and he said it showed his speed @ 1.197mbs. I said, "Well, that's almost 1.2m, not bad." He starts saying that it's "nowhere near" 1.2m! I thinking, "Eh? you're only off by .003, can't get much closer." I had to go round and round for about 20 minutes with this dimbulb trying to get it thru his thick skull. Some of these customers, you just wanna hit 'em in the head with a shovel!! :beatyou:

Too bad you can't cut his speed in half... Then the 1.197Mbs would be looking pretty damn good.

What a maroon. :shakehead:

I don't envy you, G-mark.

Although fools like that are everywhere :grumble:


The boss' son's girlfriend is filling in on our reception today. It's just as well I can't see reception from where my office is. She's stunningly beautiful and would be too distracting :bonk: But she's a nice girl and not really aware of how good looking she is :)

Anime Dad wrote:The boss' son's girlfriend is filling in on our reception today. It's just as well I can't see reception from where my office is. She's stunningly beautiful and would be too distracting :bonk: But she's a nice girl and not really aware of how good looking she is :)

Not aware??

Hmm.

bmwracer wrote:
Not aware??

Hmm.

My boss said she doesn't think she's good looking. Apparently her 2 sisters are models and she's always being compared to them...

Anime Dad wrote:My boss said she doesn't think she's good looking. Apparently her 2 sisters are models and she's always being compared to them...

That's pretty sad.

Next stop: Anorexia. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
That's pretty sad.

Next stop: Anorexia. :sweat:

Nah, I don't think so.

Anime Dad wrote:

Nah, I don't think so.

Yea, neither do I. Most girls are not stupid.

Wynter wrote:Yea, neither do I. Most girls are not stupid.

MOST girls. :sweat: