March 28Mar 28 I have noticed I frequently hear co-workers on the phone with a colleague, super professional and pleasant. They hang up the phone, groan and say something like "what an idiot". Makes me wonder how often people have done that to me.
March 29Mar 29 15 hours ago, TV Guy said: I have noticed I frequently hear co-workers on the phone with a colleague, super professional and pleasant. They hang up the phone, groan and say something like "what an idiot". Makes me wonder how often people have done that to me. I had this PITA vendor I had to work with on a project in DC. Complete moron who was a know it all type. Anyway, we were trying to triage an issue with integrating with their software. At the very beginning I suggested something which she immediately shot down. Couldn't be that! Four hours go by and finally she makes the exact same suggestion I did. Boom, it works. I yell at the phone "THAT'S WHAT I SAID 4 FING HOURS AGO!". Apparently I was not on mute.
March 29Mar 29 26 minutes ago, paco said: I had this PITA vendor I had to work with on a project in DC. Complete moron who was a know it all type. Anyway, we were trying to triage an issue with integrating with their software. At the very beginning I suggested something which she immediately shot down. Couldn't be that! Four hours go by and finally she makes the exact same suggestion I did. Boom, it works. I yell at the phone "THAT'S WHAT I SAID 4 FING HOURS AGO!". Apparently I was not on mute. Why do you computer people say triage when you mean diagnose? They are not the same thing.
March 29Mar 29 17 hours ago, TV Guy said: I have noticed I frequently hear co-workers on the phone with a colleague, super professional and pleasant. They hang up the phone, groan and say something like "what an idiot". Makes me wonder how often people have done that to me. check your PM
March 29Mar 29 1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said: Why do you computer people say triage when you mean diagnose? They are not the same thing. Because it’s the appropriate word. You are figuring out what is going on vs declaring the issue
March 29Mar 29 13 minutes ago, paco said: Because it’s the appropriate word. You are figuring out what is going on vs declaring the issue No. Triaging is determing what issue seems urgent so they can be treated in order of importance. If you are figuring out what an issue is, that's diagnosing.
March 29Mar 29 10 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said: No. Triaging is determing what issue seems urgent so they can be treated in order of importance. If you are figuring out what an issue is, that's diagnosing. No Quote In simple terms, diagnostics is the process of identifying a particular illness using a combination of signs, symptoms, tests etc. Triage, on the other hand, is the process of assessing patient needs/symptoms to direct them to the right specialist/institution, to improve patient health outcomes and reduce costs. When integrating systems and you have an issue, you don’t know where the bug lies. You need to look at everything (source system, target system, middleware, ETL, etc) to figure out where the issue lies. Once you figure out where it is, then you diagnose it.
March 29Mar 29 13 minutes ago, paco said: I had this PITA vendor I had to work with on a project in DC. Complete moron who was a know it all type. Anyway, we were trying to triage an issue with integrating with their software. At the very beginning I suggested something which she immediately shot down. Couldn't be that! Four hours go by and finally she makes the exact same suggestion I did. Boom, it works. I yell at the phone "THAT'S WHAT I SAID 4 FING HOURS AGO!". Apparently I was not on mute. Wait...... as they get younger they are even more prone to stay in their little classroom courses and not do independent thinking. Several weeks ago.... on site at a large national company...... some kid..... I swear I could HEAR his acne...... kid says .... I need you to configure the sonic wall. I say..... there is no sonic wall Kid... there has to be... Me... man I am telling you.... no sonic This goes back and forth with escalating claims of experience in the field and claims of project management so finally I say...... is this your cell phone I am talking to on ?..... he says yes... why ? I say... good I took pictures of the data room and I am sending them to you and when you find the sonic wall in the pictures you let me know ..... I'll wait. A few minutes go by.... kid says...... I am going to get my supervisor to get a sonic wall shipped to site and we will get you back there when it comes in..... thank you for calling Blank Blank support have a good day and he hangs up. I had had a little girl for a different company ( who sounded like she was chewing gum and twirling her hair ) tell me to get a cable that has 2 male data jacks..... I hung up.
March 29Mar 29 2 hours ago, paco said: No When integrating systems and you have an issue, you don’t know where the bug lies. You need to look at everything (source system, target system, middleware, ETL, etc) to figure out where the issue lies. Once you figure out where it is, then you diagnose it. Ok now it makes sense to me.
March 29Mar 29 2 hours ago, paco said: Because it’s the appropriate word. You are figuring out what is going on vs declaring the issue Also known as troubleshooting. Not as fancy but more old school.
March 30Mar 30 On 3/29/2025 at 9:12 AM, wholesale_Melvin said: check your PM I was hoping for noods but I'll take it.
April 2Apr 2 Almost every time I pass someone driving slow, or erratic, they’re staring at a phone in their hand. Today I got behind a really slow, really erratic driver and, when I passed him, he had a phone in each hand and was pressing his forearms against the steering wheel to steer. Gotta respect that commitment to irresponsibility.
April 2Apr 2 2 hours ago, The_Omega said: Almost every time I pass someone driving slow, or erratic, they’re staring at a phone in their hand. Today I got behind a really slow, really erratic driver and, when I passed him, he had a phone in each hand and was pressing his forearms against the steering wheel to steer. Gotta respect that commitment to irresponsibility. I lay on my horn just to freak them out.
April 6Apr 6 On 4/1/2025 at 8:06 PM, The_Omega said: Almost every time I pass someone driving slow, or erratic, they’re staring at a phone in their hand. Today I got behind a really slow, really erratic driver and, when I passed him, he had a phone in each hand and was pressing his forearms against the steering wheel to steer. Gotta respect that commitment to irresponsibility. I saw a fat chick driving with her phone wedged right between her fleshy jumblies. Driving with both hands and talking hands-free.
April 6Apr 6 26 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said: I saw a fat chick driving with her phone wedged right between her fleshy jumblies. Driving with both hands and talking hands-free. That made the spank bank didn’t it?
April 7Apr 7 17 hours ago, Arthur Jackson said: I saw a fat chick driving with her phone wedged right between her fleshy jumblies. Driving with both hands and talking hands-free. How was her hair?
April 7Apr 7 49 minutes ago, TV Guy said: How was her hair? My attention was on her mammoth bosom. I feel like she could turn those things into a very cozy Bed & Breakfast (free coffee creamer on tap).
April 7Apr 7 1 hour ago, Arthur Jackson said: My attention was on her mammoth bosom. I feel like she could turn those things into a very cozy Bed & Breakfast (free coffee creamer on tap). [Redden] I am sure that her hair was lustrous and beautiful. [/Redden]
April 22Apr 22 We got an old dude on our team that retires end of year, so they are posting for his replacement to hopefully get on onboarded for ~1/2 year to help get up to speed replacing him. Apparently they have added me to the schedule of people to interview them, which has time slots for my manager, the director of our department, and our Sr Recruiter. Sounds like they’re starting to recognize the value of my opinions
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