THE BORE

General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: GilloD on July 22, 2009, 01:32:18 PM

Title: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: GilloD on July 22, 2009, 01:32:18 PM

Well, yesterday Lee was like. He added liek 10000000000000000000000000 new processes to this shit for a stupid reason. So, I'm working on those. And then on Monday he changed the kind of ID numbers we send to Sage which also required like drastic, massive revision to work that was already done. So, I'm still working on those when I realize that like. The new ID numbers don't work for the Wholesale sales which I was told would NEVER go through Swan but now ARE which was last week's major drastic fiasco. And so he's like us the PO and I'm like You told me we'd never use the PO and h'es like lol well now use the PO. Which is another majopr revision because some things don't have a PO and some do and some don't have the default ID and some do and it alsor requires a massive reqrite on the backend because I now have to account for TWO kinds of IDs and still interpolate them in a common way and I'm doing this and this fucking program crashes and DELETES EVERYTHING I DID TODAY, which is enough of a fucking blow, but the my computer is like WHAM and fucking blue screen and I lost it and I was like "I WANT A LIST OF FINAL CHANGES TODAY I CANT KEEP REWRITING ALL OF THIS SHIT AND DO the HOME SHOPPING NETWORK SHIT AND DO THE WEBSITE AND HANDLE THE EBLAST AND HANDLE FACEBOOK" on and on and I kicked my chair and I told everyone that if I dared to walk back in the door they should kill me and then I typed up a little letter in Word that said "Dear Police, if I was killed it's okay, I asked them to" and then I sat in the bathroom for like 40 minutes and now I'm here again.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on July 22, 2009, 01:40:06 PM

:lol

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 01:45:52 PM

 Your job :piss  you

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 22, 2009, 01:52:40 PM

Quote from: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 01:45:52 PM

Your job :piss  you

That's what it sounds like.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Robo on July 22, 2009, 01:55:32 PM

You're shaving years off your life staying at that place.  You could be working full time at Burger King making comparable money and working less with fewer headaches.  If BK says you're overqualified to flip burgers, just direct them to your post in this thread, 'cause you is distinguished mentally-challenged for sticking around as long as you have.  Take off your fucking shit-eating bib and go home.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: GilloD on July 22, 2009, 02:34:49 PM

On the upside, NetBeans>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Notepad++

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 22, 2009, 02:37:01 PM

Are you still at this place, I thought you quit?

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Van Cruncheon on July 22, 2009, 02:38:04 PM

Notepad2, cunnifred, or if you're a man, SourceInsight

better yet, winvi :drool

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 02:43:05 PM

Visual Studio. Or if you're a filthy poor, Visual Studio Express editions.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 22, 2009, 03:06:41 PM

Quote from: Borys on July 22, 2009, 03:03:48 PM

I am sick and tired of your "I H8 MY JOB!" stories.

Change the fucking job already and start posting "I <3 MY JOB!".

Jesus fuck. Kill your boss, rape his daugher, I dunno.

Stomp the secretary's dress.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 03:07:12 PM

Borys seethes with Polish rage.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 03:11:34 PM

Let's talk about my job then.

I work as a web programmer for a company that does work for other companies. Small and medium sized, mostly, with start ups all in the mix. I seemingly get stuck working on start up after start up, and let me tell you... all of their business ideas suck. I don't think I've worked on a start up yet that has survived more than a few months. I took a look today at one we launched about three months ago... not a single sale. Par for the course.

Hey, who am I to complain? They want to waste their money on some dumb idea, more power to them and more job security for me. But it sure would be nice to work on something someone would actually use. It's hard to get motivated when you know it's ultimately a waste of time.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on July 22, 2009, 03:19:00 PM

the start-up I'm at now has been going for over a year now :rock
two top 100 law firms have bought our software for which I wrote 99% of the code :rock

is there a :fingerscrossed smiley?   :chicken

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 03:21:58 PM

I'm usually working on things some dude scribbled down on a napkin while drunk in some bar. No other way these folks could figure these ideas would actually work. I mean, sure, they could work, and I could win the lottery tonight. These usually aren't people with trackrecords of success with other ventures or with an idea that immediately just says "now why didn't I think of that?"

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 03:30:34 PM

One guy's idea was to start a website to facilitate the sale of used textbooks in a marxist economic system. You would list your textbook. Other people would come looking for your textbook and they could buy your contact information. You would then work out the terms of the transfer of the book on your own. The kicker is that you could only sell your book for $50, no matter what the book is or what condition it is in. You have little control over whose contact information you get, either. If there are 100 listings of the same book, you get whatever book has been listed the longest (you can filter by school, that's basically it). The double kicker is that the website only sells you the contact information, so it's not like there is any way to enforce the price limit.

When I first heard the idea, I thought it was a joke. Hasn't this dude heard of eBay? Free markets?

Anyway... not one sale so far.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 22, 2009, 03:33:00 PM

Quote from: Borys on July 22, 2009, 03:29:06 PM

Let's talk about my job then.

I manage data conversion from 3 different legacy systems to Oracle system that will go live in Japan on 1st of October. I talk with Japanese and Italian people on Skype and let me tell you that the japanese know english way, way better than Italians. I work overtime, even did tow Saturdays and half of a Sunday this month.

But hey, I love my jobe. The pay is great, the team is great (gamers :rock).

Sucks to be you GilloD. I only envy you the fact that you work in NY. There's no better place to live and work on earth.

I can imagine some Japanese guy posting on a forum saying
"I love my job but let me tell you that the Italians know English way, way better than the Polish."

spoiler (click to show/hide)

and the polish more than certain Canadians  :'(

[close]

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 03:37:57 PM

Quote from: Kosma on July 22, 2009, 03:30:47 PM

that's one of the worst things I heard in my life. How much did he spend on you guys doing his site?

I'm not privy to the full bill they give some of these people, but I know they bill my hours at $150 per (I sure would love to be paid at that rate), and then there's design time, QA, hosting, and whatever other fees they drop on top of that. It's not cheap.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 22, 2009, 03:41:55 PM

Quote from: Borys on July 22, 2009, 03:35:25 PM

Quote from: Father_Mike on July 22, 2009, 03:33:00 PM

Quote from: Borys on July 22, 2009, 03:29:06 PM

Let's talk about my job then.

I manage data conversion from 3 different legacy systems to Oracle system that will go live in Japan on 1st of October. I talk with Japanese and Italian people on Skype and let me tell you that the japanese know english way, way better than Italians. I work overtime, even did tow Saturdays and half of a Sunday this month.

But hey, I love my jobe. The pay is great, the team is great (gamers :rock).

Sucks to be you GilloD. I only envy you the fact that you work in NY. There's no better place to live and work on earth.

I can imagine some Japanese guy posting on a forum saying
"I love my job but let me tell you that the Italians know English way, way better than the Polish."

spoiler (click to show/hide)

and the polish more than certain Canadians  :'(

[close]

Wow you got me there. Great job Mr A. Nal Cunt.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

What's wrong with the "envy" line? I kinda feel it's incorrect.

[close]

ask Malek.  It could be right but it sounds weird, almost like an ethical dative which hasn't been used in English since like Shakespeare.  I would have wrote envy you because of the fact... 

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bloodwake on July 22, 2009, 03:55:41 PM

Former job: GameStop Game Advisor

Current job: Liquor Store Cashier

lol.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on July 22, 2009, 04:45:57 PM

Quote

I would have wrote

See now me, I would have written.  But hey, different strokes.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: BlueTsunami on July 22, 2009, 04:54:45 PM

Gillo in ten years

(http://i25.tinypic.com/m9r5gl.jpg)

-

(http://i25.tinypic.com/6900ee.jpg)
Bossman: Gillo, I need you to reinstate those PO's

(http://i30.tinypic.com/rgw3mc.jpg)
Gillo: Bu, bu, bu but you told me no PO's. I shpent all weekend coding this program..."

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: tehjaybo on July 22, 2009, 05:06:37 PM

Quote from: BlueTsunami on July 22, 2009, 04:54:45 PM

Gillo in ten years

(http://i25.tinypic.com/m9r5gl.jpg)

-

(http://i25.tinypic.com/6900ee.jpg)
Bossman: Gillo, I need you to reinstate those PO's

(http://i30.tinypic.com/rgw3mc.jpg)
Gillo: Bu, bu, bu but you told me no PO's. I shpent all weekend coding this program..."

 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 05:08:22 PM

They basically have already fixed the glitch in payroll to stop his paycheck. I wonder what the stapler would be in this metaphor? What could they take that would finally push Gillo to torch the place?

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: GilloD on July 22, 2009, 05:13:22 PM

Before I was like. "I'm gonna go get lunch someplace and take a walk in the park". So I order lunch and head out to pick it up. I find myself a shady, beautiful spot under a tree. I unwrap my sammy and go to take my first bite. My phone rings. The warehouse fucked up the file I sent and they need a new one ASAP.

Back to the office.  :lol ???  :bawl

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bocsius on July 22, 2009, 05:17:21 PM

Let the record show that the stapler is not a peaceful lunch.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 22, 2009, 05:17:46 PM

"Because of the fact that" is too wordy.

I only envy you because you live in NY.

Often "the fact fact" can be replaced by a short nominalization, but it would sound awkward here: "I only envy you because of your living in NY."

It works better in other situations:
The fact that she was angry impressed me.
Her anger impressed me.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 22, 2009, 05:43:50 PM

I N V U CUZ U LIV N NYC

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: demi on July 22, 2009, 05:52:51 PM

Quote from: Borys on July 22, 2009, 05:42:28 PM

Malek :bow

English major?

Love Guru

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on July 22, 2009, 06:16:05 PM

So Gillo, has the system reached the state where it's so fucked up nobody but you could possibly figure out how to deal with it?

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: GilloD on July 22, 2009, 06:32:32 PM

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on July 22, 2009, 06:16:05 PM

So Gillo, has the system reached the state where it's so fucked up nobody but you could possibly figure out how to deal with it?

Haha. Sort of? It's well documented. But it deals with so many proprietary systems, that more than figuring out the code, you have to know why it's doing what it's doing

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on July 22, 2009, 07:13:24 PM

At my job today, we spent half a day with people from other branches interpreting some vague directions given by our VP.  The thought of just asking him what he meant never entered in their minds.  I think most, myself included, were just glad that instead of doing real work, we did this instead.  We came up with a vague interpretation and went to lunch.  I came back and then drove around for a couple of hours to see how my projects were going.  I then returned to my office and prepared some accounting for a $50,000 payment we owe a contractor.  I then responded to an e-mail and headed home.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: muckhole on July 22, 2009, 07:56:38 PM

I run my family's business renting cottages in cottage country!

 :heart Nepostism.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 22, 2009, 08:03:15 PM

Quote from: muckhole on July 22, 2009, 07:56:38 PM

I run my family's business renting cottages in cottage country!

 :heart Nepostism.

Sounds like you've built up a nice little cottage industry there.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: muckhole on July 22, 2009, 08:06:45 PM

That was worse than one of my jokes.

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Eel O'Brian on July 22, 2009, 08:23:42 PM

Someone left a bag of old T-shirts in the apartment I was painting today, so I cut them all into work rags with my razor knife. 

Title: Re: Today @ Work: Episode 778467834673463
Post by: Bildi on July 22, 2009, 08:26:54 PM

I got a good payrise today.  Ho hum.