From the Desk of TGRR; Corporate Life in the 21st Century (blog)

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, August 21, 2013, 05:12:59 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Facemeat on September 05, 2013, 04:00:19 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2013, 03:48:47 AM
Quote from: V3X on September 05, 2013, 03:46:04 AM
We really should find a way to merge our two companies.

Might be a plan.

Today, Tiny Killer Neckbeard and Filipe started building some software monster that they won't tell me about. 

"Go and do boss things, vato, we're doin' stuff."  <--- Felipe, providing a good example to the kid on how to behave in our department.

Meh.  I'll see it when it hatches, I guess.

THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD.  :lulz:

It was a slow day, and they were having fun, and apparently being as creative as hell.  It's probably going to be useful.

Who the hell would interfere with THAT?

If it's useful, I'm putting a nice letter in their files.  People being useful while having fun are a treasure.

Also, I approve of the attitude.  FUCK OFF, WE'RE DOING SCIENCE!

What's really awesome about this is that Filipe hates EVERYONE, and he's totally taken TKN under his wing.  And if you're interested, this is the Filipe I wrote into LDW and LOBB.  Which he loves.  He keeps bugging me to know how he's gonna get killed THIS time.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Bu🤠ns

After the day I had today, reading through this thread is EXACTLY what I needed.  From reading this, I've realized that not only is this...

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 21, 2013, 08:49:10 PM

Doktor Howl's 1st Law:  Everything is funny when it happens to someone else.

Doktor Howl's 2nd Law:  It's still funny when it happens to you.


...100% true but that I have truly discovered that my job is a goldmine of hilarity.  I realize that it really is goddamn funny and I don't have to wait till later to laugh my fucking ass off.

Oh and I'll be putting this...

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 21, 2013, 10:47:59 PM
Outlook isn't working on my computer.

I called IT.

IT told me to send an email so I'd get put in queue.

I told them I can't, because my email doesn't work.

They told me that this is the new policy, and politely hung up on me.

Not shitting you.  This day actually happened.

...in my back pocket for later.   :evil:

I can't wait to hear more, especially about this mysterious neckbeard robot ninja.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2013, 04:05:42 AM
Quote from: Facemeat on September 05, 2013, 04:00:19 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2013, 03:48:47 AM
Quote from: V3X on September 05, 2013, 03:46:04 AM
We really should find a way to merge our two companies.

Might be a plan.

Today, Tiny Killer Neckbeard and Filipe started building some software monster that they won't tell me about. 

"Go and do boss things, vato, we're doin' stuff."  <--- Felipe, providing a good example to the kid on how to behave in our department.

Meh.  I'll see it when it hatches, I guess.

THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD.  :lulz:

It was a slow day, and they were having fun, and apparently being as creative as hell.  It's probably going to be useful.

Who the hell would interfere with THAT?

If it's useful, I'm putting a nice letter in their files.  People being useful while having fun are a treasure.

Also, I approve of the attitude.  FUCK OFF, WE'RE DOING SCIENCE!

What's really awesome about this is that Filipe hates EVERYONE, and he's totally taken TKN under his wing.  And if you're interested, this is the Filipe I wrote into LDW and LOBB.  Which he loves.  He keeps bugging me to know how he's gonna get killed THIS time.

OH WOW SWEET MERCIFUL

This is going to lead DIRECTLY to the future, I hope you understand that.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

I have been previously told that I am personally responsible for the future, in which case all I have to say is I'm really really sorry.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Facemeat on September 05, 2013, 06:34:14 AM
I have been previously told that I am personally responsible for the future, in which case all I have to say is I'm really really sorry.

NOT YET, GIVE IT TIME.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

tarod


The Good Reverend Roger

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Anna Mae Bollocks

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2013, 04:23:00 PM
Quote from: tarod on September 05, 2013, 04:10:01 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2013, 03:47:05 AM
Quote from: tarod on September 05, 2013, 12:39:43 AM
A normal person would be about here:   :enough:

Fuck that shit, I'm in HEAVEN.

I said normal didn't I?  :lulz:

NOTHING
WRONG
WITH ME

SOMETHING'S
GOT TO
GIVE
LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR
LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR
LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2013, 02:51:45 PM
Quote from: Facemeat on September 05, 2013, 06:34:14 AM
I have been previously told that I am personally responsible for the future, in which case all I have to say is I'm really really sorry.

NOT YET, GIVE IT TIME.

:lulz:
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


The Good Reverend Roger

Filthy Assistant suspended for insubordination.

He apparently took issue with the idea that he reports to me again, and came in my office announcing How Things Were Going To Be.  Which is to say, he would tell me, and I would issue the official orders.  No shit, he really said that.

I held up a printout of the org chart.  I turned it upside down and made a frowny face while shaking my head.  I turned it right side up and smiled while nodding.  I put it back down.

At this point, Jim walks into my office behind him while he screechs profanity at me and called my mother's past into question.

It took him a good 5 or 6 seconds to realize why I was laughing so hard.

In any case, we all had a nice chat, in which it was decided that FA would take 3 days off without pay to rest, and that when he came back, he had ZERO input on how things were going to get done, and how he would simply make sure that the parts are in on time, and that the contractors have been scheduled.  And that this is ALL he will do.

If looks could kill, I would be a slowly settling pink mist.

I'm comfortable with that.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Anna Mae Bollocks

Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

LMNO


The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on September 05, 2013, 10:22:36 PM
TENTATIVE VICTORY.

I like my job, but I don't base my personhood on it.  If I were fired tomorrow, I'd be okay.  The world wouldn't end.

So I always win.  Even if nobody loses.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO


The Good Reverend Roger

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.