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

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Q. G. Pennyworth

#240
October 17, 2013, 03:15:20 PM
Is that the sweet sound of competence I hear?

The Good Reverend Roger

#241
October 17, 2013, 03:17:20 PM
Quote from: Q. G. Pennyworth on October 17, 2013, 03:15:20 PM
Is that the sweet sound of competence I hear?

YES.  And enthusiasm.  I don't know what to do.


So I'm just going to let him do his thing.
" 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

#242
October 17, 2013, 03:19:02 PM
Leav it alone, and back away slowly.  He's probably wired the office with nanobot grenades.

The Good Reverend Roger

#243
October 17, 2013, 04:42:56 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 17, 2013, 03:19:02 PM
Leav it alone, and back away slowly.  He's probably wired the office with nanobot grenades.

I'm okay 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.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#244
October 17, 2013, 05:27:31 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 17, 2013, 03:11:11 PM
So, somewhere along the line, I more or less forgot about TKN's existence.  I noticed him this morning, behind a giant stack of manuals.  I asked him what he's been up to, and he said "Well, I finished everything you gave me, so I just went ahead and started documenting all that spaghetti code from Mitsubishi." (There's hundreds of pages of this stuff, all undocumented)

:eek:

"How much have you completed?"

"About 80% of it.  Um, is that fast enough?"

:eek:

"You're doing just fine, kid.  You just keep doing what you're doing."

It's  like a miracle!
"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

#245
October 17, 2013, 05:28:50 PM
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 17, 2013, 05:27:31 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 17, 2013, 03:11:11 PM
So, somewhere along the line, I more or less forgot about TKN's existence.  I noticed him this morning, behind a giant stack of manuals.  I asked him what he's been up to, and he said "Well, I finished everything you gave me, so I just went ahead and started documenting all that spaghetti code from Mitsubishi." (There's hundreds of pages of this stuff, all undocumented)

:eek:

"How much have you completed?"

"About 80% of it.  Um, is that fast enough?"

:eek:

"You're doing just fine, kid.  You just keep doing what you're doing."

It's  like a miracle!

Well, he's 24 years old, lucked into a lucrative job right out of school, and genuinely loves his work.

Boy, is HE in the wrong place.   :lulz:
" 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

#246
October 17, 2013, 05:58:00 PM
I dispair the day when he finally gets Tucsoned.

The Good Reverend Roger

#247
October 17, 2013, 06:00:57 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 17, 2013, 05:58:00 PM
I dispair the day when he finally gets Tucsoned.

Oh, he already has.  You'd have to meet the guy to understand why I say that.  He walks around all day in stark horror, for what appear to be very vague reasons.  Like he'd taken a cab to work, and the cabbie turned around an announced the new final solution or something.
" 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

#248
October 18, 2013, 04:13:21 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 17, 2013, 06:00:57 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 17, 2013, 05:58:00 PM
I dispair the day when he finally gets Tucsoned.

Oh, he already has.  You'd have to meet the guy to understand why I say that.  He walks around all day in stark horror, for what appear to be very vague reasons.  Like he'd taken a cab to work, and the cabbie turned around an announced the new final solution or something.

Intelligence level is roughly equal to horrified level these days, I think.
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

The Good Reverend Roger

#249
October 21, 2013, 04:44:46 PM
My fucking desk is acting up again.  My CD ROM drive on my computer keeps popping out, and I swear I can hear sloshing noises from the file drawer on the left side of my desk, where my predecessors kept their whiskey bottles.  Mike has 3 major capital projects going on, and he's outraged that I won't take care of them for him and leave him all the credit, while making sure to suck up all the blame.

Well, fuck that.  This ain't my first rodeo.  Not touching that shit with a ten foot pole.  Mike can take a swing at project management for once.

Another set of endless meetings to attend, ought to gobble up most of my day.

What would make this day PERFECT would be for Cramulus to peddle through on his unicycle, announcing the start of the American Autocracy with a bullhorn.  And maybe getting prank-called by LMNO when he's been into the absinthe.

Fuck this place.  No, seriously. 
" 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

#250
October 21, 2013, 04:46:58 PM
Well hell, I already feel like crap, so why not?


I'll be at the bar.

The Good Reverend Roger

#251
October 21, 2013, 04:47:21 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 21, 2013, 04:46:58 PM
Well hell, I already feel like crap, so why not?


I'll be at the bar.

I was considering that very idea.
" 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.

The Good Reverend Roger

#252
October 21, 2013, 04:53:22 PM
But I'm not going to, because once you take a booze break from this place, well, I may as well just stick a bottle in the drawer where AJ kept his, because once you START, how could you STOP?
" 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.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#253
October 21, 2013, 05:05:45 PM
I used to work with people who would get beers during their lunch. I tried it once and then I was all, oh my god this SUCKS! Working with even the smallest amount of alcohol in my system is kind of nightmarish.
"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

#254
October 21, 2013, 05:06:18 PM
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 21, 2013, 05:05:45 PM
I used to work with people who would get beers during their lunch. I tried it once and then I was all, oh my god this SUCKS! Working with even the smallest amount of alcohol in my system is kind of nightmarish.

I quit a job because all the other electricians would have 6 beer lunches.
" 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.
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