Minor Rant Thread part 7

[legume]

My own minor rant is also employment-related, and involves the (hah!) "helpdesk" in the IT Department at work. You know, the people you ring and say to in tones of ineffable weariness:

'It's crashed again. I was right in the middle of a spreadsheet. What's wrong with it NOW?! You know, I don't want to sound negative, but that's the third time today and I've just lost an hour's work.'

...silence....

'Hello? Are you listening? Are you still there?"

"Yeah......."

.....silence.....

"So, what's the problem with my laptop then? Are you going to give me any ideas, or shall we just sit here together enjoying some quality silence some more?"

"Errr..... have you recently updated your digital doo-dah enhancer"?

"No! What the hell is that anyway? My laptop hasn't got one!"

"Errrrr...... have you tried switching it off and back on again.'

"Oh yeah, that'll solve it. Tell me something sonny, if my car broke down would you suggest that everybody got out and got back in again? Do you think that would fix it?"

"Errr... what?"

"Oh, for f......!' click, brrrrrrrrr

Seriously, I've never come across any institution that is less helpful than the helpdesk. (And I never did get my spreadsheet back).

[bubblewrap]

We have our own technical support team in the Bubblewrap household we just shout up stairs & call down Madderbats son he's good & it's FREE.

[Glutton4...]

Been there, Legume! Got into the habit of pressing 'save' every minute, so I didn't have to keep redoing things.

[bubblewrap]

I know it's only seven A.M. but it's pitch black & cold.
It will not be light enough to go for by mornings walk for at least an hour.(allotment not possible to wet)
Roll on May/June when I can be out there digging at six(or earlier.)

I HATE WINTER.

[bubblewrap]

Went down the allotment half an hour ago still 3" of snow on it & only one other person been on the site since Friday as there was only one set of footprints in the snow.

Footprints in the Snow / Des pas sur la neige - Claude Debussy - YouTube

[VirginVegGrower]

Damned dog has had my sausage sandwich!

[zazen999]

Trying to find slippers that suit.

[VirginVegGrower]

Damned dog has had my sausage sandwich!

gettin' tole off cuss i eated mummiz sosidges X rooty the dog

[Incy]

sick males.......

[cardiffsteve]

If it wasn't bad enough that the neighbourhood cats cr@p in our garden we now have next doors dog cr@pping in our garden.
And when we told them about it they stopped talking to us.

[Piggle]

i have been asleep for 48 hours and have missed the weekend - it's now monday again ( nearly!)

[bubblewrap]

i have been asleep for 48 hours and have missed the weekend - it's now monday again ( nearly!)

You missed the Martian invasion then?

[julesapple]

Been to the doctors this morning. Got told off. He doesn't like the way we've lowered our cholesterol levels. Mine is 4.0 and the BH's 4.9. We've both lost weight we really needed to shift, we both feel very healthy and energised. My hypothyroidism is under control and most importantly, the BH's blood glucose levels are never above 5.0 mmol. We've done this on a low carb high fat diet. We don't even eat as much fat as some of the Ultra Low Carbers we know. We've told him to stuff off, basically.

When he knows what the bloomin' heck he's talking about then he can lecture us. BTW he was at least five stone overweight......and he stank of cigarettes.

[Feral007]

Oh Jules, I hate it when people go on about things, and they are so unhealthy themselves!

Insurance companies, money hungry things, and stupidity. I'd really like to see some common decency and caring about others. And I really don't care about much 4 days out from the markets. Just turn up fgs and it will all work out, I'm still picking up animals, and I've a million other things to worry about.
Come along and have a good time, or just plain shut up! So there!

[Two_Sheds]

so I went down to my local library, where I know people. Where people know me. Where some of the children in my school hang out. To collect my ordered book, but the woman behind the desk can't find it. So she YELLS the title * across the library to her colleague.

All I could say was "a little louder, maybe?" A little discretion wouldn't have gone amiss.



* it's for research. I'm just glad it wasn't "STDs in the teaching profession" or something