What Are You Doing Right Now
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Feeling a tad rough this morning, looking forward to my coffee
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@thanksaj said:
Also, had a job interview this morning which I nailed! I was quite proud of myself...
I thought that you started a new job yesterday??
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@thanksaj said:
About to head to Panera's for lunch!
Ah, the famous "Bread Bread" store.
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Getting caught up, there were a lot of posts since last night!!
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Seems like a slow day today. Where is everyone?
Just had awesome Thai food for lunch. Team lunch today. And I get dinner with Loggly tonight!
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Sorry, been busy today. Thursday, always seems to be a busy day in the office.
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Munching a sandwich and plotting the deaths of my enemies
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@MattSpeller said:
Munching a sandwich and plotting the deaths of my enemies
You've been doing that a lot recently.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@MattSpeller said:
Munching a sandwich and plotting the deaths of my enemies
You've been doing that a lot recently.
When your enemies are a horribly bottlenecked 100mbit lan, no money and scant resources it takes a lot of plotting to get anything done.
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How the heck do you have a FastEthernet LAN?
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@scottalanmiller 100% donated networking gear from HP. Which was super nice of them! But this stuff was old when we got it and it's not getting any better.
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To top that off, the company I work for does not own the gear. It gets more convoluted from there.
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If there are any networking gear sales reps out there who want to do something super cool again for a not for profit.....
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@MattSpeller said:
To top that off, the company I work for does not own the gear. It gets more convoluted from there.
Wow
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So last night I found out that I have two famous relatives that I did not know about.
One is Abraham Oberholtzer, better known as Abraham Oberholt, the face on the bottle of Old Oberholt Straight Rye Whiskey made by Jim Beam.
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The other is Henry Clay Frick. The man who ran Carnegie Steel and founded the Pennsylvania Railroad! I've actually been to one of his museums.
He was my second cousin.
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@scottalanmiller well that.... Frickin' cool?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
Also, had a job interview this morning which I nailed! I was quite proud of myself...
I thought that you started a new job yesterday??
I did, but I wanted to keep this one open as a possibility for the future, and I'd scheduled the interview before I'd taken Staples. I went knowing I wouldn't take the job but they don't know that. I figure I'll end up there in a year or two.
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Gotcha, that's cool then.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Gotcha, that's cool then.
Basically, I need a win right now in my life, and I know I can get that for a certainty at Staples. Interestingly enough, I'm walking into a war zone at Staples. My general manager hired me directly against the wishes of one of the assistant managers, who seems to view me as a major threat. However, nobody likes that manager (and I mean nobody).
I was just in the store and a guy needed help and someone who works there walked right by him without helping. So he approached me, even though I wasn't in uniform. I started to work with him, which I didn't mind. The manager who doesn't like me quite rudely butted in and took over, which I didn't mind except the way he did it. Then he got all pissy about how he couldn't have me helping customers and how I wasn't his employee when I told him "well, starting tomorrow, I kinda am..." and he got REALLY quiet, like "I'm going to kill you in your sleep" quiet.
I went and grabbed food and then hung with the two other people who have been at that store longer than anyone else (besides the GM) who I've worked with for years before. The GM came back with one of the biggest smiles on his face and simply said "boy, is he pissed". We all started cracking up.
I've tried calming things down with this manager but I guess he's already on thin ice as it is. The GM told him that as a manager he really can't have him (the assistant manager) working on computers and he claimed he's way faster at fixing them than I am. My general manager is not technical at all and even he knew that was a crock. My GM explained to him that he hired me because they need people and they need someone who is reliable and good at what they do. That's why I was rehired.
I start again tomorrow at 2PM EST. They currently have an EasyTech Expert but he moves to Michigan (sounds like pretty close to the area @FiyaFly lives in) in April, so April 11 is his last day. I have already basically told my GM that I am expecting the job after he leaves, which I'm pretty sure won't be an issue. I'll have about two months to prove myself again, which won't be an issue.
I'm excited to be back there, and probably way more excited than I should be, but I really did like the job and I was damn good at it. So, here's to new beginnings! raises glass
