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| Early Thirsty! |
I am one thirsty hologram! The last time I was this thirsty, I had been uploaded into Seven's body. I had 5 glasses of champagne that day and quickly learned that Seven's physiology does not handle synthehol all that well. Ahh... memories!
But as much as I would like to talk about what it was like to be inside of Jeri Ryan, I will save that for another blog.
Q: Can you share some tricks for restraining IT? The story about the buffet and classroom that had been trashed kind of disturbed me a bit. I'm thinking that these guys need to be restrained somehow. Have you ever needed to call security on them?
A:
(as politely as possible)
ReplyDeleteCan we cool it with the 3rd-run Star Trek references?
(as politely as possible)
ReplyDeleteNo.
I'm not a Trekkie but I like them better than constant references to basketweaving.
ReplyDeleteIs Fab drunk or something? This post is formatted quite poorly. Am I a bad sort for noting that? I mean, the posts usually look so good. Where's the thirsty graphic? Have the wheels come off?
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm in a bad mood. Sorry, Fab. You've done a nice job of creating some continuity in things, but it's probably just me today.
@Reg and everyone else...
ReplyDeleteThe sloppy format was my fault. I was trying to get Blogger to display Early Thirsty! under the picture. It worked on the form but did not post that way on the website.
My apologies!
EMH. When you do the photo, just click on "caption," and you can put text right underneath the photo. This works only if you're logging in at draft.blogger.com, which is the defacto and current best-use blogger page.
ReplyDeleteUnless it's Kirk, it's all shit.
ReplyDeleteIT people hate personal confrontation because they are all geeks with no social skills. Also, since they aren't working in industry and industry won't hire them, they don't know shit about IT and they know they don't know shit. Anyone who knows more than they do (which is almost all of us) or even pretends to know more scares the hell out of them and they back down immediately.
ReplyDeleteOkay, between plagiarism policies and IT, you guys are beginning to convince me that my job really isn't that bad (which it isn't, in some ways, but it really could disappear some day, or become entirely economically unfeasible -- which seems closer at the moment -- and I need to keep that in mind, and act accordingly, which means that seeing the grass as potentially greener elsewhere isn't a bad thing).
ReplyDeleteOur IT folks are really quite competent (as opposed to the folks who created Blackholeboard, and some of our other software, but that's another story). They answer questions quickly and competently, and they don't barge in in the middle of meetings, classes, etc. (though they do occasionally ask, politely, if they could slip in during the 15 minutes between classes and accomplish something, which is fine by me, since they seem to have a pretty good grasp on what tasks actually take 15 minutes or fewer). They do occasionally schedule outages at inconvenient times (not that there are any entirely convenient ones), but relent when bombarded by distressed emails. And they're pretty good on the social niceties, too; in fact, some of them are quite gregarious. I'm not sure how we got such good ones, especially since there are plenty of other employers in the area. We are a relatively young university, and tend to invest in cutting-edge tech, so maybe that's a draw. Maybe the fact that they can pick up an additional degree without cost through tuition reimbursement from a school that has some pretty good programs in their field helps? Or maybe we pay them decently? The money sure isn't going to the faculty, but that's another story.