Category: work
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Too Secure
I’m really looking forward to using my secure access device for everything during my upcoming servicing rotation.
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Tech Names
Just think, this could happen to “Geoff” depending on where you fall on the gif/jif pronunciation spectrum. Or should I say: Geoff/Jeff?
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The Only Way
There’s a mild Catch-22 about it, too, because you have to know what’s in the report to file the review, but you can’t see the report until the review is approved, so…
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No Explanations Given
Those couple hours in the morning before anyone else shows up are nice and quiet and productive. And I get to drive to work at a time when there’s no bad traffic. (Unfortunately, at this time of year, it is apparently also a time that robins are swooping across the highway.)
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Ask Your Manager
There are definitely times when being a manager is more stressful than not. See also: review season in general.
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The Internet Is Down
Even more than when I made this comic, basically everything I do for work involves connecting to a remote resource. And while I now have a laptop that can run off of a battery, when my power (and thus internet) went out this week while working from home, there wasn’t much I could do and…
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Already Cold
Someone set the thermostat in my current office space higher a while back, and now sometimes I don’t even need my lap blanket! I imagine someone might feel too hot at some point, though, and it’ll have to go back down to a more standard office compromise temperature. Then it might be time to finally…
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How Did They Not Know?
I guess I can’t complain that they didn’t realize when we didn’t realize it either, but it feels like it should have been easier for the customer to have this epiphany.
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How Did We Not Know?
The good and bad news is that it was an issue that would only happen for this specific customer’s uncommon configuration, and something only they could control and fix. There were people who were aware of this issue, but those specific people weren’t on the call during the night, and those of us that were…