NNNNGAAAAH.
Sorry, I know I've not been on here for a while, but I need to vent before I make a head-shaped hole in my desk. I have just had the following conversation with a colleague:
Colleague: I think I need to get a dongle because the wireless signal's really weak in my room.
Crow: But your laptop's already got a wireless receiver in it, surely?
Co: Yes.
Crow: You can't solve the problem by sticking extra aerials onto it. Have you thought about getting a repeater to boost the signal?
Co: I don't see how that would help.
Cr: Well, it's designed to pick up your weak wireless signal and re-broadcast it.
Co: I am not sure how well that would work though
Cr: Why not?
Co: Well if the signal is weak how will it be able to rebroadcast it any better?
Cr: Because that's what it's designed to do.
Co: But the signal in my room is as weak as you can have before it cuts out, and in fact it cuts out a lot while i use it...
Cr: But that's the whole point. It's designed to receive a weak signal and boost it. It's much more sensitive than your wireless card.
Co: I'm not sure how well it would work though...
This has been going on for a good ten minutes now. Oh fucking hell she's whinging about her boyfriend again now. What a fucking great way to start a morning....

On a lighter note, Monts, thank you again for that tip-off about the Santana doc. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 11:18, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

punch her in the throat

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 11:20, Reply)

Unfortunately my IM program doesn't have a button for that...

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 11:23, Reply)

Someone should invent a "punch in the throat" smilie

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 11:26, Reply)

suggest something really stupid that she would believe
like wrapping her laptop in tinfoil
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 11:26, Reply)

I like this course of action.

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Some people are beyond help. Say to her:
"Fine, go buy your dongle. When that doesn't work, which it won't, then do what I tell you. You can thank me for solving the problem for you at the same time as kicking yourself for being a dick".

I'm well-liked at my work.
( Kroney, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 11:27, Reply)

And I thought your rapport with your colleagues had improved after you stopped stockpiling your turds in the communal fridge...

(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 20 Jun 2011, 11:30, Reply)