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(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:16, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
It's like light pollution
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:19, Reply)
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:18, Reply)
apparently giving "no, don't be so bloody stupid" as an answer often offends.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:21, Reply)
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He is not a man known for changing his mind. They can do so if they wish, but I'm not going to pretend they have any chance of changing the status quo.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:31, Reply)
Seriously we're gonna have to have a serious chat at your annual review
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:24, Reply)
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:28, Reply)
They're not used to people saying 'no' to them.
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(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:32, Reply)
You ask them a question about whether or not you can do something, and rather than actually thinking about what the problem is and whether or not a solution to that problem can be provided they only look at the exact question asked and say "no it can't be done".
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:26, Reply)
before consulting his mate on his mobile.
Useless.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:30, Reply)
but it's usually because companies are usually run by accountants and sales people who look at IT and just see costs. They certainly don't want to "waste" money employing people that actually know what they're doing, because it costs.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:33, Reply)
now get me a sandwich and a diet coke. naked.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:21, Reply)
You are just a box we stand on to reach for the stars
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but they facilitate the bringing in of money by other departments.
Oil doesn't make my car run, but I know it wouldn't get very bloody far if I didn't have any in my engine at all.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:33, Reply)
a great big smelly DRAIN
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:34, Reply)
how do you personally attract new clients to your firm? Standing outside with a sandwich board?
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:35, Reply)
it's absolutely no stretch at all to say that she wouldn't have a job bringing in money if there wasn't an IT guy holding her hand and showing her how to make her emails look pretty.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:38, Reply)
I make money because I advise on the law and commercial solutions.
frequently I am prevented from turning this around in a timely fashion because the computer has broken. or the server has gone down. blah blah.
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existing contacts
referrals from existing clients/managing agents/surveyors etc
articles that I've written or cases I've acted on that have been in the press
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:43, Reply)
but it wouldn't be any more true than saying to an IT bod "you wouldn't have a job if I could work out how to turn my monitor on".
Our jobs aren't dependant on spastics.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:35, Reply)
but it's got to be a part of the spec, no?
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:42, Reply)
Doesn't stop them ringing.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:43, Reply)
Pass all their stupid enquiries to the head of that section.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:44, Reply)
It's go me something of a, er, reputation.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:49, Reply)
We brought in almost £1 million quid last year
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:34, Reply)
your facts have no place here amongst our grudges and prejudices
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:35, Reply)
as it's been my experience that you people have lost the common sense you were born with at roughly the same rate as you have taken in cocaine.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:30, Reply)
is spastics who don't know how to work a computer.
(, Mon 18 Nov 2013, 12:26, Reply)
I'd actually be free to concentrate on improving things.
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