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Inspirational or a waste of precious slacking-off time? I once went on a buzzword bingo-laden training course which ended up with my being held at gunpoint in public. Could have gone better, to be honest. Tell us your tales from either side of the lectern

(, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 15:01)
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I once had a gig teaching council workers the basics of Microsoft Office
One woman arrived late and I could tell she didn't want to be there (I could also tell that the others didn't want her there either).
She sat in front of her monitor and saw her chance "Oh these are them new-fangled montiors (they were LCD) - I can't work with these they flicker too much - I need a usual monitor - I can't work with this - I'm off" and she left.
I didn't bother arguing that CRTs flicker a lot more than LCDs and let her go.
(, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 15:10, 1 reply)
When LCD screens first came out, they were pricey
perhaps 2 to 3x the price of a crt monitor. At the time, I worked for an NGO with limited funds to help underserved in rural Pacific communities.

One of the resident entitlement princesses decided she wanted an LCD screen and tried to use the US ADA (disabilities act) to force us to buy one for her.

She presented a generic letter from her uncle, a ..um.. GP, really, stating that a high refresh rate was necessary to keep her eyesight from deteriorating. Right. True for everyone in the sighted population, as is prevention of aging.

I checked the specs, got tech confirmation that anything with a refresh rate better than 75Hz was considered flicker free, and told her we'd get that for her. Her move. She was in a huff but Uncle wouldn't get more specific.

15 years later, she's moved on through several other jobs and still doesn't need glasses. Some people!
(, Tue 20 Mar 2012, 18:03, closed)
Something missing from that.
Why was she in a huff?
(, Wed 21 Mar 2012, 8:25, closed)

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