Things I Am Not Allowed To Do At Work, Part 5

[delta_mike]

( Previously. Recap: University sysadmin.)

• Install signs of any description next to the building's motorized rotating doors.
• ... Especially labels that read, "It is perfectly safe to walk through this device."
• ... Especially when the label can only be read after stepping inside.
• Grief the undergraduates on the Minecraft server they're running on one

Comments

[trayce]

You know what I love about this comm? I'm on both this, and customers_suck, the latter of which no one is apparently allowed to pwn customers on (zorroing as they call it).

Fuk that crap. I will <3 this comm til the day I die for its honest, open bullshit-calling-detector algoritm! \o/

[delta_mike]

While I might give the (not wholly incorrect) impression of being able to always speak my mind, the choice of whether to use tact, snark or both when interacting with a user should be made with care.

[jecook]

THIS. Oh, so very much THIS.

One of our level 1 support drones, at the last department meeting which had the CFO as a guest speaker, pulled a 'ONTD'* moment which had pretty much the entire IT management*** alternating between laughing their asses off, or wanting to duct tape the schmuck's mouth shut.

* 'Oh no they didn't!'**
** ... which was talking about things like adding the support group to the tip pool, some limited discussions about how much money they are getting compared to others****, amongst other tomfoolery.
*** along with the rest of us in the network and apps groups.
**** dunno about some places of work, but discussing how much one's salary is with co-workers is forbidden by our company policy, if not good taste.

[trayce]

Ah perhaps I wasn't clear - I meant, on the LJ comm itself, not in one's actual job. Certainly, acting professionally at work is always #1 priority :)

[cai1987]

Use the Justice Field episode of Red Dwarf as a model for how best to educate / punish users that try to do evil things. Such as wipe another user's home directory..

Why not? That's just...gah!

[siliconshaman]

I must try that screensaver trick...

Note to self, must add another item to my list of things not to do: stop using lists like this as a source of inspiration.

[kizayaen]

Odd, that's precisely the screensaver I habitually install on my machines...

[dave_iii]

I miss my After Dark 4.0 Flying Toasters screen saver. There is a home brew one that works on Win7 but it's not the same.

♪♫...Flying out of the sun, the smell of toast is in the air...
When there's a job to be done, the Flying Toasters will be there!...♪♫

[jecook]

Yes. The After dark screensavers were just plain awesome.

[taeraresh]

...and it's flap! flap! flap! Now help is on the way. This victory song they sing! We pop up to save the day, on Mighty Toast-er Wings!