Nothing worse than...

98EXL · Jul 17, 2008

david_42 said:
Or driving a couple hours on a Saturday night to resolve a "Level A" problem (6 hour resolution), only to find out the idiot that called in the problem had changed the locks on the building & hadn't set new keys to the main office. Got him out of bed at 1 a.m. to let us into the building. He wanted to downgrade to a Level B (48 hours), but I pointed out that a Level A HAD to be resolved, it could not be downgraded. So, he drives over, lets me in and I push the reset on the building's router.

He bitched to my Senior VP, who told him the problem wasn't even a Level B and he shouldn't have called it in in the first place. And next time he made security changes without keep our group current, he would be looking for a new job.

Monday was good.

that just made me happy

McKBrew · Jul 17, 2008

To me late night calls (for people who aren't on call) are always a sign that something bad has happened. A friend called the house at 11PM last night. Emergency...... NO.

Him: "Hey, I got an extra ticket to the Dark Knight starting at midnight, are you interested."

Me (to him): "No, I need some sleep"

Me: (Inside voice) Dammit, I can't believe that ****** waited until 11PM to call me about a fricken movie ticket. What, did someone knock on his door at 10:59 and give him an extra ticket?

Revvy · Jul 17, 2008

McKBrew said:
To me late night calls (for people who aren't on call) are always a sign that something bad has happened. A friend called the house at 11PM last night. Emergency...... NO.

Him: "Hey, I got an extra ticket to the Dark Knight starting at midnight, are you interested."

Me (to him): "No, I need some sleep"

Me: (Inside voice) Dammit, I can't believe that ****** waited until 11PM to call me about a fricken movie ticket. What, did someone knock on his door at 10:59 and give him an extra ticket?

You know you've crossed over into some threshold of responsible abulthood when you don't just jump out of bed, throw on whatever clothes are lying on the floor and head off to the movie...I knew I reached that stage when I found myself buying a vacuum cleaner on my birthday....Growing up sucks bongwater sometimes, eh?

Orfy · Jul 17, 2008

Revvy said:
You know you've crossed over into some threshold of responsible abulthood when you don't just jump out of bed, throw on whatever clothes are lying on the floor and head off to the movie...I knew I reached that stage when I found myself buying a vacuum cleaner on my birthday....Growing up sucks bongwater sometimes, eh?

Not as bad as buying SWMBO a vacuum cleaner for her birthday!

She was NOT impressed.

McKBrew · Jul 17, 2008

Revvy said:
You know you've crossed over into some threshold of responsible abulthood when you don't just jump out of bed, throw on whatever clothes are lying on the floor and head off to the movie...I knew I reached that stage when I found myself buying a vacuum cleaner on my birthday....Growing up sucks bongwater sometimes, eh?

Yeah, I think this is a totally different discussion but I'm with you. I shouldn't get excited about things like buying a new washer, or appliance (except maybe a big screen TV), nor should I admit that I like my wife's Honda Odyssey and it's actually somewhat fun to drive. My priorities aren't what they used to be.