Oct. 30th, 2002 12:11 pm
Kvetchin' Korner
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muckefuckThis has been one of those weeks where I actually earn my salary instead of just sitting here comfortably on my ass collecting it.
I hate those.
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monshu calls it "being nibbled away at", when one person after another comes by with a petty problem that you can ignore because, darnit, you wanted to be the one in charge. But, every once in a while, there's a request so jaw-droppingly idiotic that it makes you stop and cackle at the absurdity of it all. Very refreshing!
There's an employee who followed me here from my previous place of employment. Her "qualifications" are a joke; there, we called her la Vache or "the cow" for her bovine stupidity. But she's actually topped herself: She came to me and asked, "If I wanted to create a document in Excel, how do I do it? It's a question so basic, I didn't even know where to start. "I didn't see it on my computer," she added. I followed her back to her PC and asked, "So, you didn't see it under the 'Start' menu?" And she replied, "Oh, I didn't look there. That would be a good idea." So what she meant was that she didn't see a shortcut to Excel on the desktop and she had no idea what to do next. Now I know that my reply should've been, "Well, first you take your HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS!"
She is considered, by the standards of the profession, to be a "professional". Well, if I just stopped messing around and got my degree, I too could be as smart as her!
I hate those.
monshu calls it "being nibbled away at", when one person after another comes by with a petty problem that you can ignore because, darnit, you wanted to be the one in charge. But, every once in a while, there's a request so jaw-droppingly idiotic that it makes you stop and cackle at the absurdity of it all. Very refreshing!There's an employee who followed me here from my previous place of employment. Her "qualifications" are a joke; there, we called her la Vache or "the cow" for her bovine stupidity. But she's actually topped herself: She came to me and asked, "If I wanted to create a document in Excel, how do I do it? It's a question so basic, I didn't even know where to start. "I didn't see it on my computer," she added. I followed her back to her PC and asked, "So, you didn't see it under the 'Start' menu?" And she replied, "Oh, I didn't look there. That would be a good idea." So what she meant was that she didn't see a shortcut to Excel on the desktop and she had no idea what to do next. Now I know that my reply should've been, "Well, first you take your HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS!"
She is considered, by the standards of the profession, to be a "professional". Well, if I just stopped messing around and got my degree, I too could be as smart as her!