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Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#1926: Apr 16th 2014 at 8:42:46 PM

You never know, they might be hoping to find coverage against acts of the gods.

When ordering contact lenses?

edited 16th Apr '14 8:44:57 PM by Nocturna

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#1927: Apr 16th 2014 at 8:58:04 PM

...Uh, I got nothing. (You'd think they'd know that all the good soothsayers are blind.)

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
tdgoodrich1 R.I.P 2 My Youth from Atlanta Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
R.I.P 2 My Youth
#1928: Apr 16th 2014 at 9:09:31 PM

I was thinking something about Oracle. Maybe they want your Solaris license number?

"Polite life will fill you full of cancer." - Iggy Pop "I've seen the future, brother, it is murder." -Leonard Cohen
jedimaster91 Professional Nerd from In my world Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Professional Nerd
#1929: Apr 17th 2014 at 6:42:42 AM

So, I'm subbing at a different location this week. It's outpatient, which means it's almost like a vacation compared to working at the hospital. Unfortunately, it turned into a real vacation when my one scanner went down. In the middle of an exam. Two days ago. And still no ETA on when a repair tech can come look at it, let alone when it might be fixed. And yet boss lady keeps having me order (expensive) radiotracers and not blocking the schedule "just in case" the camera magically gets fixed. So I keep having to call patients to reschedule them or get them on at other locations.

edited 17th Apr '14 6:45:22 AM by jedimaster91

Just once more to the breech, dear friend, once more.
Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#1930: Apr 17th 2014 at 4:00:00 PM

[up][up] Yeah, I thought about that Oracle too. But I'm almost 100% certain that we don't have even that. tongue

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1931: Apr 17th 2014 at 4:10:59 PM

What is oracle # supposed to be?

Who watches the watchmen?
Nocturna Since: May, 2011
#1932: Apr 17th 2014 at 6:39:00 PM

I have no idea. We ended up ordering directly from the manufacturer, so I never had to call the company to find out.

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1933: Apr 17th 2014 at 8:13:53 PM

Weird. It might be some sort of internal processing code of some sort.

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tdgoodrich1 R.I.P 2 My Youth from Atlanta Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
R.I.P 2 My Youth
#1934: Apr 17th 2014 at 9:20:23 PM

In all probability it's probably something as simple as a rogue autocorrection.

Still, the idea of numbered blind seers makes me snicker for some reason.

"Polite life will fill you full of cancer." - Iggy Pop "I've seen the future, brother, it is murder." -Leonard Cohen
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1935: Apr 17th 2014 at 10:03:44 PM

Knowing typical bureaucracy of most businesses that would make a bit of sense. You need the seer to send you on the quest to complete the paper work correctly.

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#1936: Apr 18th 2014 at 10:56:37 AM

And, they'll still get you to fill another one in. Because reasons. tongue

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#1937: Apr 18th 2014 at 10:21:44 PM

Dear geneticists,

I don't care if you found the gene for fuculose kinase in Haemophilus influenzae. You can't just go and call it "fucK". (I actually blurted, "What the Hell were they thinking?" right in front of my consultant. He was only mildly amused.)

edited 18th Apr '14 10:31:38 PM by Pyrite

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#1938: Apr 19th 2014 at 8:32:44 PM

Guess who just got let go today. Yay grin

At least my weekends are free, I got friends finding jobs for with them though, so that's nice.

Oh really when?
InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#1939: Apr 20th 2014 at 12:35:15 AM

I've got an interview for a new job/ sort-of-promotion on the 22nd. I don't really want it.

What I do want is the interview for the fire service on the 7th. The promotion at my current job would mean more money, but so much is changing in the organisation that I honestly think it will be a terrible place to work in the future...

...And the fire service lets me run into burning buildings and hit things with axes. That beats pretty much any other job, ever from my perspective.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1940: Apr 23rd 2014 at 4:13:02 PM

Cubes were made to create autonomous work spaces to improve worker morale and productivity. Of course Corporate America is a bunch of money grubbing asshats and turned them into chattel pens.

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TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1941: May 1st 2014 at 6:15:26 PM

Well this is a new mark in things I have experienced at work. Today I uttered the phrase "I need you tell me about the duck." A duck has set up a nest on one of the parking lot islands. From what I can tell it looks like a female mallard.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#1942: May 1st 2014 at 6:16:23 PM

Does she have a name?

Oh really when?
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#1943: May 1st 2014 at 6:16:45 PM

[up][up]Well, at least it isn't a swan evil grin

[up]If "Quackers" is in the voting pool, I'll scream. -_-

edited 1st May '14 6:17:22 PM by Euodiachloris

TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1944: May 1st 2014 at 6:27:51 PM

Nope no name. We are hoping she doesn't hatch some ducklings and go territorial. Supposedly either her or the male were chasing people a couple weeks back who just happened to walk by the spot.

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#1945: May 1st 2014 at 7:12:29 PM

...Well, if Jemima and Jason have already tried to rain havoc down on those who dare come near... that's pretty much a sign that there are eggs, there, mate. <_<

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#1946: May 1st 2014 at 7:13:02 PM

Name all the baby ducks too.

Oh really when?
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1947: May 1st 2014 at 7:43:54 PM

Euo: Or that they were trying to defend the nesting ground so the female could lay. Some think the nest was left alone for over a week.

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TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1948: May 2nd 2014 at 3:49:32 PM

Well there has been no sign of the Male but the female is steadfastly hunkered down on her nest. She doesn't seem to have left that nest in the past couple days.

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Madrugada Zzzzzzzzzz Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In season
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#1949: May 2nd 2014 at 4:54:39 PM

<ding!> You've got eggs!

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#1950: May 2nd 2014 at 5:57:00 PM

That is the belief. The official word is currently deferring to the property owners to decide what to do about the duck if anything.

Needless to say my report brought some amusement to folks. It ended up being shared with a few people. The guy I work most directly with the most often thought I was yanking his chain at first. He of course went out to see for himself.

So we have a Little Guard Duck Closest thing I have had to a partner or trained help on the site in a while. :P

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