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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:39 AM
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I'm the SYSADMIN, and I'm here pushing snow
the vaunted group of douche bags who make up the sales force didn't show. 59 and I get to push snow.


I should have stayed home. :mad:
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:44 AM
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1. You take adequate rest periods. FREQUENTLY.
And then you think about grabbing the first teenager you see and handing him a shovel and some money.
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blueworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:46 AM
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2. +1000 n/t
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:49 AM
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3. Don't overdo it.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:50 AM
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4. No coffee, no cigarettes before shoveling; stop if your heart rate spikes
really high; stay hydrated and rest as needed. Stop immediately if you feel at all dizzy.

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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:33 PM
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15. Takin' a break (don't smoke, don't drink coffee) I wore too much clothing
sweatin like a pig........


Thansk everyone for your concern. This sucks.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:50 AM
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5. Get a 10BaseT router and run all of the sales force computers through it.
"Hey, why is the net so slow?" (Translation: "My porn sites are taking FOREVER to load today.")

"Shit, I don't know. Nothing has changed." (Translation: "I was out shoveling snow while you douchebags were home jerking off to Internet porn.")

"Can you look into it?" (Translation: "I need some fresh porn RIGHT FUCKING NOW!")

"Oh, sure. I'll get right on it." (Translation: "Fuck no. Dickweed.")

Leave it that way. They'll get used to the reduced bandwidth. Salesholes aren't all that bright. It will just free up bandwidth for everyone else - you in particular.

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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:52 AM
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6. heh. the router rooter.
love it.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:56 AM
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7. I've got a mid-90s Acer sitting in a cabinet, gathering dust. It is painfully slow.
I should send it to him!

mikey_the_rat
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 11:59 AM
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8. That was funny!
Yep, sales types barely know how to work their Blackberries!
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:12 PM
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9. Trust me. I know. There's a reason I call them "salesholes".
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:17 PM
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11. BOFH???
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:24 PM
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13. Your decrepitude is showing...
:rofl:


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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:30 PM
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14. I KNEW I'd find a playah here someplace!!!!
:rofl:
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:35 PM
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16. I got one I just may stick in the system before I go home
and screw them for tomorrow. An OLD 5 port 10MB.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:39 PM
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17. Yep. That will do. See if you can scrounge up some CAT-3 patch cords for it.
Edited on Fri Feb-26-10 01:41 PM by HopeHoops
You might as well rub salt in the wounds.

Seriously, salesholes are so dumb they'll think it is "normal" within a week. Leave it that way so you can throttle their porn downloads and take credit for speeding up the network for people who do REAL work.

On Edit:

If you have a second 10BT hanging around, put the marketeers on it. They're almost as dumb as the salesholes, but with slightly less porn.


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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:15 PM
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10. Perhaps some humor?


:-)
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:44 PM
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18. Yeah, I'm still putting triple-antibiotic ointment on those glass cuts.
I shouldn't have done it barefoot and in my underwear.

Uptime is everything.

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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 01:23 PM
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12. How to deal with Sales Weasels;
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 02:01 PM
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19. The clouds JUST disappeared like in a movie and the sun is out
there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-26-10 02:03 PM
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20. For you, DB: "When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth", by Cory Doctorow
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