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April Fool - A brief anecdote from my job.
This was my first call yesterday. (Paraphrased, of course, and presented for your amusement ( Read more... ) -
Stupid Work Tricks
So, we got the forms to do our PTO requests for the year today. We're required (due to banking regulations, I guess) to take 5 consecutive days off. And this year, they're requiring that you put down your first and second choice for that before they will consider ANY other requests ( Read more... ) -
Because I know you all missed it...
The Countdown has returned! It's been a while, but I figured it was time to resurrect it, since I've got something to do count down to. So...
Hours of Work 'til Vacation: 144 143 (It was 144 at the start of the day ( Read more... ) -
Computers don't understand context.
One of the things with the new enhanced online security (coming soon to an online banking site near you!) is that when you put in your caption and answers to your questions, you cannot use special characters, punctuation, or profanity ( Read more... ) -
Job Update
I got my packet of information containing my official job offer paperwork on Saturday. I guess the compromise they struck with the Saturdays is that I'll be doing every other Saturday. Okay, fine. I'll deal with that, at least for a while. It gives me a little bit of wiggle room, so that if there's a Saturday I can't work, I can try to get ( Read more... ) -
Blame the Government
It's good to know that sometimes I make people other than myself laugh ( Read more... ) -
I'm "in training".
The person I had doing my training for the new security for online banking at work does everything in hyperspeed, so we got through it really fast, and then it only took me like 10 minutes to do the test at the end (and I got a perfect score) so I get to just sit here and do whatever I want 'til 11:30, when my "training" ends. Pretty awesome, ( Read more... ) -
Worky Doom
It's Friiiiiiiday. Hurray! This week has sped by, although the days, by and large, have dragged. (Actually, the mornings go quickly, but the afternoons drag seems to be the pattern.) Yesterday, though, the fulfillment people - the people in charge of mailing stuff out to customers, pretty much - decided to recruit us to help make labels and ( Read more... )
