i read an article in "real simple" magazine that talked about the ways people got a job they loved in the current economy. One woman created an ad on facebook to get the attention of people who worked at companies she also wanted to work at ( Read more... )

my boss is pregant.
in case we missed the memo, i dislike babies, this also equates to pregancies, and being interested in anything to do with pregnancies and babies.
here is a convo with a co-worker as my boss was passing around the 1st ultrasound photos:

[9:18:29] me: umm.....  [intrest, interest, interest]
[9:18:41] Him: exactly!
[9:18:48] me: [ ( Read more... )

had four back-to-back interviews today ( Read more... )

so, I had to call tech support for one of our software interfaces with the cruise line today.

[tech] (in soft female voice with indian accent) - Hello, and thank you for calling Amadeus Technical Support. My name is Lisa how may I help you?
[me] - is your name really Lisa?
[tech] (hesitant and slightly abashed) - no.. no ma'am. my ...real name is " ( Read more... )

:is it safe to come out yet?:

8:30 am: call to Don's office to re-map the database network folder because his computer "forgot" where it was
9:00 am: call from Don because he cannot run a report to do year-end reconciliations
text to database engineer.
engineer says new version available in president's folder.
IM president of company to see if he can ( Read more... )

Well, my boss asked me to put together an excel training class for our office and this is what I've come up with so far.

Do any of y'all have any suggestions about what else I might what to cover, or regarding my classification for some tasks as "beginner" vs. "intermediate"? I'm running out of ideas that don't involve macros, and I don't really ( Read more... )

i took the weekend off - wonder of wonders!!! it was weird not having anything to do and actually being able to go out on saturday night.... but, it was fun. two of my friends got engaged, my dj had fun at work, and i cleaned house on sunday - which i haven't done in ...well.... a long time ( Read more... )

my officemate has been cussing and bad-mouthing people since my boss went out of town on Wednesday and I shouted profanities out the window at passing cars last night ( Read more... )

 not 100% sure what's going on, but there are po-po's out front of my office building right now. they've got the parking lot blocked off,a chopper circling, and there are a couple of foot patrols with guns out casing the woods.

exiting times I suppose. :)

last week that one guy got out of the hospital and jacked a car w/ hostige before being killed ( Read more... )

Does anyone out there know the basics of designing and implimenting a discussion board - so to speak - on an in-house hosted intranet ( Read more... )