Ups and downs
I could go on about the ups and downs of the past two weeks, but I've decided just to go for the ups and downs of today.
Down: Discovering a training partner submitting paper work to us had submitted many incomplete files.
Up: The lovely training partner who hand delivered to us as much of the missing paper work as they could get to us, mere hours after we told them about it. Why can't they all be that good?
Down: The Jubilee Line (London Underground). Actually, it was working, but it was full of people, and even when the carriages get as full as you think they can possibly get, people still manage to bully their way on. I really need to find a place to live that's close to where I work so I don't have to suffer the crush.
Up: Getting home to see a cheque from Inland Revenue with a tax rebate that is worth my current monthly rent and montly travel costs added together! I had thought I was getting an amount that was closer to just the travel costs, but hadn't noticed there was a second page with a final final rebate total!
Down: The IM chat and following phone call I had with someone who was valiantly trying to update some information, but hadn't read my email about HOW to do it. I hadn't realised she hadn't read it, until she mentioned that she hadn't realised that the updates needed to go on a second tab in the spread sheet, and not be made to the (very deliberately locked down!) first tab. I literally head-desked.
Up: The fit of giggles I had when I realised that someone thinks that 1pm-7pm is 7 hours, without the help of a timezone change or daylight savings. Yes, it's sad that they think that, but it made me laugh!
Down: Discovering a training partner submitting paper work to us had submitted many incomplete files.
Up: The lovely training partner who hand delivered to us as much of the missing paper work as they could get to us, mere hours after we told them about it. Why can't they all be that good?
Down: The Jubilee Line (London Underground). Actually, it was working, but it was full of people, and even when the carriages get as full as you think they can possibly get, people still manage to bully their way on. I really need to find a place to live that's close to where I work so I don't have to suffer the crush.
Up: Getting home to see a cheque from Inland Revenue with a tax rebate that is worth my current monthly rent and montly travel costs added together! I had thought I was getting an amount that was closer to just the travel costs, but hadn't noticed there was a second page with a final final rebate total!
Down: The IM chat and following phone call I had with someone who was valiantly trying to update some information, but hadn't read my email about HOW to do it. I hadn't realised she hadn't read it, until she mentioned that she hadn't realised that the updates needed to go on a second tab in the spread sheet, and not be made to the (very deliberately locked down!) first tab. I literally head-desked.
Up: The fit of giggles I had when I realised that someone thinks that 1pm-7pm is 7 hours, without the help of a timezone change or daylight savings. Yes, it's sad that they think that, but it made me laugh!