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lol discipline fail! my work is filled with CYA and irony
14 years ago
While I'm waiting for my work's shitty network to chug along, here's a story for you all to enjoy.
Sema and I have been fostering a pregnant momma dog for about a week. The dog's temp dropped on Sunday, indicating the puppies were imminent. I had a meeting to run on Monday, but it's just a code review, it can wait, right? I decided to take the day off in case I was needed at home to help deliver.
The puppies started coming that evening and the last one was born just after midnight, so I was good and tired on Tuesday.
My boss called me in towards the end of the day to chew me out about how important our stupid little "activity planners" (read: micromanagement) were, and that I need to better prioritize my tasks. Basically, yelling at me for ranking home life above software changes.
Well, I was able to reschedule this "super important" meeting to Wednesday, and it went off without a hitch. None of the stakeholders cared that the meeting was pushed back two days.
Now here's the real kicker: this software runs an old version of "X", which is installed on a handful of decrepit machines in a lab halfway across the building. Due to compatibility issues, I must update the software in this older version. Guess what happened? The server in that room crapped out, so half of the machines are inaccessible, and the ones with X on them can't run X because the license manager went down with the server. No licenses means no worky.
I won't even get into the "vaporware" project I've been working on for nearly 2 years due to poor "prioritization" by my employer.
I'm still kinda sour about the whole situation, but realizing this irony makes it all better. It was so bad at first I had to take a xanax, but now I'm coping with it by preparing for a career change.
Sema and I have been fostering a pregnant momma dog for about a week. The dog's temp dropped on Sunday, indicating the puppies were imminent. I had a meeting to run on Monday, but it's just a code review, it can wait, right? I decided to take the day off in case I was needed at home to help deliver.
The puppies started coming that evening and the last one was born just after midnight, so I was good and tired on Tuesday.
My boss called me in towards the end of the day to chew me out about how important our stupid little "activity planners" (read: micromanagement) were, and that I need to better prioritize my tasks. Basically, yelling at me for ranking home life above software changes.
Well, I was able to reschedule this "super important" meeting to Wednesday, and it went off without a hitch. None of the stakeholders cared that the meeting was pushed back two days.
Now here's the real kicker: this software runs an old version of "X", which is installed on a handful of decrepit machines in a lab halfway across the building. Due to compatibility issues, I must update the software in this older version. Guess what happened? The server in that room crapped out, so half of the machines are inaccessible, and the ones with X on them can't run X because the license manager went down with the server. No licenses means no worky.
I won't even get into the "vaporware" project I've been working on for nearly 2 years due to poor "prioritization" by my employer.
I'm still kinda sour about the whole situation, but realizing this irony makes it all better. It was so bad at first I had to take a xanax, but now I'm coping with it by preparing for a career change.
