in a web of glass, pinned to the edges of vision

Currently giving thanks there's nobody here to kill.

colubra

11/26/04 10:23 am

Currently, I am dealing with an emergency. It's an emergency that's been dealt with before, and an emergency that is only an emergency because the office is closed today.

It's an emergency that the person who is requesting the data has made as difficult as possible to respond to properly- but he's completely unapologetic about having set things up such that the response he wants simply cannot happen. This 'emergency' has cost me spending any time with my friends this Thanksgiving, and is currently costing me any enjoyment of the day off I have today.

So yeah. I'm thankful that there's nobody in arm's reach.

EDIT to add:
not only is this a lovely moment of Dante-from-Clerks saying 'I'm not even supposed to be here today!', but--
I CANNOT EVEN FILL THE FUCKING REQUEST.

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• seismic

  11/26/04 11:08 am (UTC)

  

  I hear that. Not that I had a busy social calendar for this weekend but I was looking forward to the me-time. Love work. Just love it.

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• vaspider

  11/26/04 11:35 am (UTC)

  

  Dude. I so feel your pain. Most of our major systems are down. We can barely do activations.
  
  And it's Black Friday.

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  • colubra

    11/26/04 12:00 pm (UTC)

    

    Oh shit.
    
    Yeah, I've just had this pack of fucktards ringing my phone off the hook since about 4 PM yesterday.

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    • vaspider

      11/26/04 12:16 pm (UTC)

      

      Oh, it gets better.
      
      The backup system we use to do manual activations isn't working now. I just did an activation through CARE, and it failed out at the switch. (All transactions get sent to a switch halfway across the state, and usually bounce back w/in a second. Not this one, though. Oh no. Of course not.)
      
      I will not commit homicide in my store on Black Friday. I will not commit homicide in my store on Black Friday. I will not commit homicide in my store on Black Friday. I will not commit homicide in my store on Black Friday...

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• gwyd

  11/26/04 01:16 pm (UTC)

  

  *scones* Sweetie.

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• feyandstrange

  11/26/04 03:16 pm (UTC)

  oh, no. My huge condolences.

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  • colubra

    11/26/04 03:21 pm (UTC)

    

    One of these- the one I've just finished- I first had contact with 24 hours ago.
    Sheesh.

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    • vaspider

      11/26/04 05:48 pm (UTC)

      

      My day's over.
      
      How's yours going, comrade?

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      • colubra

        11/26/04 06:10 pm (UTC)

        

        finished off about 7 your time.

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        • vaspider

          11/26/04 08:48 pm (UTC)

          

          Allow me to offer you a celebratory beverage of your choice. I finished up about an hour after you did.
          
          We are badasses deserving of tasty beverages.

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          • colubra

            11/26/04 09:54 pm (UTC)

            

            In the immortal words of Dante:
            'I wasn't even supposed to BE HERE today!'
            
            And it wasn't my task, and it wasn't this and it wasn't that, and pfui. Assholes.

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