Office Work.......

[NellaBean]

I got mr monroe fixed for $40. He is back to normal btw. Running around his cage this morning acting ridiculous.

You should be able to find some $20 cat neuter places or get snip coupons from local places. I've had really good luck posting on craiglist asking for help....did that for cheap dog dentals and cheap rabbit neuters and got great referrals from both. Some places even have litter discounts and/or will do them early at like two months so you get em before they even go into heat.

I did a litter of three kittens for $43 once

 

[wegotchickens]

Back when I was doing the single-mom thing and Jezebel going into heat was getting waaaaaaayyyyyyyy to tedious, I found a feral cat rescue place that pulled her equipment out for free. They were kinda rude and antisocial toward the people there, but seemed to take good care of the cats. I didn't tell them that she wasn't feral, and honestly? She wasn't acting very tame at the time.....

Might be something to look for as well.

 

[Orchid]

Awwwww....itty bitty kittens.... *melts*

We had a cat when I was a kid who dropped kittens all over, but she lived outside. Ack!

 

[LarryPQ]

I am here for another 2 days, right?

• So my boss is giving me busy work, because she doesn’t want me to start something and not finish before I go. No problem.
• Yesterday, I took the “Excel Proficiency Tests” they give all their interviewees. She said people were getting really poor scores, and she wanted me (an “Excel Guru”—her words, not mine) to time myself and see how I did. Apparently, I did ok, but not great 75%ish?
• I pointed out I didn’t know half the terms the tests were referring to, and the “hard” versions of the Excel tests appeared to be referencing an older verison of Excel, like 2000 or older.
• SO—I offered to develop new tests for Beg, Intermediate, and Advanced. I also started making “application” tests---one where the interviewee has to make a spreadsheet. (this is why I asked you ladies about it)

MY POINT: (it rambles)

I built the tests, and passed out copies to the accounting people who had bombed the old versions. They all did about as expected—per my experience with watching them use Excel. I also gave a few versions to non-accounting people who have little-to-no Excel skills, to see if it was too hard. They were allowed to use the program Excel if they wanted to. (I figure if people can cheat on the Excel test, then they can cheat while USING Excel, and be at the “beginners” level,-right?)

1. I gave one to the receptionist, whom I am friendly with.
2. She gave it to the guy who has the hots for her, who is a self-proclaimed “Excel God”
3. He couldn’t do the advanced one, so he came over to me.
4. He asked me to write him a script in Visual Basic to pull data out of this gynourmous spreadsheet they are using as a database.
5. I recognized some parts of the spreadsheet. It used to be “The LeWinter Report”, but last week they canned LeWinter, and then re-wrote the report.
6. The “New LeWinter Report” is over 6 gigs, and WAY easy to crash.
7. I asked Excel God why he wanted the requested script—and what they use this giant report for.
8. He tells me.
9. I said, “You know, when you all were “fixing” The LeWinter Report, you deleted the ONLY PART that was any use to 1-You, 2-Accounting, 3-The Agents who receive the data from their individual tabs.”
10. I also said, “I can fix it, and automate the data retrieval, as well as the emails you have to send out twice a month”
11. He said, “Well it is automated now. The data pulls and then we send out individual emails. We only send them out once a month, because it takes someone a whole day to copy and paste the info into an email.”
12. I said, “Yeah, that’s lame. Let me teach you about “MAIL MERGE”.
13. I am spending my last 2 days here building the mail merge so they can’t mess it up.

That’s right, I just taught Excel God and the CEO about Mail Merge, and probably eliminated the need for another whole employee.

Tell me again why they didn’t want to pay me what I am worth? Why did they low-ball my salary offer by $20K?

 

[Orchid]

Quote:
Because if they're too stupid to figure out Mail Merge, they're too stupid to figure out what a valuable asset you are.

 

[wegotchickens]

Quote:
Because if they're too stupid to figure out Mail Merge, they're too stupid to figure out what a valuable asset you are.

Ding ding ding

(bells ringing to celebrate Orchy's winning answer)

You didn't want to stay anyway. Remind yourself of that.

 

[maple]

Seems as like I'm not the only moron.

 

[MSDeb]

Quote:
You talkin to me? I LOVE cats, kittens, puppies, ponies, chickies...

Tried the Mickey D's Shamrock shake today, better than thin mints, no chocolate cookie to stick in your teeth.

Our local Humane society does cheapie cat snippity snip procedures

 

[LarryPQ]

Quote:
Because if they're too stupid to figure out Mail Merge, they're too stupid to figure out what a valuable asset you are.

Ding ding ding

(bells ringing to celebrate Orchy's winning answer)

You didn't want to stay anyway. Remind yourself of that.

That's true- but I cry inside when I think how much clean up i can do for this joint.

 

[wegotchickens]

Quote:
Ding ding ding

(bells ringing to celebrate Orchy's winning answer)

You didn't want to stay anyway. Remind yourself of that.

That's true- but I cry inside when I think how much clean up i can do for this joint.

And yet it would never be appreciated.

Don't go there, Laree. That's the mother hen in you wanting to make the nest cleaner and more organized for all the peeps. But the Big Birds will crap all over you, and you know that. And new Big Birds are flying in to take over....