The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[ronott1]

Thanks Ron; it is OK, it is my job I guess.

I hope I did not come across as harsh but it is frustrating that I see all the prework happening and end to end testing and go / no go's but nothing following the release.

As you mentioned, you can not fully know what will crop up until it is in Production so it makes sense to me to test just as much after as before; not just say "Yep, good to go", throw the switch and walk away.

It must be even more frustrating for the users because they do not see all of the above and basically have learnt to dread release day as much as I do.

You did fine.

I work in IT at the University and have a whole other set of issues that include Office politics and dealing with Academics. The job would be much nicer If I did not have to deal with people and the strange hierarchy of systems here. I am in a Department and have no control over Stuff that happens at Central IT....Quite a lot goes wrong there

 

[ShrekDawg]

That’s on accounta it’s easier to ask someone else than take the time look yourself. Think of it as a husband looking for sugar in the cabinet by opening the cabinet door and immediately yelling, “Hey, honey...do we have any sugar?”.......while ignoring the canister partially full of it on the counter and not moving anything in the open cabinet to really look for the new bag. Hope the knee starts feeling better soon!

Hey @N F C :

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My dad does that.

And then someone well say "look for it" or "well did you actually look?" Or it's where it belongs which is usually met with "of course I looked" or "I looked and I can't find it" or "no it's not"

Really??? Cause it's right there in front of your face usually.....

You actually looked, huh?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Had cake tonight with my brothers and their girlfriends (well, the one is fiancee now) and they brought the dog, why I don't know.

She was great but kept annoying Gator lol poor Gator wanted to just lay down and sleep and all she wanted to do was sniff all around the house and/or run up to his face constantly. So we had to call her away a bunch but he was good and didn't do anything. The 4th and 5th ones were cuter when she had her tongue hanging out of her mouth, mouth wide open smiling, but she wouldn't look at me at first lol

 

[ronott1]

Had cake tonight with my brothers and their girlfriends (well, the one is fiancee now) and they brought the dog, why I don't know.

She was great but kept annoying Gator lol poor Gator wanted to just lay down and sleep and all she wanted to do was sniff all around the house and/or run up to his face constantly. So we had to call her away a bunch but he was good and didn't do anything. The 4th and 5th ones were cuter when she had her tongue hanging out of her mouth, mouth wide open smiling, but she wouldn't look at me at first lol

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People bring Dogs everywhere!

 

[Teila]

You did fine.

I work in IT at the University and have a whole other set of issues that include Office politics and dealing with Academics. The job would be much nicer If I did not have to deal with people and the strange hierarchy of systems here. I am in a Department and have no control over Stuff that happens at Central IT....Quite a lot goes wrong there

I think that sometimes the fact that there are people actually trying to use the software gets forgotten and it is all about making changes and tweaking and improving with focus on the product itself and not the end user.

They do not have to liaise with the end user, just with me who is a lot more patient than the average end user

 

[ronott1]

I think that sometimes the fact that there are people actually trying to use the software gets forgotten and it is all about making changes and tweaking and improving with focus on the product itself and not the end user.

They do not have to liaise with the end user, just with me who is a lot more patient than the average end user

That explains why they rush out the updates!

 

[ShrekDawg]

People bring Dogs everywhere!

That's true! Just wasn't expecting them to bring her to the house for a small family thing but I think they didn't want to leave her alone, they're like new parents lol and we didn't mind, I actually LOVED seeing her lol just wasn't expecting it

 

[drumstick diva]

Too much "bringing her everywhere," can make her anxiety prone when she is home alone.

We didn't take any of the dogs with us when going out, unless it was a dog show or vet visit.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

My friend seems fixated on finding me a better place to live. She bought a house a few years ago, had it moved to her property then added on and renovated.
Today she found me one for $5k! I'm going to go look at it tomorrow morning.

 

[drumstick diva]

Take a look Michelle, maybe it will be a good thing. Renovations tho can drive you nuts and break the piggy bank.