Singles Social Club: It's 5 o'clock somewhere!

[ctnurse]

Good Morning all...The weekend went by way to fast!


I have to whine...How can it be 49 degrees and raining in May???? Well that what it is doing at my house!


I need to get my butt in gear and get to work.

 

[ahoff]

Hi folks, hope everyone had a good weekend! Looks like the world is as it was on Friday and no one has left yet..... My weekend was pretty good, did 2 5K's, both off road, one in a park and one around a winery. In both I placed 2nd in my age group. After Saturday's race I showered and hopped on the train and went to the city with my bike. Got off in Queens and then rode over to Brooklyn and went to two flea markets, one that was a food-only market, a spin-off of the other one. Then headed into Manhatten and spent the night in some divey place on the LES checking out some bands. Nice day but it clouded over and started raining two times, which was an oppurtunity to grab something to eat. I recomend Bill's Bar and Burger on 9th Ave.

I have to whine...How can it be 49 degrees and raining in May???? Well that what it is doing at my house!

Cloudy here but no rain yet. I took the chance and rode to work anyway. I am so ready for summer.

 

[nurse.darcy]

Hi folks, hope everyone had a good weekend! Looks like the world is as it was on Friday and no one has left yet..... My weekend was pretty good, did 2 5K's, both off road, one in a park and one around a winery. In both I placed 2nd in my age group. After Saturday's race I showered and hopped on the train and went to the city with my bike. Got off in Queens and then rode over to Brooklyn and went to two flea markets, one that was a food-only market, a spin-off of the other one. Then headed into Manhatten and spent the night in some divey place on the LES checking out some bands. Nice day but it clouded over and started raining two times, which was an oppurtunity to grab something to eat. I recomend Bill's Bar and Burger on 9th Ave.



Cloudy here but no rain yet. I took the chance and rode to work anyway. I am so ready for summer.

One of these days I have to take a trip back to the City. Haven't been there in YEARS. . .

 

[nurse.darcy]

In other news. . .This is my 6th week of having Mondays off. I hate Monday's at work. There are soooooo many stupid system checks that have to be done that makes us have to work like crazy even without a patient.

Today I choose to do my laundry and just relax and do nothing else.

 

[DMass]

In other news. . .This is my 6th week of having Mondays off. I hate Monday's at work. There are soooooo many stupid system checks that have to be done that makes us have to work like crazy even without a patient.

Today I choose to do my laundry and just relax and do nothing else.

Lucky! Monday's suck. But then so does Tuesday....and Wednesday.....

 

[ctnurse]

Hi folks, hope everyone had a good weekend! Looks like the world is as it was on Friday and no one has left yet..... My weekend was pretty good, did 2 5K's, both off road, one in a park and one around a winery. In both I placed 2nd in my age group. After Saturday's race I showered and hopped on the train and went to the city with my bike. Got off in Queens and then rode over to Brooklyn and went to two flea markets, one that was a food-only market, a spin-off of the other one. Then headed into Manhatten and spent the night in some divey place on the LES checking out some bands. Nice day but it clouded over and started raining two times, which was an oppurtunity to grab something to eat. I recomend Bill's Bar and Burger on 9th Ave.



Cloudy here but no rain yet. I took the chance and rode to work anyway. I am so ready for summer.

Sounds like a really great fun time! Tomorrow is suppose to be sunny and 84...Go figure....Summer could have arrived a few months ago and I would have been a happy girl.

 

[nurse.darcy]

Lucky! Monday's suck. But then so does Tuesday....and Wednesday.....

Its just more labor intensive work in the Cath Lab that has nothing to do with patients. . .lol.

 

[ctnurse]

My pep talk calendar quote of the day "You'll find it when you're not looking"


I think I'm going to start living be this! Such a novel concept, maybe it will work.


Now I'm really going to start work

 

[nurse.darcy]

My pep talk calendar quote of the day "You'll find it when you're not looking"


I think I'm going to start living be this! Such a novel concept, maybe it will work.


Now I'm really going to start work

yeah right. . .lol.

 

[nurse.darcy]

In other news. . .congrats bluedevilinaz on starting your job. . .ENJOY. . .

 

[taramoz]

I am back from my trip to OKC, had a hellava flight last night flying through storms over Dallas. Plane was delayed 2 hours and we still flew through the storms and got jolted around!!! But I am glad to be home safe

 

[ahoff]

One of these days I have to take a trip back to the City. Haven't been there in YEARS. . .

I just love going in there, so much to do. And I have a spot of the floor you could crash at.

My pep talk calendar quote of the day "You'll find it when you're not looking"

I think that is a great quote and a good philosophy. Do the things you like doing you like doing, and you will find others with your same interests.

I am back from my trip to OKC, had a hellava flight last night flying through storms over Dallas. Plane was delayed 2 hours and we still flew through the storms and got jolted around!!! But I am glad to be home safe

Rough flights suck. My trip home from Florida last year was bad, the attendant was serving drinks and the next moment she was on the floor. That was one of the worst flights I ever had. Glad you made it home.

 

[LaLalovesWDW]

Good morning...

I agree ctnurse, I am irritated at this weather, already. However, at least I survived the end of the world, so who can complain?

I am working with a new help desk assistant today... I hate training people on the fundamentals of supporting technology when they have like a thousand more acronyms after their name than I do... jeez. Where is disney when I need it?

 

[taramoz]

Good morning...

I agree ctnurse, I am irritated at this weather, already. However, at least I survived the end of the world, so who can complain?

LOL, same here, my family I was visiting had an end of the world BBQ just in case, but we were all still here come 6:00, we weren't sure if that just meant we were left behind or what!!!

 

[DCTooTall]

Good morning...

I agree ctnurse, I am irritated at this weather, already. However, at least I survived the end of the world, so who can complain?

I am working with a new help desk assistant today... I hate training people on the fundamentals of supporting technology when they have like a thousand more acronyms after their name than I do... jeez. Where is disney when I need it?

As someone who has worked in support roles and and other tech spots for years, Just cause someone has certs doesn't mean they actually know anything. In fact, often you'll find people without certs who know much much more than the person who just got their cert.


Or... As I used to say when doing phone support.

"If you call and tell me you are an idiot, you instantly gain 100 IQ Points. If however you call in and start telling me you are MCSE/A+/CCNA/yadda-yadda-yadda.... You instantly lose 50 points."

 

[DIS_MERI]

As someone who has worked in support roles and and other tech spots for years, Just cause someone has certs doesn't mean they actually know anything. In fact, often you'll find people without certs who know much much more than the person who just got their cert.


Or... As I used to say when doing phone support.

"If you call and tell me you are an idiot, you instantly gain 100 IQ Points. If however you call in and start telling me you are MCSE/A+/CCNA/yadda-yadda-yadda.... You instantly lose 50 points."

I have A+ and several Navy certifications and I've got almost no practical tech knowledge. I am just really good at taking multiple guess tests. "You have Network System Administrator and Network Security Tech qualifications, you should be able to fix this!" "Do you want it to work, or to get worse?" "Work, of course." "Then let me watch someone who knows what they are doing fix it, write it down, and maybe next time I can fix it...." So, my line would be "I have A+, and therefore have no idea what I'm doing"

 

[DCTooTall]

I have A+ and several Navy certifications and I've got almost no practical tech knowledge. I am just really good at taking multiple guess tests. "You have Network System Administrator and Network Security Tech qualifications, you should be able to fix this!" "Do you want it to work, or to get worse?" "Work, of course." "Then let me watch someone who knows what they are doing fix it, write it down, and maybe next time I can fix it...." So, my line would be "I have A+, and therefore have no idea what I'm doing"

To be fair, I'm not saying that people with the certs are idiots. I'm smart enough to realize that someone may be the smartest person around when it comes to something like configuring a firewall, but can be a complete idiot when it comes to fixing a hardware problem. computers are varied enough that you can be a genius, yet not deal with an issue I deal with 100 times a day that ultimately is pretty simple to fix.

But From working support, what i learned was that people who call in and say 'I'm a moron" are much more likely to follow your instructions on how to fix the problem because they realize they are lost, and you are the person who is supposed to know how to fix it. People who call in and say they have xyz cert however are much more likely to fight you every step of the way. They think they are smart, and know more than you, so what shoould be a 5min fix turns into a 15minute fix because you have to keep trying to figure out where they've gone since they tried jumping 10 steps ahead of what you were walking them thru


You could be a nobel prize winning scientist who made the discovery of the century.... but if you aren't smart enough to admit that you need help when you call into support, you are a moron.

 

[lovemickeyshouse]

I notice most of the women posting are from down south.So this call goes out to the Northeast single ladies.

 

[LaLalovesWDW]

I notice most of the women posting are from down south.So this call goes out to the Northeast single ladies.

Present!

 

[LaLalovesWDW]

oh... good/bad news... just found out today that I've been preapproved for a mortgage. The only part that sucks is that it may mean I have to cancel September trip to WDW since I hope to close around the end of the summer...damn, its really sad when I am having a hard time chosing between buying a house and spending a few days at Disney... LOL