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And the lunchtime game is.........

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Slap your backside while the Engineer is on a support call. Engineer: "I'm sorry can I just put you hold. Pete, what the hell are you doing?" Me: "Playing Passenger by Iggy Pop on my arse." Engineer: "I hate you!"

Importance

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Had a call from one of our customers. IT Manager : "Can you put me through to Dave now please." Me : "I'm afraid he is out on-site at the minute." IT Manager : "Presumably at a lesser customer than us?" Me : "All of our customers are important."

I'm blocked!

"We have been sending emails to A-user@someaddress.com but they are saying that they are being blocked by their system, could you look into this please and see if there is a problem." Erm? yes there is a problem. What can I do about their system? #facepalm

That's you that is.

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Have you ever noticed how some people have a recurring personal trait? I know one individual who literally works themselves up into a frenzy about things that haven't happened yet. As an example, there was a vacancy coming up and they really wanted the job. Nobody had even submitted an application and yet the individual was practically bursting a blood vessel over who would be applying, who might be in with a chance and what the potential vetting procedure might be. All this before the vacancy was officially posted! There is also another individual I know who spends days if not weeks complaining about a task they have to complete and yet doesn't even make an attempt to start. I think they hope that someone will say "Tell you what, I'll do that for you." the individual just aggravates everyone by constantly moaning about it and then, which is the most ridiculous bit, they finally ask someone to do it for them when the time has run out!