Old Man Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 After five months, eighty job applications, and twelve interviews, today is my first day at the new job, which I started yesterday. I've already had to call the FBI. The FBI is not calling me back, and the perp is still trying to get into the network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 The FBI is not calling me back, and the perp is still trying to get into the network. These days, it's hard to rule out the possibility they're one and the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Well we know who this particular perp is--a disgruntled former member of the IT staff. So no, although I get what you mean about the Feds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Well we know who this particular perp is--a disgruntled former member of the IT staff. So no, although I get what you mean about the Feds. That sucks, knowing who it is, but not being able to go to his house and... uh, never mind. We've been having similar problems w/a "disgruntled former employee" vandalizing our equipment. I'm not sure which is worse. A hacker who knows your system or a well-equipped vandal in an oilfield. So far we haven't had any major leaks or spills, fortunately. And we've reported this ass-hat to the local police, but I think it may to be hard to catch him. We're talking about a large, unlit, rural area of operation, with multiple access routes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Some background for this cranky post: As some of you know, I'm in med school. As this is Sweden, tuition is free, but I still need to pay rent and eat. As I have a limited amount left of loans and government "stipends" left, I have to work, and I work as an undersköterska -- unlicensed assistive personnel -- at the county hospital of Sunderby. It's one of the newest hospitals in Northern Europe, and the layout of the place is pretty neat -- two orthogonal glass-covered hallways, with the wards on the outside and the clinics between the halls. There are four levels above ground, and skyways bridging the gap between wards and clinics. Saturday afternoon I clocked out at fifteen past three -- fifteen minutes late, but no problem. I stepped out of the ward and onto the skyway to cross to the stairwell. I glanced to my left, and saw something curious -- a blanket spread out under the next crossing, with two persons kneeling beside it and a third walking about, all dressed as hospital personnel. "Curious place and time to have a training exercise," I thought, and continued on down to the locker room. As I emerged from the personnel door, I saw two ambulances parked by the entrance, with a police bus behind them. I figured they were transporting a dangerous patient, or something. A little further on, I ran into two coworkers, who told me what had happened --- someone jumped from the top floor skyway, smack down on the stone floor of the hall. There's this little thought I have -- it's the one about the horseshoe nail, and how great consequences comes from small actions. If I had been relieved at the time I should've been, I could have seen the whole thing -- or possibly been able to do something about it ... Maybe you might have prevented it, maybe not. I can see where you're coming from (I'd probably feel the same way), but don't torture yourself over what might have been. It only makes you feel worse. You're a good guy. Hang in there. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 For the third business day running, the auto shop has announced that they need "one more day" to finish repairing my truck. I feel like I'm being trolled.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Translation: "We broke X while 'fixing' your truck and now we had to order another part" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Well, a female relative (About age 20) has apparently been hanging around on smoke breaks with her friends (Honest to god, she has the worst taste in friends. to go by her track record) I did not know this, but apparently it's been going on for a year now. So, apparently rather than smoke regularly and risk cancer (Her words) she's trying E-cigs which I tried to explain the World Health Organization had serious doubts about nevermind that you can develop cancer just as easily from regular second hand smoke from said 'friends' if the studies I'd read were accurate. But no, I could watch her eyes drift to the 'please hold' sign right in front of me and the muzak began to play as I voiced my concerns. Her 'logic' sucks so hard it could create a vacuum...*grumble* not that I said that. Stupid kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 I was going to go see Godzilla today but the lurgi was in full effect, I woke up at 3:00 in the morning and could not get back to sleep and I misplaced some of the cold/flu medication. That and the legs are still leaking. Ho hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Had to put Floyd1 into repair for power loss and a "chuck engine" light. Tried on a car at the rental place (a Chevy Cruze--my knees would have been on both sides of the steering wheel if I could have closed the door properly), then got one that fit (a Nissan Altima), but was so modren, I had to ask where the key went (answer: in your pocket, as it's a push button starter). 1 The Ford Escort that was in both my housemate's and my name. It used to be red, but the paint's faded a bit (and so the car named itself). I can't drive my Malibu until I get it converted to my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Empathies. Stacie1 is limping around with what I finally determined is probably a bad O2 sensor. Not really an issue as long as I keep RPMs up, but the missing and hesitations are really annoying. New sensor is on order, but I'm not really looking forward to the replacement process, which involves getting under the car with a breaker bar. 1 My Integra, who I did not name--her name was just obvious when we met. She is old enough to vote, and next year, will also be old enough to drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Why in blue f---ing blazes did no one put Newton's extension of Kepler's 3d Law on their crib sheet? We did a bunch of homework with it, as an astrophysicist I waxed rhapsodaic about it, and less than a tenth of the class act like they ever saw it before. I will bark at them tomorrow, "You fools!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 What a crappy day! I need to change professions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 I thought your profession was chewing bubble gum and kicking things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 No it's teaching. I'm not allowed to do any kicking there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Well that's stupid. How will they learn? tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Floyd's repairs are done, but that's $620 + car rental that I hadn't budgeted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 So, one of our field hands is on vacation, and the guy filling in for him is... forgetful. Monday I found three wells oil with the gas vents shut, too much pressure built up, pumps gas locked, production was down or non-existent. And when I opened the vents, there was... drama. One of them had a barrel over the vent to keep its flare lit (which was out due to the vent being shut off), and it had been shut in for so long and built up so much gas pressure it blew off the barrel when I opened it. So the foreman tells me "check all the wells" because we don't know how many others have been left shut in like this. I split the list with one of our field hands (who knows WTF he's doing) and spent most of my workday yesterday driving around the *&^%$#@! oilfield checking for shut in gas vents. In the process I found a LOT of other problems which hadn't been reported, and I'll be following up on those today.... I suppose this could be thought of as "job security." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Not the same as "job safety". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Damn neck injury just won't go away. Chiropractors help for a bit, but the pain returns in less than a week. It has been 3 months already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Not the same as "job safety". Nothing dangerous going on, just a whole lot of annoying: fixing other peoples' screw-ups is not my idea of a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Tried to fix Stacie and was soundly defeated by a plastic connector. I'm literally going to have to dremel the thing out. But it's almost midnight, and I'm sick, and I can't avoid work tomorrow because I have to get all the evidence together and get it to the investigator before the long weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Fighting off a virus. Meeting in the CEO's office. DO NOT BARF DO NOT BARF DO NOT BARF ...victory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 As long as it didn't come out the other end instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Or out his nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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