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    • travisdh1T
      travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Wrapping up the week with a server outage. Yay.

      Here I was annoyed by a "can you look at this AP" tonight when I thought I'd be headed home.

      Hope it gets fixed quick!

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Was trying to have morning coffee but the band that we saw last night we are trying to meet with this morning to see if we can book the for our new bar which has space for live music, many times bigger than the venue from last night, so I have to run across town to meet with them.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          Have a local wedding to attend this afternoon. I know very few details so far.

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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            Wrapping up the week with a server outage. Yay.

            I'll take a server outage all day over the thirty minute ticket beating... like really?? You expect a ticket to be closed the SAME DAY as it's opened... on EVERY Ticket??

            Better hire more people.

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            • WrCombsW
              WrCombs
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              Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

              Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

                Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

                And people think I'm crazy when I talk about why I don't like employees using laptops in lieu of having an always there home office. This simple stuff that we all do.

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                • WrCombsW
                  WrCombs @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

                  Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

                  And people think I'm crazy when I talk about why I don't like employees using laptops in lieu of having an always there home office. This simple stuff that we all do.

                  Mistakes Happen, I'll just have to make the best of it or use more sick time.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                    @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

                    Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

                    And people think I'm crazy when I talk about why I don't like employees using laptops in lieu of having an always there home office. This simple stuff that we all do.

                    Mistakes Happen, I'll just have to make the best of it or use more sick time.

                    Yup, that's specifically why I don't like relying on laptops, mistakes do happen and having employees depending on a single laptop, that has to travel (which is risky), and needs extra parts to go with it (also risky) instead of two desktops that don't move (or a desktop at one and a laptop at the other that rarely moves) doesn't take into account mistakes, theft, accidents, etc. Accepting that mistakes are normal, I think it makes laptops a lot less an ideal solution than people assume because most people treat the comparison as if both have no mistakes.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

                      Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

                      And people think I'm crazy when I talk about why I don't like employees using laptops in lieu of having an always there home office. This simple stuff that we all do.

                      or a potentially much cheaper option - assign the employee 2-3 charges - one for desk at work (often a docking setup of some type), one for home - and it stays there - and one for the travel bag.

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                      • jt1001001J
                        jt1001001 @Dashrender
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                        @dashrender till said employee leave one on desk and the one in there travel bag in conf room and no idea where they put the one we tod them to leave at home (Then calls me asking for what to do at home without a charger)

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                        • WrCombsW
                          WrCombs @jt1001001
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                          @jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @dashrender till said employee leave one on desk and the one in there travel bag in conf room and no idea where they put the one we tod them to leave at home (Then calls me asking for what to do at home without a charger)

                          luckily for me (an slightly unrelated) i still have PTO I can use for the remainder of the day.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @jt1001001
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                            @jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @dashrender till said employee leave one on desk and the one in there travel bag in conf room and no idea where they put the one we tod them to leave at home (Then calls me asking for what to do at home without a charger)

                            You can only fix so much stupid...

                            Very few people I know have a dedicated space for a home computer these days - they pull out the laptop and set it up when they need it - if you send a home computer home with them... they might end up hating the requirement of a permanent fixture for it.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                              @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              Very few people I know have a dedicated space for a home computer these days

                              Yeah, that's another reason I like to push for that. It's only a trend but the kind of people I'd want to hire are the kind of people who would have a home work space. People who have initiative, do things on their own, don't solely do work type stuff when at the office as something that they don't like to do. I want someone passionate about their work, and those people almost always have home offices or some kind of good work space.

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                              • WrCombsW
                                WrCombs @WrCombs
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                                @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

                                Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

                                Laptop officially died. Clocked out, waiting on my boss to call me back so I can explain.

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                                • gjacobseG
                                  gjacobse @jt1001001
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                                  @jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @dashrender till said employee leave one on desk and the one in there travel bag in conf room and no idea where they put the one we tod them to leave at home (Then calls me asking for what to do at home without a charger)

                                  Heh.. The State sent people home,.. when they started coming back in rotation or full time - had a user come in and their external devices didn't work.... Turns out,.. someone snatched the power supply from her dock setup. ..

                                  Agency was charged to replace it.

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @WrCombs
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                                    @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

                                    Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

                                    Laptop officially died. Clocked out, waiting on my boss to call me back so I can explain.

                                    Oops..

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                                    • WrCombsW
                                      WrCombs @gjacobse
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                                      @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

                                      Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

                                      Laptop officially died. Clocked out, waiting on my boss to call me back so I can explain.

                                      Oops..

                                      🤷🏼‍♂️ Oh well.

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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse @WrCombs
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                                        @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        Mistakes were made Friday when I left work - I didn't grab my laptop charger, but I grabbed my Laptop with a full battery.. After a weekend of helping with 10 minute calls / etc - I woke up to about 2" of snow - a van that doesn't drive well on dry streets- I'm not comfortable driving it 30 minutes across town in snow plus not being able to leave the neighborhood, and not enough gas in the "safer vehicle" from running around for everyone while they were out of town.

                                        Opted to work from home today noticed laptop was down to 50% and thought I should plug it in... Oh well. Lesson learned I suppose - always grab the charger.

                                        Laptop officially died. Clocked out, waiting on my boss to call me back so I can explain.

                                        Oops..

                                        🤷🏼‍♂️ Oh well.

                                        I should add - I forgot my charger a few months back. I was lucky enough that the laptop was USB-C and I had a USB-C cable and supply at home. it was a fifty power power supply - but it let me run all day regardless...

                                        Why fifty pounds? It's a portable battery / inverter ...

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                                        • travisdh1T
                                          travisdh1
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                                          Another day, another QB issue. This one user created (misplaced company file).

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                                          • MattSpellerM
                                            MattSpeller
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                                            almost 8 years to the day since this thread started

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