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I work as a sysadmin for a software development company and I couldn´t believe my ears this morning when ma boss called me in the office. Nothing serious, now I know I am not the world´s greatest when it comes to userfriendlyness but it seems that my co-workers dubbed me the name ITNazi in the last meeting and ever since they don´t call me by my name anymore but the horrible nick.
Are there any more sysadmins who experience the same sorta thing?
I'm jealous. My comapny still calls me by my name. Then again, maybe they are just afraid to give me a nick.
Focmaester, unfortunately into every life a few idiots must fall. They are obviously envious of your superior intellect and computer knowledge...Now chin up, chest out and repeat after me...I will not let the boneheads get me down, I will not let the boneheads get me down.
Maybe if they had to clean up some of their own messes occasionally they would see your job in a whole new light! ;)
Have a better day!
hehe...well i can say that i think they draw straws to see who calls me...what they call me though i don't know...
but then again...i warn 'em all the time...and they never listen...i have one simple rule
do not...EVER...tell me that something is broke before i have my jacket off and a cup of coffee in my hand...
and yet they persist. yesterday...very first thing i hear when i walk through the door to the office...we have database errors...not hey good morning...how are ya...just...we got problems....ok so we have problems...i can't fix the problems until i get my jacket off...get into my office and have some coffee...what's so hard to understand about that...it's no wonder i'm cranky...you'd be cranky too...(oh wait...sounds like you are...lol)
ahhhh well...
Man, you get called nice names!! I'd take ITNazi over what the software guys here call me. Or the damned engineers. You've got it easy my man, very easy.
I get that too, and technically, the computers aren't even my problem. It's finally gotten to the point that I walk in the door to a chorus of, "Heeeeeeeeeeeeelp!"
Do what I do.
Ask if it's on fire.
If no, then hang up your coat, get your coffee, etc. -Then- explain to the frantic user that the "arrowthingies" in Outlook only appear if you have enough messages to need to use the scrollbar. :duh:
If yes, then yer in luck, it's not your job. Call the fire department.
-Keisha
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Ask if it's on fire.
lmao....love that...gonna use it next time...
At my place, we are all frequently referred to as "Damn M.I.S."
It's funny though, no one ever thanks us when we make it work...
And they never will, because, isn't it supposed to work ALL the time? hehehehe
My fav thing of the day is when some big system is down and your boss comes in the data center yelling "We're losing $100,000 an hour because of this!!!"
Then, I just have to ask "If I get it back up in 10 minutes do I get a cut of the cost savings?"
hehehe
See my post in X-box Holiday and let me know what you think...
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=221822
people are only nice when you give them something they want, but don't need.
Amen.
The user community calls us all kinds of names, to which, on more than one occasion, I have responded to various executive level types the following balanced, reasonable response I am known for here.
"just remember, I have the power to cut you off forever, and lock everyone out of everything." :D
I think that would be a clm excepting, of course, that they knew I was right. hehehhe