ok...for my 600th post i want..nay..need to vent...


earlier....

him: database is screwed up...i've got 100 items ready to ship...and no one to ship them to...there were too many on the picksheet from last night

me: not possible...the code doesn't do that...just takes dates and quantities...it's operator error...

him: i checked...they say they they didn't do anything different

me: uh huh...why'd it work on friday

him: i don't know...i just need you to fix it

me: there's nothing to fix...i've checked..everything works..it's operator error

him: they say this happens all the time in varying degrees

me: oh really no one has notified me. show me some examples

him: they don't have any specifics...

me: operator error

him: i'll call the original programmer..have him look

me: fine...except he doesn't do programming anymore and the db front and backends have changed so much that he'll take 2 months just to figure out what's what

him: well then you fix it...

me: it's not reproducible...operator error

him: ----

me: i will look AGAIN

him: good...asap ok

- 20 minutes -

me: seems someone re-entered an order and didn't recall the original order despite screen warning messages and repeated verbal training

him: oh

me: operator error

him: -------


grrrr...everytime..."oh something went wrong...must be the order system/database/coding"

98% of the time operator error...

grrrr...grrrr....grrrr

i need a vacation....or a drink...or a drink while on vacation....