Posts by IGotOut 3147 publicly visible posts • joined 29 May 2019
I was well known for being brutally honest, so I had to have my line manager as a translator.
Me: I can either fix the *****ING problem, or I can waste everyone's e *****Ing time, telling ****s who dont have a *****Ing clue what I do for a job, some information that's serves no ******Ing purpose.
Line Manager: He's working on the issue as we speak and I'll keep you updated on progress.
Heart is part of a conglomeration of "local" radio stations.
They general play the same bland, middle of the road sings, 80% of which are old classics (read the most overplayed records in history). Throw in some "wacky" presenters and you are good to go.
And when I say local, it's really a national radio company that just plays lip service with some local adverts and a couple of local news headlines.
Seriously, you couldn't get more dreary radio if you tried.
...think again.
Me: Can't login as it is saying account doesn't exist. If I try to recreate, it says account already in use.
G: You need to login and update your settings.
Me: Can't login as it is saying account doesn't exist.
G: Have you tried reset in the account
Me: Can't reset as it is saying account doesn't exist.
G: Try creating a new account with same credentials.
Me: Account already exists.
You know how this is going. It went through 4 teams of over 4 weeks "experts" before finally someone actually properly looked at the issue.
Oh did I mention this was a Paid for account?
Tell the media to shut up about constantly banging on about shortages. If the brain deads stop panic buying, we'd be OK.
OMG there is a shortage of Kellogs cornflakes! Well, buy that other fucking brand right next to them.
99% of the "shortages" just mean you have to buy a different brand, or (insert deity) forbid, you don't buy that item this week
#firstworldproblems
"all have physically separate connectivity ( fibre or 4G dongle"
Oh you poor deluded fool.
Just wait until a digger slices between the trunk line of an exchange. Then you have a cascade fault, which means the alternative exchange, that your other carrier uses falls over. Then you realise your 4G is relying on the same fibre bachaul as has just been sliced.
It's OK you have a third link, but that alternative European link you have is now routing through another country, who just happens to have a big outage themselves.
If this sounds like fantasy, it's not. Had it happen..... Twice.
... How about a "I could of told you so".
That's why you have all your tools and documentation on a couple of laptops, that don't require online access.
Signed every techie over 40 years old.
My experience. Internal DNS went nuts and pretty took out the entire business. Luckily us telecoms guys had the ability jump on our kit, get going and let the server kids fix their fuck up.
Multiple "gangs" infect some of the same gang (to get the stats), then go on forum to say they themselves have been compromised by the malware the were distributing and all their bitcoins have been stolen. Thus sowing doubt amoung other crims.
Did I say gangs? I meant to say law inforcement agencies.
"Don't read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly."
The magazines have just been replaced by (filtered) photos.
Oh and its ruined decent food. No longer can you have a pie and chips on a plate, it has to be severed on a germ ridden plank of wood with your chips in a f'king plant pot.
Ahhh and if you give the microwave a burnt wood exterior, the "plate" is an old sure, and you have to have to put the ingredients in yourself, you can charge 50x the amount to pretentious wankers.
So long as it looks interesting on Instagram / Pinterest, you can overcharge for any old shit.
"But the taxes are controversial because they are seen as a unilateral response to the wider issue of multinational companies picking the jurisdictions in which they'll pay tax"
Because the USA that benefits the most from the tax avoidance companies have politicians in the pockets of those companies.
They have no incentive to fix the problem they helped create.
They can impose tarrifs on this countries, but if enough do it, they eventually have to cave into the economic bully boys.
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