pmsumner

I... sorry, I is the wrong word to use. Our team is the right phrase.

Our team did a shift swap - Monday we went into work when it was supposed to be our day off, Wednesday we get off instead. The reason for this, was that someone in resource and support had booked us in for training with an external company - this actually looks like worthwhile training too - learning more about VPNs and more importantly - how to use them.

We get to work, at our alloted time we get up and ready to bugger off to training, only for R&S to tell us that it's been cancelled/deferred/moved. We look very confused and say "but...", yet there has been the most monumental cock-up ever. Huger than any I've seen yet. Whilst it doesn't actually hurt anybody directly - indirectly it shows just how crap they are at organising anything across more than one department.

Apparently, at the same time our t/m was organising the shift swap from Wednesday to Monday, someone else within resource was contacting the training company and re-organising it for when we were going to be in. Guess when they booked it?

As I say, this isn't the end of the world. But it is a major cockup, and will cause lots of hassle in the future, because of the TSC transfer thingie. *shrugs* The sooner I am out of Dearne, the better.

(Oh, and in case anyone was thinking of asking, I haven't heard back from Oswald yet - I did email him on Monday in the early AM but got no response back by 5pm, also tried calling but got voicemail.)

My car's been making a niggling squeaky noise from the NSF (passenger side front) wheel when I've been making right turns for a little while. I haven't had time in the past week to do anything about it so today I booked it into the garage for a check. I hope, hope and hope again it isn't anything serious. I can't afford anything serious.

I talked to one of the mechanics (sorry, technicians) who said they thought it could be a brake issue, but I don't think that sounds right. Fingers crossed...

I've spent the afternoon tidying my bits and bobs. Odd? Yeah - I was looking for something and I knew it was in my big bag of stuff (I have a big bag full of computer gear that I have collected over the years) - but it took me forever to find. In a fit of annoyance, I started to tidy it :) Everything is now in organised bags - with labels on them! Wow, organised or what?

*looks around* Oh crap, I forgot about this pile of stuff left over that I couldn't classify properly ;) And besides - do I really need 10mtrs of RF cable?

I just had two coppers come round. Apparently one of my neighbours is being implicated in a murder! They asked specifically about number 9, but I don't honestly think I have even seen them, never mind know who they are.

Might have to go gossiping later, if I get the chance *g*

1. Tell me something obvious about you.
I'm a geek?
I like chocolate...
I need a haircut, desperately.

2. Tell me something about you that many don't know.
I have all the Mick Hucknall bigraphies I could find from about 10yrs ago.

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