The Water Cooler

2:21 AM

I am so sick of the comments leading to a torrent of downvotes. I had 13 upvotes and no downvotes and one guy argues with me and now it's 6 downvotes. It's ridiculous

Rory Alsop

7:45 AM

@ChrisE linky?

Snow

Dang it, no winterbash for me. no hats, no snow. @RoryAlsop Are you seeing anything?

Rory Alsop

@Snow Yep - I was top of the leaderboard for a while

currently 5th

Snow

Odd. I have two hats now, but the website all looks the same to me.

Rory Alsop

I only have 8 hats

What do you see here now: winterbash2017.stackexchange.com

reload it just in case

Snow

8:05 AM

Hm. I guess you're not using IE?

Yep. Winterbash is disabled on IE. Stack just assumed that no one would be stupid enough to use IE so didn't bother telling anyone....

motosubatsu

9:13 AM

morning all

Snow

Greets.

motosubatsu

@Snow what-up dawg?

Snow

All the fun of the fair. I'm documenting some of our LKGs as part of a never-ending documentation and full stack handover.

motosubatsu

@Snow sounds fun...oh wait.. I think I mean the opposite

Nofel

Morning all.

Snow

9:27 AM

You have that right. Headphones on, head down. You know how it goes.

motosubatsu

@Snow you gonna just shake it off?

Snow

lol. Not got there yet on my playlist. Still going through my Baltic Fleet albums. TS comes next.

Nofel

Hell of a difference between my Manager and Creative Manager, both had me wanted to revamp pages, my manager had me so much stress and panic that It was like if I missed the train the world would end, and the other manager, today was her day. she told me on phone to go live and I did, no stress of sweat and she is bringing me a starbucks

wow, hell of a difference

motosubatsu

@Snow that's good a bit of Tay-Tay to get you through the day.. stay strong my friend!

Nofel

@Snow documentation is a pain in neck

I got 9 days to go and yet I donno what to write

coz start next week, my team want to me coach them half a day

motosubatsu

9:38 AM

woo hoo.. first ever winterbash hat!

Nofel

I had to wait for winterbash last night

to see

Snow

10:06 AM

Avril Lavigne, I think I can cope with that.

motosubatsu

@Snow I've just gotten used to your love for Taylor Swift, now you bring Avril into it? Why did you have to go and make things so complicated?

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Rory Alsop

@Nofel boss bringing you a starbucks: all is good

Nofel

@snow Look what you made @motosubatsu do

Rory Alsop

@Nofel hahahahahaha

Snow

It lengthens the playlist.

Rory Alsop

10:10 AM

(normally I wouldn't get that joke, but my youngest forced me to hear some pop music this week)

Nofel

@RoryAlsop she isn't my boss, my boss is the reason I am changing jobs. she is a head of another department.

Rory Alsop

@Nofel oh - change to her department :-)

Nofel

Too late,

I am almost near of my notice period @RoryAlsop

Rory Alsop

@Nofel well I do hope your new role is happier than the one you are leaving

Nofel

plus it isn't my field, I am not creative

hell I am not good at coding either

yea I hope, Learning All I can about new role tech as it has scope and I knew which then made me pass my interview

still freaked out

motosubatsu

10:17 AM

@Snow so much for my happy ending

it's quiet out there on the site... too quiet

Snow

10:37 AM

I'm just laughing at that question about people leaving their workstations open and their boss messing on their systems.

Rory Alsop

@Snow here it would be a disciplinary offence

Snow

@RoryAlsop leaving workstations open, or the boss using it while unlocked?

Rory Alsop

@Snow either, but someone useing your machine while you are away is more serious than the initial offence :-)

we have a policy where if you see one open you close it and notify them they left it open by accident. To be fair, we have a short autolock period, and locking is drummed into everyone, but it still occasionally happens

Snow

At my first job, I left my workstation open on the first day. I came back to find someone has taken a screen-cap of my screen, set it as the background and then hidden all of the desktop icons and minimised the task bar. I soon learnt after that.

Rory Alsop

@Snow back in the early days of JaNET, that used to be a favourite. Get remote access to another university, screenshot the Sun workstation and overlay the screenshot on their screen. All the screens in an entire lab, for example

Nofel

11:17 AM

@motosubatsu seems like I won't be able to make the workshop I signed up for

via the person u sent me invite

turns out my manager booked his half day before me

Nofel

11:40 AM

why all silent today

motosubatsu

@Nofel that's a shame.. oh well these things don't always work out

@Nofel I've just got back to my desk from a meeting but yeah it's pretty quiet

Nofel

12:12 PM

Oh I read ur gone ur meeting

I had to pour my heart our to the lady head of other department

she told me another book audible.co.uk/t2/…

@TheSnarkKnight ^

and my manager told her that his anixty levels r uncontrolable

Oh man, My demand in office, just sky rockeded today

Had a chat with Director of my department, asking me about my new work. So I told him the name of company

and I wasn't expecting such a quick enrollment, but it happen so fast and asked if the office gonna miss me

the reply was, certainly. U did a great job and everyone loves it.

Mister Positive

12:33 PM

@RoryAlsop When I worked for one of the big lotteries here in the US, it was a fireable offense.

The Snark Knight

1:46 PM

@Nofel books are a good thing :D

motosubatsu

@TheSnarkKnight agreed.. I've grabbed a copy of the one Nofel posted on Audible, looks interesting

The Snark Knight

@motosubatsu for a long time "How to win friends and influence people" was essentially my bible. If I didn't take that one to heart, I'd never have been able to get along with anyone.

Snow

I have a copy of that book in my laptop bag right now. I've not read it yet, which is why I'm still a bastard.

motosubatsu

@TheSnarkKnight I've got a copy of that too.. and How to stop worrying and start living

I'm on a real self-improvement trip at the moment

Mister Positive

@Snow Which book?

Snow

1:56 PM

Winning friends and influencing people.

Mister Positive

@Snow for real?

Snow

Are you calling me a liar, sir? Yes, for real.

Mister Positive

@Snow no, but with your overwhelming amount of charm I am surprised.

;-}

Snow

Charm is only what I present above the water. Below the water line, I am awash with bile and resentment.

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Mister Positive

@Snow that makes me sad. Hugging you from across the pond.

The Snark Knight

2:03 PM

@motosubatsu I may pick up "how to stop worrying and start living" again too. Though, I don't worry much anymore. All of my worst fears have been realized. Both of my parents are gone, my one brother is dead, the other doesn't talk to me, and my children are 2000 miles away.

It's hard to worry when your worst fears have come to fruition

Snow

@MisterPositive Did someone hijack your account and replace you with someone from IPS?

Mister Positive

@Snow LMFAO.....

The Snark Knight

@Snow it seems he's rather chipper today. I can fix that.

we need to stop this before it spreads

Mister Positive

@TheSnarkKnight My name is Mister Positive, duh.

Snow

I really wish you would actually be called "Mister Positive, Duh".

Mister Positive

2:06 PM

@Snow I may go back to Mister Sort Of Positive.

The Snark Knight

@MisterPositive Yes, yes, come to the dark side

we have cookies.

Mister Positive

the cookies are a damn lie!

Snow

Or "Mister Mediocre".

Mister Positive

curse you @TheSnarkKnight

The Snark Knight

@MisterPositive no, the cake is a lie

Mister Positive

2:07 PM

@Snow to quote Independence day, "Up yours!!"

They are both lies....

I got no cake or cookies after 30K

The Snark Knight

Mister Positive

@Nofel Did provide steamed milk though

The Snark Knight

2:23 PM

@MisterPositive ^^^^^

Mister Positive

@TheSnarkKnight EEEK

theonlydanever

2:36 PM

I've been given two CV's to review in preparation for two interviews that are happening this week. I printed them off to make notes, showed them to my team of four, and asked for further feedback or questions they might have (as the chosen candidate will be working alongside them, so it's important they get on). My line manager then scolded me for passing them round. Is it wrong or illegal to pass a CV round?

Nofel

yo

sorry was away

my producivity charts are pumpping upto 90%

The magic of good person to work for

Mister Positive

@theonlydanever Not sure what you did wrong there....

Snow

We don't usually pass CVs around the team, only to any team members who will be on the interview board itself.

Nofel

@theonlydanever I think it is not ethical to show around cv coz some people like to compare or be jerk about someone

IMHO

Snow

Or they might personally know the candidates and feed them information.

motosubatsu

2:47 PM

@theonlydanever it's not illegal.. passing them around can sometimes be frowned upon but it's not inherently wrong IMO

as @Snow and @Nofel said passing them round is something that needs to be done with a touch of discretion (I always redact personal info before doing so)

Snow

I give people exactly 3.5 seconds to read and memorize a two page resume before forcing them to eat it.

Nofel

Reminds me of a place, where someone in his 50's with same as my role, came to me saying the Manager asked me to make interview question and I don't know what to make, so asked me. later on he passed on saying he made it, clever chap didn't even knew answers himself and asked me.

motosubatsu

@Snow you softie you

3.5 seconds is practically an eternity

Snow

It's printed on both sides. You have to give people the time to turn the paper over.

Seems only fair.

motosubatsu

I give them 2 seconds to read it and then inform them that they have another 2 seconds to eat it AND repeat it back to me verbatim or I threaten to buy them a puppy, let them bond with that puppy and then drown it in front of them

Snow

2:55 PM

Reminds me of a special forces game show I used to watch. contestants used to get about 30 seconds to study the layouts of three different bombs before being sent off to defuse them (while dressed in full bomb suits).

motosubatsu

@Snow fair?!.. FAIR?!...**FAIR?!** what do you think this is.. a kindergarten sports day?

@Snow haha.. reminds me of the "Jimmy Jab games" in Brooklyn Nine-Nine where they had people racing around the police station in bomb suits

Snow

Sigh. Been a long time since I saw Kindergarten Cop....

motosubatsu

@Snow Who is your daddy and what does he do?

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Snow

they're HORRIBLE...

motosubatsu

It's not a tumor!

OK I'm officially out of Kindergarten Cop quotes now

Snow

3:10 PM

"stop whining, you kids are soft, you have no discipline"

motosubatsu

the lack of decent questions is seriously impeding my quest for hats

Snow

1) delete at least 10 potentially unnecessary comments you've made this year prior to today. 2) appropriately tag or edit five questions without leaving an edit reason. That's two easy hats for you.

Nofel

@Snow when I edit my old question, ppl come n say "Oh u made a old question edit, why bother?"

Snow

Because people should be searching for answers before asking a question. Making the question clearer and easier to search for helps other people to find answers.

The Snark Knight

@Snow what's the fun in deleting unnecessary comments.

Snow

3:25 PM

@TheSnarkKnight You get a hat.

The Snark Knight

@Snow more fun to let them stand >:)

Snow

Hats are more important.

Mister Positive

@Snow meh

Snow

You're just jealous because I'm beating you.

Mister Positive

@Snow The only thing you can beat me at is GOLD badges and STUPID hats.

;-}

The Snark Knight

3:33 PM

Now children, fight nice. Use hammers

Snow

Can I use the box-cutter I have in my desk?

Mister Positive

@Snow Sure, Let me just get something from my car.... @TheSnarkKnight

theonlydanever

thanks all - i didn't think i had done anything wrong, but wasn't 100% sure.

i guess it depends on the place. my old employer would put it past literally everyone, though they were much more start-up... this place is fully corporate.

Snow

Yeah. You wouldn't want people directly contacting candidates. you also don't want members of your team feeling as though their job is at risk when the candidates are obviously more highly skilled than they are.

Snow

3:50 PM

Ah.. My favourite edit reason "My shift key works".

The Snark Knight

4:06 PM

I just had to take some life-saving medication. Many people are alive today because I take these tranquilizers

motosubatsu

@TheSnarkKnight feel like I could do with some of those.. the temperature of my blood is rising as a result of the fact that the "dream job" BS seems to have started infecting TWP

The Snark Knight

4:32 PM

@motosubatsu ah, the joy of autistic rage being your constant companion.

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