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Nov. 23rd, 2004
Well, the headache from Hell(tm) is still gone, but I'm wide awake. This, in itself is not a bad thing, but it's just now 2 p.m. and I have to go to work tonight at 11 p.m.
I've gotten a decent bit of sleep, so I'm considering staying up and playing City of Heroes for a while (you know, after showering, getting a snack, and reading City of Silence), but damn, I really hope work doesn't suck tonight. Actually, given the last several Tuesdays, it probably won't suck, but we're likely to have a number of the "Oh shit, I need this before Thanksgiving break" type of jobs, when in reality, they don't actually need it before Thanksgiving at all.
I do, however, want to go back in time and beat the piss out of whatever person, group, committee or council of anal-retentive assholes who put such stringent requirements on dissertations being printed. I swear to Jesus, that shit is ridiculous. Yes, I understand that a dissertation is a lot of work (the longest paper I ever had to write was 10 pages), and that the writers don't want it to look like shit. However, when you pull out a fucking ruler and start measuring the margins....
I mean, honestly, can anyone actually see a dissertation committee actually denying one of these things because a page or two might have a margin slightly too small (like by 1/16th of an inch)? And yet, we've had people who wanted the entire thing reprinted because one page was off.
"Ma'am, why don't I just reprint that one page? Because if I print the entire thing again, it's likely that another page will be off."
"No! Print it again!" (accompanied by head spinning around and vomitting pea-soup)
And they have to be on 100% cotton paper (which is understandable), but goddamn it, you assholes who are on committees, couldn't you tell them that? Could you just pick one fucking term for the paper? I've had arguments with customers because they insisted it had to be "100% rag paper", whatever the fuck that is.
"You mean 100% cotton." (Turning to get some, because while this is their first dissertation, and they have no fucking clue what they need, this is easily the 100th I've printed, so I know what is required.)
"No! It's has to be 100% rag paper!"
"Ma'am, we've printed on this for everyone else who has done a dissertation. It's what is used."
"No! I want to talk to your manager! You're trying to ruin me!"
"Well, considering that it's 3 a.m., you need to come back when he's here."
Eventually, order is restored, and all becomes right with the world until, of course, they look at the large colour pictures printed on the 100% cotton paper.
"The water-mark ruins the picture. And why is it so fuzzy?"
"Because it's 100% cotton paper, and the only brand we carry of 100% cotton paper has a water-mark on every sheet."
"Print it again! I need one without the water-mark in the middle of the picture."
"Yes, ma'am. That will be 89 cents per extra copy of that picture."
"What?!"
"Afraid so."
And again, order is eventually restored. At least until they see the total price tag. I mean, you'd think with being in college for that many years, they would know that this shit is expensive.
I've gotten a decent bit of sleep, so I'm considering staying up and playing City of Heroes for a while (you know, after showering, getting a snack, and reading City of Silence), but damn, I really hope work doesn't suck tonight. Actually, given the last several Tuesdays, it probably won't suck, but we're likely to have a number of the "Oh shit, I need this before Thanksgiving break" type of jobs, when in reality, they don't actually need it before Thanksgiving at all.
I do, however, want to go back in time and beat the piss out of whatever person, group, committee or council of anal-retentive assholes who put such stringent requirements on dissertations being printed. I swear to Jesus, that shit is ridiculous. Yes, I understand that a dissertation is a lot of work (the longest paper I ever had to write was 10 pages), and that the writers don't want it to look like shit. However, when you pull out a fucking ruler and start measuring the margins....
I mean, honestly, can anyone actually see a dissertation committee actually denying one of these things because a page or two might have a margin slightly too small (like by 1/16th of an inch)? And yet, we've had people who wanted the entire thing reprinted because one page was off.
"Ma'am, why don't I just reprint that one page? Because if I print the entire thing again, it's likely that another page will be off."
"No! Print it again!" (accompanied by head spinning around and vomitting pea-soup)
And they have to be on 100% cotton paper (which is understandable), but goddamn it, you assholes who are on committees, couldn't you tell them that? Could you just pick one fucking term for the paper? I've had arguments with customers because they insisted it had to be "100% rag paper", whatever the fuck that is.
"You mean 100% cotton." (Turning to get some, because while this is their first dissertation, and they have no fucking clue what they need, this is easily the 100th I've printed, so I know what is required.)
"No! It's has to be 100% rag paper!"
"Ma'am, we've printed on this for everyone else who has done a dissertation. It's what is used."
"No! I want to talk to your manager! You're trying to ruin me!"
"Well, considering that it's 3 a.m., you need to come back when he's here."
Eventually, order is restored, and all becomes right with the world until, of course, they look at the large colour pictures printed on the 100% cotton paper.
"The water-mark ruins the picture. And why is it so fuzzy?"
"Because it's 100% cotton paper, and the only brand we carry of 100% cotton paper has a water-mark on every sheet."
"Print it again! I need one without the water-mark in the middle of the picture."
"Yes, ma'am. That will be 89 cents per extra copy of that picture."
"What?!"
"Afraid so."
And again, order is eventually restored. At least until they see the total price tag. I mean, you'd think with being in college for that many years, they would know that this shit is expensive.