The Dreaded Meetings
Work pays me so much money expecting me to do so much work. Meetings are required in order to get the work done, this is a given, but at what point do meetings become a nuisance and detracts from the work getting done. I’ve wondered that one all day long yesterday. The dreaded fence sitter has struck again! Every decision that needs to be made is turned into an hour long discussion. He restates everything, almost verbatim, a minimum of 5 times before he STARTS to wind down. I think his fear is to make the decision, and so he puts it off as long as he can. Unfortunately, all this does is create an impromptu meeting that wastes my time. You get enough of these impromptus and you discover your day is shot, nothing was accomplished. How on earth am I going to rule the world if I’m not given time to implement my plans? Sheesh!
I think the worst thing about being a geek, is the way family members tend to walk all over you when it comes to getting their computers fixed. They won’t pay you because you are family. Which means, of course, wasted effort. Time that could have been spent furthering plans to become the Overlord, or making money to further the plans of becoming Overlord. The worst of it all though, since you are family, they do not take your advice seriously! Use a password, and mac address verification on your wireless connection. Do not change the email settings. Install the windows updates. Update your virus protection software constantly. What do you mean you don’t have virus protection? Are you insane?! The worst of that list though, are the ones who don’t go out and study the problem on their own and try to fix it. My wife’s step mother is great! I love her. She goes out and googles for the problem until she can find it. I have had to save her maybe 3 times in the past 5 years. All three times it was something she had spent hours trying to find the solution for, to no avail. The only reason I knew how to fix it, is because I had to do it once before. Now my own parents? I try to restrict what they can do, as much as I can, because they are known to be computer killers!
Why is it that family members never believe that you can really do something? My uncles just moved the business into a building that needed phone and network cables ran. I offered my assistance to them and I was ignored. This shocked me a little because this had been my job for the past decade or so. My dad talked to them and explained to them that I worked with computers. Two days before they reopen, they are still struggling to get things hooked up. I happen to stop in to visit my dad, and forcefully offered my assistance. Four hours later, I advanced them enough that they could open. There was still work to be done, but they were going to be ok. Monday comes, they open up, and began to beg for the tools that I mentioned on Friday that I had so they could finish. Amazing how much quicker the job goes when you have the correct tool! Needless to say, I am the hero of the day. Unfortunately they are family, so you know how much I’m going to get out of them every time they call! (Actually, I am getting a SWEET deal on a new generator! We went there on Friday because the power was out all day, and the wife and kids were freezing! I’m going to prevent that in the future!)
The old adage that says it isn’t what you know but who you know. That’s fine and all, but having some knowledge sure doesn’t hurt!
I think the worst thing about being a geek, is the way family members tend to walk all over you when it comes to getting their computers fixed. They won’t pay you because you are family. Which means, of course, wasted effort. Time that could have been spent furthering plans to become the Overlord, or making money to further the plans of becoming Overlord. The worst of it all though, since you are family, they do not take your advice seriously! Use a password, and mac address verification on your wireless connection. Do not change the email settings. Install the windows updates. Update your virus protection software constantly. What do you mean you don’t have virus protection? Are you insane?! The worst of that list though, are the ones who don’t go out and study the problem on their own and try to fix it. My wife’s step mother is great! I love her. She goes out and googles for the problem until she can find it. I have had to save her maybe 3 times in the past 5 years. All three times it was something she had spent hours trying to find the solution for, to no avail. The only reason I knew how to fix it, is because I had to do it once before. Now my own parents? I try to restrict what they can do, as much as I can, because they are known to be computer killers!
Why is it that family members never believe that you can really do something? My uncles just moved the business into a building that needed phone and network cables ran. I offered my assistance to them and I was ignored. This shocked me a little because this had been my job for the past decade or so. My dad talked to them and explained to them that I worked with computers. Two days before they reopen, they are still struggling to get things hooked up. I happen to stop in to visit my dad, and forcefully offered my assistance. Four hours later, I advanced them enough that they could open. There was still work to be done, but they were going to be ok. Monday comes, they open up, and began to beg for the tools that I mentioned on Friday that I had so they could finish. Amazing how much quicker the job goes when you have the correct tool! Needless to say, I am the hero of the day. Unfortunately they are family, so you know how much I’m going to get out of them every time they call! (Actually, I am getting a SWEET deal on a new generator! We went there on Friday because the power was out all day, and the wife and kids were freezing! I’m going to prevent that in the future!)
The old adage that says it isn’t what you know but who you know. That’s fine and all, but having some knowledge sure doesn’t hurt!
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