I get a call an hour ago, from a kid who can't log in - invalid username and password. He says he is the caller's grandson, and "they've never used a password before." There's a note from a previous call that the caller's son was trying to get the password from us. Based on this and other notes, I tell the kid (quite honestly) I can only give the password to the account owner. Who I learn, is out of town.
The password logs showed the kid wasn't even close with all the variations of "Sausage" he typed in, trying to guess the password.
The kid hung up.
But wait, it gets better.
The kid calls back, and gets me again. He then tries to tell me, in a fake voice that he was the account holder, and he needed the password. Now, this wasn't only just fake, it was sitcom-fake. I recognized his voice and asked "Didn't I just speak to you, sir?"
"Yeah...."
"Sir, I told you I can only give the password to the account holder."
"But I really need to get on the internet tonight!"
Now, the rest of my co-workers and just hoping this kid calls back so they can mess with him. (My notes were quite thorough, and we all got a good laugh out of it)
This must be what job satisfaction feels like.
In three weeks I managed to take the project from being a steaming pile of crap to being smooth, polished, and nearly flawless bug wise. It got a first pass, and we came in really under budget. I got taken out to drinks by the producer's boss, as well as all of mine. This was the only time I've ever heard that happening in the company, ever.
That is what job satisfaction is.
Doing the obvious parts of your job is just doing your job.
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Gadani said:
I thought job satisfaction was being content with your job.
More or less, but ragging on Mightion is the 'in' thing right now.
*beats Mightion with a baseball bat, just to be sociable*
I'm sure it was fun for Mightion to be the one laughing at someone else, but oh well, here we are.
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Mr. Parcelan enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
We ragged on Khyron for the same thing. If you're working in IT, your job is boring, your stories are boring and every time you think something is funny, chances are high that it's just you being a dick.I'm sure it was fun for Mightion to be the one laughing at someone else, but oh well, here we are.
At least I've left that all behind me. I'm a manager now. Now I get to tell stories about how I boss people around.
