Category Archives: Work (WORK!!?!??!)

Maynard G. Krebs is frightened

I haz a Goost (again)

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Marchbanks

I declared this to be Ghost Server Migration Day. Continue reading →

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How to ruin your kid’s day

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Marchbanks

T learned that the new SOP to retaliate for getting fired for credit card fraud is to slash your store manager’s truck tires. Continue reading →

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In which Empirical corporate culture is introduced to Little Jimmy Dickens

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Marchbanks

They’ll look bad, and have puny ways. Continue reading →

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You know what’s No Fun?

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Marchbanks

Working over a crappy VPN connection to try to save your leave hours, is what. Continue reading →

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Beat(le)ing it

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Marchbanks

In which all my later Beatles albums go walkabout in the house. Continue reading →

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I has a job an a computr

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Marchbanks

I’m to transfer to a new team as of Monday. Continue reading →

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My job is evaporating by inches

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Marchbanks

While work-ish things are depressing, and not helping my spoon count, they could be EVER so much worse. Continue reading →

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Today sucked donkey dick

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Marchbanks

I really don’t want to try describing very much of it, but here are some bits. Continue reading →

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Massively unclear on the concept of “excess capacity, as designed”

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Marchbanks

Please TRY to understand that the Puritan work ethic does NOT apply when it comes to processors. Continue reading →

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Not holding on all that well

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Marchbanks

My tolerance for front-line tech and customer idiocy is way down, and I’m not filtering my responses worth a good goddamn. Continue reading →

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