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    Dealing with rude/inconsiderate people

    We have a new web-based system for our State that just went into implementation (partially, LONG story!), and I am the "Administrator" for our Department, which means, if there is a problem ("lost" password, new users, etc.), I get contacted. I also get contacted for every other thing having to...
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    Dealing with rude/inconsiderate people

    That's AWESOME!! Going in my cube! Since my post, things have gotten a bit better (lots of changes in the office and more to come - yippee!). Hope things are going better for you, BJCooperIT! JayeD "I'm sure of two things: there IS a God, and I'm NOT Him!" - R. Williams[wavey]
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    Barriers to Women ITers

    So true - never really thought of it in that way. That's one of the reasons why Civil Service isn't all it's cracked up to be. Titles really don't mean much around here, not as much as they do in the outside world (meaning that they don't describe so much WHAT you do, but rather, how LONG...
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    Barriers to Women ITers

    Thankfully, I haven't run into too many barriers, just VERY surprised faces when people I've talked to over the phone or via email finally meet me in person. Not that they don't know I'm a female, but I think the fact that my ethnic background throws them (I'm quite the mixture - the Census...
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    Odd Habits

    Onyxpurr, LOL!!! Sounds very much like the "brainstorming" sessions at my job. webmigit, Gotta love a man who does dishes! [love2] I love to cook, but hate cleaning those pots and pans (although I do clean up along the way). Back to odd habits - although I played the flute in high school...
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    Odd Habits

    I'm an aspiring personal chef myself, so I'll cook you a meal, if you build a bookcase for me. I could use a one for all of my cookbooks [wink]. JayeD "I'm sure of two things: there IS a God, and I'm NOT Him!" - R. Williams[wavey]
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    Odd Habits

    Juggling - not here, not me. Too tempting to just throw things at some of my co-workers, just to wake them up! [wink] JayeD "I'm sure of two things: there IS a God, and I'm NOT Him!" - R. Williams[wavey]
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    Coworker Sabotage!

    At first I thought you worked where I do! I have to agree with SQLSister and Tarwn - keep doing what you do best and keep a sense of humour about you. Document, document, document (keep copies at home). I save all emails, keep copies of help desk tickets in binders, back up copies of all my...
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    Dealing with a constantly interruptive co-worker

    If they are bored, offer to let them paint... assign them work... "Is your room cleaned up?" You need to train them to take care of the house they'll live in after they're adults anyway... why not use it to silence them... Thanks for the suggestion, but this usually doesn't work with my...
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    Dealing with a constantly interruptive co-worker

    Yeah, but when I do it, I don't get the same results - my kids are older, so their requests usually involve the financial or automotive aspects of life. Teenagers (and older) are a persistent lot. [ponytails2] Them: "Let's go to the mall!" Me: "We can go later on, I want to finish painting...
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    Dealing with a constantly interruptive co-worker

    Luckyfour, Great advice! I'll definitely try that here (though it doesn't work with my kids!). JayeD "I'm sure of two things: there IS a God, and I'm NOT Him!" - R. Williams[wavey]
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    Team-Building Exercises

    MDXer - movie day?! Very cool idea! Are you in the NJ area? Any openings [wink]? Working for a government agency, our management normally changes every election, depending upon which party wins. We used to go to local baseball games, have team meetings (but employee(s) of the month were...
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    Dealing with a constantly interruptive co-worker

    Good JORB, Homestray! This is one of my favorite sites! "So good!" JayeD "I'm sure of two things: there IS a God, and I'm NOT Him!" - R. Williams[wavey]
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    Dealing with a constantly interruptive co-worker

    BTW, I also sometimes print out these types of posts and leave them on my desk, with the title facing toward anyone who comes in. I've also made an "Out to Lunch" sign that I put on a chair that goes in the entrance of my cube (like a door) when I actually do take a lunch (I, too, don't go out...
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    Dealing with a constantly interruptive co-worker

    Wow, Mike555, sounds like you work for the same place I work for! I have that same problem, only I'm flanked by two older women (not quite in their 70's, but they've both been working here for 25 years or more, and are waiting for retirement). One lady will come in, and stop at EVERY occupied...
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    Programming Rant

    Update - It's a wonderful thing when management finally "gets it." Case in point, my supervisor and I have been trying, to no avail, to get me more training, specifically in Oracle. The powers-that-be shot it down, and we were left wondering what to do, because I didn't have the money to pay...
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    Odd Habits

    chiph, At least YOUR "PHD" has NEW shirts! Have one here - the other IT person here besides myself - same shirt everyday. We notice the NEW stains on them - "Gee, Quark, you had spaghetti last night?". Bathing habits? I won't get into them, either, because HE doesn't! Gas masks, anyone...
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    Odd Habits

    PTina, Used to have that problem, too - one of the chatterboxes next to me (with whom I avoid all eye contact, or I'll lose 1 hour of my life listening to her yammer...) used to answer me whenever I'd start coding out loud. Not sure how you'd answer "If Not IsNull(DistCode), etc.," but she...
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    Odd Habits

    KornGeek, Good idea and I've wanted one for a while, but I'd have to get at least two, or I wouldn't have it long - it would get hijacked by one of my girls (may have to wait until the youngest goes off to college next year). It definitely would free up tons of space on my PC and I wouldn't...
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    Odd Habits

    I definitely HAVE to get headphones - I'm surrounded by yappers! I talk/mumble to myself (& God) - it's a requirement while coding and sometimes, when I finally get what I'm working on to do what I want it to do, I let out a holler! Can't be any worse than the prating women around here (don't...

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