August 13, 201412 yr In no particular order: IBM's website - How do they expect to sell software when they make it almost impossible for customers to figure out how to purchase software and how much it will cost them. People who repeatedly pass me, pull into my lane, and slow down to the point that I have to pass them again or adjust my cruise control to avoid rear-ending them. People who race past me and then slow down to text or yak on their cell phones. Inevitably, the same people race past me again when they finish fiddling with their phone and then repeat the cycle until our paths diverge. Racists. Real racists, not the one's who only people with the supernatural ability to hear dog whistles can identify. Race-baiting politicians and media. People who attack other people's deeply held, peaceful religious beliefs. People who are okay with surrendering their constitutional rights because they "have nothing to hide." - These people are menaces to society and almost as dangerous as the people who would deprive us of our constitutional rights. Snakes. Telemarketers. I think I know what you are saying here and, in general, I agree. I would add that there are those that believe the constitution should never be challenged or changed due to it being perfect. I just don't believe that is so. I believe if we can make it better and be more in time with the social, economic and most importantly protecting our safety, then we should go through that grueling process to change it. I get it if you meant, for example, that a government agency should be able to enter my home for whatever reason without the proper warrant or whatever because I should have "nothing to hide" and I don't. No, I don't believe they should. I would not take that lightly.
August 13, 201412 yr When I do something and discover I've done it completely backwards or incredibly wrong. Then I realize how much time and money it's going to cost me to fix what I did. This would not be something I hate, except for the fact that I do it all of the time.
August 13, 201412 yr I'm afraid I'm at odds with our integrator, at the moment. German based parent company using SAP makes sense, given SAP is a German based company. A lot also depends on whether you are using the full ERP or a scaled down version for small to mid sized businesses, like Business One. My problem is with Business One running on a Windows Server/MS-SQL based platform. I work for a German-owned company, and we use SAP as well. It is a very comprehensive and complex system, but I cannot say it helps us run our business. I have long felt enterprise wide software is sold to the CEO's, convincing them that there will be consistency in the platforms and they will have "transparent" information. The problem we seem to have is that the software is so deep no one internally really knows how to fully utilize it, so they still revert to off system routines and templates which is ridiculous. If I were king of the ant hill, I would go with something infinitely simpler....allow each individual business to use a local MRP system -that fits their business - and then tie that into an integrated financial package, ie. Lawson for consolidated reporting. I can tell you that the Germans are VERY loyal to SAP.
August 13, 201412 yr Coming into work any your computer doesnt work. Only to find out one of the donkey clowns in the office has unplugged everything (its a little joke around the office.) Revenge will be sweet.
August 13, 201412 yr Coming into work any your computer doesnt work. Only to find out one of the donkey clowns in the office has unplugged everything (its a little joke around the office.) Revenge will be sweet.Back in the early years of eBay, a small group of my coworkers and I got revenge on the office practical joker with an elaborate hoax. We created a fake eBay website (eBay was his home page) that had links to the real website, but also some fake pages. The fake site was installed on his computer, my computer, and a couple of others that we could use to set the hook and reel him in. One morning before work, we were all standing around a computer while one of us searched to see what was for sale in our own home towns. We knew that curiosity would get the best of our mark, who I will call "Chet," and sure enough he asked the guy at the keyboard to type in his hometown. When he did, a listing for an executive home popped up. Chet asked the guy to click on the link to see if he recognized the house. Suddenly, Chet exclaimed, "Boys, that is MY house!" The photo that we took even had Chet's pick-up and Jaguar parked in the driveway. Both the minimum bid and the high bid were insultingly low. After a few minutes, Chet got suspicious, but when a couple more of us brought the ad up on our own screens, he was hooked. We provided both the seller and the high bidder with fake negative feedback, and the feedback details were so bad it was scary. Chet fired off an angry email to the "seller" and a few minutes later he called me to his office and proudly told me that it looked like the seller had panicked and had already removed the listing. I sat down at his computer, clicked on the single pixel that was linked to the fake listing to show him that the listing had not been removed. After I told Chet that it would probably require a subpoena to find out who had listed his house for sale, Chet got on the phone and had his wife, who worked for a judge, start typing up a subpoena. A few minutes later, somebody finally got weak-kneed and confessed.
August 14, 201412 yr People driving convertibles with the top down, but not going the speed limit, which I can only assume is because they don't want to muss their hair. People who drive a convertible with the top down and the windows up.
August 14, 201412 yr When I get cramps in my feet while driving. Happened today in both feet, and I almost pulled over into the emergency lane to get out of the car. Arrgh!
August 14, 201412 yr People who drive a convertible with the top down and the windows up. As long as they drive the speed limit, I can forgive them.
August 14, 201412 yr People driving convertibles with the top down, but not going the speed limit, which I can only assume is because they don't want to muss their hair. Honestly, it's probably because it feels like you're going a lot faster with the top down. I rarely use the AC in my car, so it's always windows down, and the wind always makes it feel like I'm going a lot faster than I really am. And besides, if you've got a convertible, enjoy the drive. No need to be in a hurry.
August 14, 201412 yr Honestly, it's probably because it feels like you're going a lot faster with the top down. I rarely use the AC in my car, so it's always windows down, and the wind always makes it feel like I'm going a lot faster than I really am. And besides, if you've got a convertible, enjoy the drive. No need to be in a hurry. It really messes with my "set cruise @ 60 for 2 hours" strategy. LOL
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