So I got a lecture from the Boss today. Apparently I have an attitude problem. Not only do I have a bad attitude when dealing with other employees, but I'm also told I have a "I dont give a poop" attitude. While this is all true, I found it very entertaining. The way I figure it, I dont get any respect in the IT department so why should I give respect in return? To be honest, their problems are usually stupid so why should I give a poop? Not to mention, nobody tells me when they have problems, they whine to management and force them to talk to me about it. If they could only see me when I work at the hardware store, they wouldn't complain. I have a bigger attitude with the idiots there.

 

Ahhh the life of an IT guy... think I'll go yank someone's cat5 cable...

http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard1.html

 

Tell the boss, "If they don't ask for help, then I don't give it". Why would they go to the boss first if your the "turn to" guy when they have a problem? Sounds like their scared of you or something. Sounds like a bunch of stuck up panzies to me. If that's not the job for you, you know what to do.

 

bring a gun to work....

 

I thought an attitude was a basic requirement for any IT job, damn, I've been doing it all wrong!

 

Who wants poop, anyway?

 

My patience grows shorter the longer I've been somewhere. Which is why generally after about 3-4 years I gotta go somewhere new.

My current job, my predecssor walked out without notice, and treated everyone like crap. Yelled, called them idiots, made them email a generic box for help and call a generic voicemail box to leave help calls. He didn't want anyone talking directly to him.

I come in nice and mild mannered and I'm still loved and treated like a god send a year and a half later. Even the wenches in the office no better than to screw with the nice IT guy...don't want the old guy back.

I'll probably end up like him in 4 years but so far so good....now if I can figure out how to get them to bring me my coffee....

 

thats funny... I've never got that speech, but I have a bad attitude a lot of times to. I express it in different ways. For example instead of calling a co-worker an idiot, I explain why I am smarter .

 

Did you ever see the Saturday Night LIve sketches of "Nick Burns, your companies computer guy". Man those were great. My favorite was when Jackie Chan was the nights host, and he played Nick Burns assistant... nothing like hearing Jackie Chan saying "He wouldn't know his cmos from c-prompt!"
ROFL.

 

OMG BOFH is some really AWESOME *****.

To me, it's like the End of The World Flash video from Albino Blacksheep....Only gets funnier.

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I'm the exact same way Vader. I've been here for about 4 and a half years....I am SOOOOOOO ready for a change it hurts.

 

Lance... Is that you?

 

I'm an IT guy, but the "computer guys" give me the "poops"...

If you can fix the problem, fix it. Don't talk to me like I'm dumb because I can't disect computer-code. You don't see me talking to you sarcasticly because you can't help me figure out why the customers in Detroit can ping Melbourne, but can't ping the router in Sydney. I work on a computer, but I'm not a PC guru.

After a few roled eyes, and heavy sighs I tell them- "Listen buddy; I do my job, you do yours... Fix my GD computer!"


They know better than to smart off for too long with me- I'll call their contracting agency and *poof* no more nasty-attitude computer guy.

 

YOUR THE B.O.F.H, arent you?

 

B.O.F.H.?

What's that?

 

The Bastard Operator From Hell:

http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard1.html