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Fenner

Fenner

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kenthomas27 said:
So I stayed up to watch the Alabama/Ohio state game and went to bed knowing i had to get up early. I just laid my head on the pillow when my computer "rang". It was a problem with a system at work. I thought I could resolve through the network, but after several tries I couldn't. I had to end up driving in to work, getting there at 3AM and working the issue that turned into issues (plural) and finally finding out (just now at noon the next day) that what I did - the procedures I followed, the skill set I've learned, the experience I have, the initiatives I took, the work I did - didn't amount to much. The problem could have resolved itself because of some fail safes already in place for just such an issue. In short, I wasn't needed, I created extra work, and the effort I made and the fact that I missed a lot ...well all of sleep was really for nothing except maybe I learned a lesson. Maybe even an important one.

The lesson I also learned this morning is that maybe I'm not always needed. That my advice or love or attention I might give isn't always a thing that's wanted or needed. A failsafe might be in place that I'm not aware of and I might just be making things worse when I was trying to make it better. I didn't respect the fact that the writers of the program I was working on had foreseen the kind of issue I encountered and had written in steps to counteract it.

I'm learning that maybe I'm not respecting the fact that God has written in plans for others that gives them strengths or faith that move mountains that help them to counteract.

It hurts to lose sleep and I have a full day ahead of me and it's only lunchtime. But I get overtime and that's good. It hurts to realize my help might not be needed, but it's a blessing to understand a lesson and that's good too!
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Well suffern succotash!
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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I get a call. I can't answer my phone at the moment. I check my voicemail later...it's a side job! Great, and one of my usual customers even!

The phone rings again a few hours later. I check the voicemail as soon as I have a chance, hoping it's another side job. Instead...

 
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Tintin

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Yesterday it was 43 degrees. Ugh! Today it will be 39 degrees. Still too hot for my liking.
 
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psychomom

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Siberian_Khatru said:
I get a call. I can't answer my phone at the moment. I check my voicemail later...it's a side job! Great, and one of my usual customers even!

The phone rings again a few hours later. I check the voicemail as soon as I have a chance, hoping it's another side job. Instead...

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hablo un poco de español...tal vez te puedo ayudar. :)
 
Oncefallen

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Tintin said:
Yesterday it was 43 (109)degrees. Ugh! Today it will be 39(102) degrees. Still too hot for my liking.
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Definitely a bit on the hot side, but almost preferable to the temps this morning when I got to work 2f (-16c).
 
blue_ladybug

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I have a twin-size bed..how is it possible for my 11-pound, petite cat to take up 3/4 of the bed and leave me with one square inch of space? lol.. :) What a bed hog!!!!!
 
Lynx

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Only one solution blue_ladybug. Get a queen size bed.
 
lil_christian

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I know that feel. Titan likes to hog my bed. But I don't let him. :p It's like, hmmm...I'm HOW much bigger than you again? Yeah, that's right, furball. I get the majority, you sleep near the foot of the bed, not the other way around. :p
 
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Tintin

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Oncefallen said:
Definitely a bit on the hot side, but almost preferable to the temps this morning when I got to work 2f (-16c).
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For the most part, I can't stand Australian Summers and I've never experienced anything below -2C, so I feel I can't say anything. :p
 
Fenner

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Tintin said:
Yesterday it was 43 degrees. Ugh! Today it will be 39 degrees. Still too hot for my liking.
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It's 28 degrees Fahrenheit here. I'd take this over your current temps!!
 
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Ugly

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All in the Family, Archie trying to talk a tv repair man to stay and finish a job, but the repair man is an Orthodox Jew and it's Friday evening, so he can't work after dark.

Archie: Just stay and finish the job now, then say three hail Moses tomorrow and everything will be fine.
 
wisebeardman

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So someone I know has had a problem with telemarketers... So I decided to help. and yes he is on the do not call list.. I decided to have some fun..

I get there about 8am. so I get the online scanner going playing NYPD/NYFD traffic for background..

8:10AM phone rings. funky 904 AC number on the ID.
ME - 911 what is your emergency?
caller - uhh excuses me? is MR _____ there?
me - Sir this is NYC 911 emergency services line! what is your name sir?
caller - uhh
me cutting him off - I have your real number I will be filing a complaint with your local police for abuse of the 911 services.
caller - click hangup.


9:34AM 800# call
ME - New York City 911 what is your emergency?
caller - *click*
oh you hang up on me.. ok.. skype with id spoof nypd switchboard #
call the 800# back.
800 - This is ____ with ____ can I help you today?
me- Yes this is NYC 911 you just called and hung up do you have an emergency?
800 - uhhhhhhh
me - you know 911 is for EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY. If you call again and you have no emergency you will be charged
800 - cutting me off... I am so sorry sir we just have a list of numbers to call and the computer dials....
me - so your computer has a habit of calling 911?
800 - no no sir I have no id...
me - if it happens again I will have charges...
800 - I'M so so sorry it wont happen agai..
me - it better NOT happen again *click*

12:05pm 718 number.
ME - NYC 911 what is your emergency.
718 - uhh excuse me?
me - you called NYC 911 do you have an emergency?
718 - uh no i was calling a...
me - oh so you just like to call 911 and play around?
718 - uh no sir no si..
me - 911 is not for your amusement sir.
718 - im sorry I ju..
me - You prank callers are going to learn that 911 is NOT a number to be prank calling
718 - I am not prank cal.
me - well you don't have an emergency and you are calling 911 you are playing games on the phone. you are wasting my time.
718 - sir I did not mean to call 91...
me - If you did not mean to call 911 then why are you on this line with me?
718 - I am sorry it won't happen ag.
me - you are right it won't happen again, cause if you call back and don't have an emergency charges will be filed *click*

2:09pm 213#
me - nyc 911 what is your emergency?
213 - um excuse me?
me - you called 911 do you have an emergency?
213 - I think I have the wrong num..
me - how can you have the wrong number? you dialed 911. this number is for emergency calls only if you call here again and you don't have an emergency charges will be filed
213 *click*

3:27pm 312# last call of the day.
me - nyc 911 what is your emergency?
312 um excuse me?
me - you called nyc 911 what is your emergency?
312 - I called a number in Indi..
me - No you called 911. and it appears you are in Chicago and you are playing on the phones. I will have Chicago Police notified and will be giving them your infor.
*click*

Not sure if the word got around to the other telemarketscammers but from 330- till 6p not a single call was received.
 
lil_christian

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wisebeardman said:
So someone I know has had a problem with telemarketers... So I decided to help. and yes he is on the do not call list.. I decided to have some fun..

I get there about 8am. so I get the online scanner going playing NYPD/NYFD traffic for background..

8:10AM phone rings. funky 904 AC number on the ID.
ME - 911 what is your emergency?
caller - uhh excuses me? is MR _____ there?
me - Sir this is NYC 911 emergency services line! what is your name sir?
caller - uhh
me cutting him off - I have your real number I will be filing a complaint with your local police for abuse of the 911 services.
caller - click hangup.


9:34AM 800# call
ME - New York City 911 what is your emergency?
caller - *click*
oh you hang up on me.. ok.. skype with id spoof nypd switchboard #
call the 800# back.
800 - This is ____ with ____ can I help you today?
me- Yes this is NYC 911 you just called and hung up do you have an emergency?
800 - uhhhhhhh
me - you know 911 is for EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY. If you call again and you have no emergency you will be charged
800 - cutting me off... I am so sorry sir we just have a list of numbers to call and the computer dials....
me - so your computer has a habit of calling 911?
800 - no no sir I have no id...
me - if it happens again I will have charges...
800 - I'M so so sorry it wont happen agai..
me - it better NOT happen again *click*

12:05pm 718 number.
ME - NYC 911 what is your emergency.
718 - uhh excuse me?
me - you called NYC 911 do you have an emergency?
718 - uh no i was calling a...
me - oh so you just like to call 911 and play around?
718 - uh no sir no si..
me - 911 is not for your amusement sir.
718 - im sorry I ju..
me - You prank callers are going to learn that 911 is NOT a number to be prank calling
718 - I am not prank cal.
me - well you don't have an emergency and you are calling 911 you are playing games on the phone. you are wasting my time.
718 - sir I did not mean to call 91...
me - If you did not mean to call 911 then why are you on this line with me?
718 - I am sorry it won't happen ag.
me - you are right it won't happen again, cause if you call back and don't have an emergency charges will be filed *click*

2:09pm 213#
me - nyc 911 what is your emergency?
213 - um excuse me?
me - you called 911 do you have an emergency?
213 - I think I have the wrong num..
me - how can you have the wrong number? you dialed 911. this number is for emergency calls only if you call here again and you don't have an emergency charges will be filed
213 *click*

3:27pm 312# last call of the day.
me - nyc 911 what is your emergency?
312 um excuse me?
me - you called nyc 911 what is your emergency?
312 - I called a number in Indi..
me - No you called 911. and it appears you are in Chicago and you are playing on the phones. I will have Chicago Police notified and will be giving them your infor.
*click*

Not sure if the word got around to the other telemarketscammers but from 330- till 6p not a single call was received.
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Lol!!! This is hilarious!
 
cinder

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kenthomas27 said:
The lesson I also learned this morning is that maybe I'm not always needed. That my advice or love or attention I might give isn't always a thing that's wanted or needed. A failsafe might be in place that I'm not aware of and I might just be making things worse when I was trying to make it better. I didn't respect the fact that the writers of the program I was working on had foreseen the kind of issue I encountered and had written in steps to counteract it.

I'm learning that maybe I'm not respecting the fact that God has written in plans for others that gives them strengths or faith that move mountains that help them to counteract.
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Just remember that some days you may be the failsafe that God has written into someone else's life as well. And take comfort in the fact that God does not depend on your abilities to keep the universe going according to plan.

Good lesson though and one I probably need to learn as well. I seem to be a fixer by nature.
 
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