Some folks need a reality check....

phoeneous

mikej412 wrote: »

If you didn't list BGP on your resume and are only a CCNA.... um, don't say you can learn it on your home lab. Say you haven't had a reason to study BGP YET on your home lab -- and deflect the conversation to something you have worked on (you've at least worked on OSPF or EIGRP, right?). Move the conversation to something you can talk knowledgeably about.

Great tip!

Forsaken_GA

Turgon wrote: »

I dont think he should run off to apologise unless he was downright rude. and the VP should be supportive.

Oh, the VP was quite supportive after the fact, and I doubt he would have gotten fired over it (unless he didn't fix the problem!). But the apology was necessary, he let his temper get the better of him hehe.

erpadmin

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

Oh, the VP was quite supportive after the fact, and I doubt he would have gotten fired over it (unless he didn't fix the problem!). But the apology was necessary, he let his temper get the better of him hehe.

I don't object that this guy had to apologize for letting his temper rule the day...

What I do object to is this guy apologizing only because he was a VP. So if this guy was a peer, or even a subordinate, him blowing up like that would be ok? But hey, the guy is a VP, so in addition to the apology, prepare to pucker up.....

Obviously, some people are going to get the red carpet treatment, but my whole thing is, a minimum amount of respect should always be shown, no matter who the person is. We all get stressed out, but one thing I won't tolerate is someone getting in my face for asking what the issue was or how it was resolved.

Forsaken_GA

erpadmin wrote: »

I don't object that this guy had to apologize for letting his temper rule the day...

What I do object to is this guy apologizing only because he was a VP. So if this guy was a peer, or even a subordinate, him blowing up like that would be ok? But hey, the guy is a VP, so in addition to the apology, prepare to pucker up.....

Obviously, some people are going to get the red carpet treatment, but my whole thing is, a minimum amount of respect should always be shown, no matter who the person is. We all get stressed out, but one thing I won't tolerate is someone getting in my face for asking what the issue was or how it was resolved.

The team member in question has learned his lesson about how he reacts to folks in a crisis situation. I don't think he ever wants to have a conversation about it again. He's learned to just ignore people when they're bothering him in the middle of a crisis.

But yeah, because it was a VP, it scared him straight. Welcome to corporate IT.

erpadmin

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

But yeah, because it was a VP, it scared him straight. Welcome to corporate IT.

Been there, done that. There are bigwigs in the public sector too...and plenty of buttkissing to go around.

In fact there was this one time where a certain password ninja I work with was listening to a very inappropriate program while he was tending to a very big bigwig over the phone. Apparently, the genius didn't mute the program, and bigwig recognized what said genius was listening to. (It wasn't pr0n, but it might as well have been and I'll leave it at that.) Needless to say, bigwig called the big boss direct, and password ninja was reprimanded hardcore in front of his supervisor. In "corporate IT", that scenario would have gotten him deservedly canned, and I told him as much. He definitely learned his lesson, and will not listen to said program when answering calls.

chmorin

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

But yeah, because it was a VP, it scared him straight. Welcome to corporate IT.

Just today I had a VP of one of my companies divisions walk up to me while I was doing something else to tell me that the phone's were no longer working. The guy continued to follow me around and ask me the usual 'what happened' questions with the normal corporate "I want everything work now" attitude.

In my previous job I learned to just give up treating people special, and treat every issue by the scope of its damage. It is not about making everyone happy, it is about allowing work that needs to get done - get done. That is what I get paid for.

skinsFan202

wow I learned a huge amount of useful knowledge from this thread. Kudos to everyone for this great discussion

Forsaken_GA

erpadmin wrote: »

In fact there was this one time where a certain password ninja I work with was listening to a very inappropriate program while he was tending to a very big bigwig over the phone. Apparently, the genius didn't mute the program, and bigwig recognized what said genius was listening to. (It wasn't pr0n, but it might as well have been and I'll leave it at that.) Needless to say, bigwig called the big boss direct, and password ninja was reprimanded hardcore in front of his supervisor. In "corporate IT", that scenario would have gotten him deservedly canned, and I told him as much. He definitely learned his lesson, and will not listen to said program when answering calls.

Hehe, that reminds of a day when I was still working phone support for an ISP. I had my mp3's on random in the background, and apparently it was a little louder than I thought. Got a female customer on the phone who asked me 'Is that Divinlys I Touch Myself?'.

It was, and judging from the amused tone that followed the rest of the conversation, I'm betting she could feel my embarrassment through the phone lines. Fortunately, nothing ever came of it, but I learned my microphone was a tad more sensitive than I thought it was.

mickeycoronado

I am very happy to come across this thread as well, especially so early in my studies. I suppose I've always known these things, but hearing it from people like you is a big eye opener. This should be required reading for people like me.

katierose

This thread is awesome. I propose a sticky!

it_consultant

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

Hehe, that reminds of a day when I was still working phone support for an ISP. I had my mp3's on random in the background, and apparently it was a little louder than I thought. Got a female customer on the phone who asked me 'Is that Divinlys I Touch Myself?'.

It was, and judging from the amused tone that followed the rest of the conversation, I'm betting she could feel my embarrassment through the phone lines. Fortunately, nothing ever came of it, but I learned my microphone was a tad more sensitive than I thought it was.

You like the divinyls huh? I guess we all have our guilty pleasures.

Forsaken_GA

it_consultant wrote: »

You like the divinyls huh? I guess we all have our guilty pleasures.

my musical tastes are pretty eclectic. I can go from listening to pantera to beethoven to avril to weird al.

hex_omega

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

my musical tastes are pretty eclectic. I can go from listening to pantera to beethoven to avril to weird al.

You were fine until that. I'm gonna have to ask you to turn in your man card.

mickeycoronado

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

my musical tastes are pretty eclectic. I can go from listening to pantera to beethoven to avril to weird al.

Running with Scissors is one of the funnier album covers I've seen in my time.

Forsaken_GA

hex_omega wrote: »

You were fine until that. I'm gonna have to ask you to turn in your man card.

I always seem to get that reaction when I mention Avril.

Probably shouldn't mention the lady gaga either, huh?

millworx

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

I always seem to get that reaction when I mention Avril.

Probably shouldn't mention the lady gaga either, huh?

At least you didn't say Justin Beiber!

erpadmin

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

I always seem to get that reaction when I mention Avril.

Probably shouldn't mention the lady gaga either, huh?

"Not that there's anything wrong with that....."

Priston

I'm confused, is there something wrong with guys enjoying the sound of a good looking girl singing?

hex_omega

*cringe*

Mishra

haha my favorite. I was interviewing with a co-worker (basically a friend) on the phone. We start asking him basic questions and he was doing ok.. We start getting a little more in depth and ask

"Since you said you had great experience with AD, can you explain what the global catalog is/does?"

His response

"Well... You see... The global catalog is like the mothership of Active Directory."

We both start rolling as he goes on to explain nothing about what it is. Then my co-worker starts drawing space ships on the paper. I just had to leave the room I was laughing so hard.

Sometimes, I love interviews. Pure comedy.

Stiltz79

Avril Lavigne is smokin hot! There is nothing wrong with Avril!

erpadmin

Priston wrote: »

I'm confused, is there something wrong with guys enjoying the sound of a good looking girl singing?

Stiltz79 wrote: »

Avril Lavigne is smokin hot! There is nothing wrong with Avril!

Yes, Avril is attractive. However, she is the perfect example of certain "singers" that should be seen, and not heard. She's not a real rocker...she's a pop artist and usually markets herself to the teeny-bopper crowd. Her "music" is more noise than anything else.

Dudes in their 20s and 30s (or older....) thinking songs like "Skaterboi" are groundbreaking....hey man, to each his own.

VAHokie56

Stiltz79 wrote: »

Avril Lavigne is smokin hot! There is nothing wrong with Avril!

I agree as long as the TV is on mute or you are looking a still picture

Stiltz79

I didn't say I liked her music, just thought she was hot. I think she was much hotter in the punk rocker days though. Oh to be young again....

erpadmin

Stiltz79 wrote: »

I didn't say I liked her music, just thought she was hot.

Her "music" was the only thing in contention....not her looks.

networker050184

erpadmin wrote: »

Dudes in their 20s and 30s (or older....) thinking songs like "Skaterboi" are groundbreaking....hey man, to each his own.

Skaterboi was a masterpiece!

millworx

Mishra wrote: »

haha my favorite. I was interviewing with a co-worker (basically a friend) on the phone. We start asking him basic questions and he was doing ok.. We start getting a little more in depth and ask

"Since you said you had great experience with AD, can you explain what the global catalog is/does?"

His response

"Well... You see... The global catalog is like the mothership of Active Directory."

We both start rolling as he goes on to explain nothing about what it is. Then my co-worker starts drawing space ships on the paper. I just had to leave the room I was laughing so hard.

Sometimes, I love interviews. Pure comedy.

LOL, next time your about to do a search for an object in your forest, say "Beam me up Scotty"

Forsaken_GA

erpadmin wrote: »

Yes, Avril is attractive. However, she is the perfect example of certain "singers" that should be seen, and not heard. She's not a real rocker...she's a pop artist and usually markets herself to the teeny-bopper crowd. Her "music" is more noise than anything else.

Dudes in their 20s and 30s (or older....) thinking songs like "Skaterboi" are groundbreaking....hey man, to each his own.

Well, I'm of the opinion that not all music needs to be deep and moving, or lead me to new heights and lows of emotions. Sometimes it's fun to just kick back and listen to some mindless poppy stuff.

And sometimes you listen to stuff just because your girl likes it (I'm looking at you, John Mayer)

erpadmin

Forsaken_GA wrote: »

Well, I'm of the opinion that not all music needs to be deep and moving, or lead me to new heights and lows of emotions. Sometimes it's fun to just kick back and listen to some mindless poppy stuff.

And sometimes you listen to stuff just because your girl likes it (I'm looking at you, John Mayer)

No question, there are a lot of pop stuff that I listen to just because I like the beat, or it's otherwise calming (or energizing...).

It's all good, man...it's all good.

shaX 07

Can we get this thread back on track? Until this most recent page, this has been one of the better and most useful threads on this forum. Now it is getting flooded with non sense talk about music. No offense to anyone on here, I love music as well but that should be discussed elsewhere, as this thread has been extremely clean and helpful thus far...