So, hitting on/flirting with girls while you are at work... What are the rules here?
I do it mercilessly on the rare occasion that attractive females actually appear. But i've gotten dirty looks from my manager on occasion for spending 1/2 an hour or so shooting the shit with a cutie.
Rules are simple.
Any time that you are on the clock, you are supposed to be working.
If you're flirting with an employee WHILE working, let's say, stocking shelves with her, or something like that, it'd be acceptable. Any time you spend flirting INSTEAD of working, is wrong.
If your job involves say, saving lives, then it's wrong to flirt whilst working. If it involves stacking shelves then it's probably safe to say "flirt away".
Sometimes, the programmers, integrators, artists and designers would end up laughing with us when we found certain spectacular bugs. That's the kind of thing that passes for entertainment in game testing: when you find a bug that lets you do something totally unexpected and particularly stunning.
This is why I would have loved to be a tester on any of the Smash Bros. games. Given the weird stuff that made it to release on both the previous games, I have to wonder what kind of wacky stuff didn't.
So, hitting on/flirting with girls while you are at work... What are the rules here?
I do it mercilessly on the rare occasion that attractive females actually appear. But i've gotten dirty looks from my manager on occasion for spending 1/2 an hour or so shooting the shit with a cutie.
Rules are simple.
Any time that you are on the clock, you are supposed to be working.
If you're flirting with an employee WHILE working, let's say, stocking shelves with her, or something like that, it'd be acceptable. Any time you spend flirting INSTEAD of working, is wrong.
It looks like the question is "hitting on/flirting with girls while you are at work... NOT EMPLOYEES", which means this is one main reason why you're getting bad looks from managers.
I FUCKING hated the employees that would automatically spend 1-2 hours with the "hot chicks" and then act like assholes and rush through a sale for a guy or "fugly chick". Mainly because he's spending so much time NOT getting her number, and not helping out the other guys on the floor.
When we leave our desk, we have to put our phones on an away code. Internal, Shed Break, Break, Lunch, etc. I've noticed a few times I'd go on break or lunch and come back and my software set on Available. I brought it up to my supervisor once a few months ago, and we went over my records and couldn't find anything conclusive.
Well, it happened again recently, so when I went to pick up my lunch today I specifically sat here for a second and made sure that I was on the correct code. I double checked and watched it for about five seconds before I left.
I come back, and I'm on Available.
I ask the few people that I can trust, and it's never happened to them. So now I'm suspicious.
I'm gonna have my super pull my records again so we can look over them. If anything, I want to at least have it on file that this has been happening to me, so if I'm ever audited and this comes up, my super can vouche for me that it's a problem I've had.
But, if I had to be a paranoid douche about it, I'd guess that one of the jerks that I work with is sticking me back on available to get out of rotation.
It should also be noted that in our office (which is basically one big, open room), we used to have the testers stacked on one wall, with a 4ft tall partition separating us and them. No separate room, nowhere to escape to when they got into nerd arguments, or laughed way too loudly at stupid shit, or wanted to ask us (me) questions about shit that had nothing to do with their jobs. I'm sure under other circumstances I'd be just fine with them. (And yes, we did talk to them several times to STFU, but it always came back in the end.)
But since then we've cleared out our break room and put them in there so we don't have to deal with it as much, and life is good.
Then your company isn't hiring the right kind of testers. Hiring a group of teenagers straight out of high school who just happen to be gamers is a recipe for disaster. Most companies also pay their testers shit, and usually only hire on a contract basis, which means no one stays for long, becomes good at it, and is there to teach the newbies how to really test.
Good companies, on the other hand, have a competent manager, a few more experienced testers who help guide the young ones, and while you might still get some nerd arguments, you also get quality testing and programmers who are actually grateful to have a QA department that is out to cover their ass.
Most times I've worked as a tester I was in a separate part of the office, but in some circumstances, I was moved to "the floor" where the developers were, and in general, things went a lot smoother in those cases. But there's always something to be said for those moments when you find that spectacular bug that you just HAVE to share with everybody else.
QA is not a "necessary evil". Anyone who still thinks that way is missing out on a very useful resource.
When we leave our desk, we have to put our phones on an away code. Internal, Shed Break, Break, Lunch, etc. I've noticed a few times I'd go on break or lunch and come back and my software set on Available. I brought it up to my supervisor once a few months ago, and we went over my records and couldn't find anything conclusive.
Well, it happened again recently, so when I went to pick up my lunch today I specifically sat here for a second and made sure that I was on the correct code. I double checked and watched it for about five seconds before I left.
I come back, and I'm on Available.
I ask the few people that I can trust, and it's never happened to them. So now I'm suspicious.
I'm gonna have my super pull my records again so we can look over them. If anything, I want to at least have it on file that this has been happening to me, so if I'm ever audited and this comes up, my super can vouche for me that it's a problem I've had.
But, if I had to be a paranoid douche about it, I'd guess that one of the jerks that I work with is sticking me back on available to get out of rotation.
There's not much that can go wrong with a call center telephone system that would put you onto Available for no real reason, so I'm inclined to believe that someone's switching you out of your lunch code.
When we leave our desk, we have to put our phones on an away code. Internal, Shed Break, Break, Lunch, etc. I've noticed a few times I'd go on break or lunch and come back and my software set on Available. I brought it up to my supervisor once a few months ago, and we went over my records and couldn't find anything conclusive.
Well, it happened again recently, so when I went to pick up my lunch today I specifically sat here for a second and made sure that I was on the correct code. I double checked and watched it for about five seconds before I left.
I come back, and I'm on Available.
I ask the few people that I can trust, and it's never happened to them. So now I'm suspicious.
I'm gonna have my super pull my records again so we can look over them. If anything, I want to at least have it on file that this has been happening to me, so if I'm ever audited and this comes up, my super can vouche for me that it's a problem I've had.
But, if I had to be a paranoid douche about it, I'd guess that one of the jerks that I work with is sticking me back on available to get out of rotation.
There's not much that can go wrong with a call center telephone system that would put you onto Available for no real reason, so I'm inclined to believe that someone's switching you out of your lunch code.
I am too, and my supervisor brought up my records and saw where I came off of networking trouble followup, went to available, and then to scheduled break. A minute later? Switched back to available. I'm glad I was specifically asked, "Do you think someone is changing it?"
I said yes, and listed why. 1> It never happens when I'm at my desk, only when I'm away, 2> It's happened on more than one machine, both machines were setup with fresh installs of both the software and Windows, 3> I specifically made sure that I was on the correct code before leaving today.
Super said she'll keep an eye on my cube when I'm away, and if she's not here in the room with us, I think I might play some games and pretend to leave, but come back and peer through the window at my cube, maybe catch someone in the act.
It should also be noted that in our office (which is basically one big, open room), we used to have the testers stacked on one wall, with a 4ft tall partition separating us and them. No separate room, nowhere to escape to when they got into nerd arguments, or laughed way too loudly at stupid shit, or wanted to ask us (me) questions about shit that had nothing to do with their jobs. I'm sure under other circumstances I'd be just fine with them. (And yes, we did talk to them several times to STFU, but it always came back in the end.)
But since then we've cleared out our break room and put them in there so we don't have to deal with it as much, and life is good.
Then your company isn't hiring the right kind of testers.
Man, you're telling me. Sadly, when you're as small as we are, you don't exactly get to be choosy. Especially when the testing is non-technical, so anyone with any real experience wouldn't take the job anyway. And yeah, the pay is definitely shit. As such, we generally get the bottom of the barrel.
Super said she'll keep an eye on my cube when I'm away, and if she's not here in the room with us, I think I might play some games and pretend to leave, but come back and peer through the window at my cube, maybe catch someone in the act.
Would the person also have to use your mouse to do anything? If so, you could set it in a very specific position and see if it's moved when you come back. It wouldn't tell you who did it, but it would be pretty solid proof that someone's mucking around with your stuff.
But peering through windows sounds more cinematic, so I'd go with that.
I would assume someone is doing it; mainly for reasons you listed, dosent happen to anyone else, dosent happen while at your desk.
I have had phone systems that automaticly change your states, its a pain in the ass. We also currently have a phone system where rings to a number should go randomly to someone in the room, but 1 person gets 95% of the incoming calls, he got really angry over it at one point becuase he felt like he was the office secretary, but there wasnt anything we could do about it.
When we leave our desk, we have to put our phones on an away code. Internal, Shed Break, Break, Lunch, etc. I've noticed a few times I'd go on break or lunch and come back and my software set on Available. I brought it up to my supervisor once a few months ago, and we went over my records and couldn't find anything conclusive.
Well, it happened again recently, so when I went to pick up my lunch today I specifically sat here for a second and made sure that I was on the correct code. I double checked and watched it for about five seconds before I left.
I come back, and I'm on Available.
I ask the few people that I can trust, and it's never happened to them. So now I'm suspicious.
I'm gonna have my super pull my records again so we can look over them. If anything, I want to at least have it on file that this has been happening to me, so if I'm ever audited and this comes up, my super can vouche for me that it's a problem I've had.
But, if I had to be a paranoid douche about it, I'd guess that one of the jerks that I work with is sticking me back on available to get out of rotation.
Super said she'll keep an eye on my cube when I'm away, and if she's not here in the room with us, I think I might play some games and pretend to leave, but come back and peer through the window at my cube, maybe catch someone in the act.
Would the person also have to use your mouse to do anything? If so, you could set it in a very specific position and see if it's moved when you come back. It wouldn't tell you who did it, but it would be pretty solid proof that someone's mucking around with your stuff.
But peering through windows sounds more cinematic, so I'd go with that.
Just when they move it, jump through the window and tackle them to the ground.
Super said she'll keep an eye on my cube when I'm away, and if she's not here in the room with us, I think I might play some games and pretend to leave, but come back and peer through the window at my cube, maybe catch someone in the act.
Would the person also have to use your mouse to do anything? If so, you could set it in a very specific position and see if it's moved when you come back. It wouldn't tell you who did it, but it would be pretty solid proof that someone's mucking around with your stuff.
But peering through windows sounds more cinematic, so I'd go with that.
Just when they move it, jump through the window and tackle them to the ground.
When we leave our desk, we have to put our phones on an away code. Internal, Shed Break, Break, Lunch, etc. I've noticed a few times I'd go on break or lunch and come back and my software set on Available. I brought it up to my supervisor once a few months ago, and we went over my records and couldn't find anything conclusive.
Well, it happened again recently, so when I went to pick up my lunch today I specifically sat here for a second and made sure that I was on the correct code. I double checked and watched it for about five seconds before I left.
I come back, and I'm on Available.
I ask the few people that I can trust, and it's never happened to them. So now I'm suspicious.
I'm gonna have my super pull my records again so we can look over them. If anything, I want to at least have it on file that this has been happening to me, so if I'm ever audited and this comes up, my super can vouche for me that it's a problem I've had.
But, if I had to be a paranoid douche about it, I'd guess that one of the jerks that I work with is sticking me back on available to get out of rotation.
At the call center I worked at, that could wind up getting you in trouble. They monitored our phone stats pretty closely, and one of the measurements were RONA'S (stands for rolled over, not answered - calls that rang to your desk, but you didn't answer, so they rolled over to someone else). Too many of those and you would get in trouble when it came review time. It's good you went to your supervisor quickly.
Ugh. We have a printer upstairs that is busted and had to be taken offline. We made sure to let everyone know that this happened... And yet we had about 300 pages of printouts queued up, and got about 40 calls about it.
Seriously. Users... Fuck you.
e: Also, fuck you for the 50th time Oracle. Your database is fucking shitty and I hope everyone that worked on this "software" gets Lupus.
When we leave our desk, we have to put our phones on an away code. Internal, Shed Break, Break, Lunch, etc. I've noticed a few times I'd go on break or lunch and come back and my software set on Available. I brought it up to my supervisor once a few months ago, and we went over my records and couldn't find anything conclusive.
Well, it happened again recently, so when I went to pick up my lunch today I specifically sat here for a second and made sure that I was on the correct code. I double checked and watched it for about five seconds before I left.
I come back, and I'm on Available.
I ask the few people that I can trust, and it's never happened to them. So now I'm suspicious.
I'm gonna have my super pull my records again so we can look over them. If anything, I want to at least have it on file that this has been happening to me, so if I'm ever audited and this comes up, my super can vouche for me that it's a problem I've had.
But, if I had to be a paranoid douche about it, I'd guess that one of the jerks that I work with is sticking me back on available to get out of rotation.
At the call center I worked at, that could wind up getting you in trouble. They monitored our phone stats pretty closely, and one of the measurements were RONA'S (stands for rolled over, not answered - calls that rang to your desk, but you didn't answer, so they rolled over to someone else). Too many of those and you would get in trouble when it came review time. It's good you went to your supervisor quickly.
Made sure to do it over our internal IM so the conversation will be saved.
It should also be noted that in our office (which is basically one big, open room), we used to have the testers stacked on one wall, with a 4ft tall partition separating us and them. No separate room, nowhere to escape to when they got into nerd arguments, or laughed way too loudly at stupid shit, or wanted to ask us (me) questions about shit that had nothing to do with their jobs. I'm sure under other circumstances I'd be just fine with them. (And yes, we did talk to them several times to STFU, but it always came back in the end.)
But since then we've cleared out our break room and put them in there so we don't have to deal with it as much, and life is good.
Then your company isn't hiring the right kind of testers.
Man, you're telling me. Sadly, when you're as small as we are, you don't exactly get to be choosy. Especially when the testing is non-technical, so anyone with any real experience wouldn't take the job anyway. And yeah, the pay is definitely shit. As such, we generally get the bottom of the barrel.
That's too bad. I would definitely apply to QA at NIS if I could get my foot in the door to a better position. Living in Texas is another barrier.
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
edited January 2008
So I had some great retail experiences this christmas, and some bad ones. I'll share one of the bad ones....
The girlfriend bought me a DS for Christmas, and FF3. I love her very much for this. I also knew shit about the DS, so I decided to hit up three (3) gamestops to get the skinny. I asked questions ranging from games, wi-fi, and accessories.
Two of the gamestop stores were very helpful, one was not.
Me: So I need a screen protector for the DS.
Guy: Well, the new one already has one on it, so I wouldn't worry. You could always buy an extra warranty though instead...
Me: I didn't get it here.
Guy: Oh, well, I don't know then.
Me: Great (I look to someone else) So anyway, which screen protector....nevermind (I find the official Nintendo one)
Guy: No, buy the gamestop brand, it's cheaper.
Me: No, I think I'll pay for the nintendo one that's custom fitted.
Guy: It's not official nintendo
Me: It says "official nintendo"
Guy: It's not...
Me: Okay, so, I need pokemon diamond or pearl.
Guy: We don't have them. I mean we might have a new one, but not used.
Me: I don't care, I'll take a new one...
Guy: Well, buy pokemon dash used instead, it's just as good, and you said you like pokemon
Me: Don't be a used car salesman dude.. (direct quote)
Guy: There's no need for that man, I was just trying to help...
Me: No, you weren't, you were trying to sell me used knock offs of the game I want.
Guy: well, we've only got one pokemon left, and it's gutted, so....
Me: Nevermind
I'd like to point out the other two gamestops were incredible and awesome, so this was not a "gamestop sucks" rant. That particular gamestop however did indeed, suck..
Yeah, there seems to be one store filled with utter dumbshits in every district. Every other store is usually staffed by people who aren't assholes, though.
so our one and only domain controller (who needs a secondary =p ) has been dieing for about 3 weeks now, what this means is at least once a day, often more it just completely locks up requiring a hard reboot. Which fucks over the machines of everyone in the company. At first we'd get around 30 calls going wtf every time this happened, now people don't even bother calling so its kinda nice. The sad part is we've had a replacement server for a week now but no ones gotten around to configuring it since we just need to reboot this one whenever it locks up...and its been rigged so we can do it remotely. How sad is that? go go IT department
So I had some great retail experiences this christmas, and some bad ones. I'll share one of the bad ones....
The girlfriend bought me a DS for Christmas, and FF3. I love her very much for this. I also knew shit about the DS, so I decided to hit up three (3) gamestops to get the skinny. I asked questions ranging from games, wi-fi, and accessories.
Two of the gamestop stores were very helpful, one was not.
Me: So I need a screen protector for the DS.
Guy: Well, the new one already has one on it, so I wouldn't worry. You could always buy an extra warranty though instead...
Me: I didn't get it here.
Guy: Oh, well, I don't know then.
Me: Great (I look to someone else) So anyway, which screen protector....nevermind (I find the official Nintendo one)
Guy: No, buy the gamestop brand, it's cheaper.
Me: No, I think I'll pay for the nintendo one that's custom fitted.
Guy: It's not official nintendo
Me: It says "official nintendo"
Guy: It's not...
Me: Okay, so, I need pokemon diamond or pearl.
Guy: We don't have them. I mean we might have a new one, but not used.
Me: I don't care, I'll take a new one...
Guy: Well, buy pokemon dash used instead, it's just as good, and you said you like pokemon
Me: Don't be a used car salesman dude.. (direct quote)
Guy: There's no need for that man, I was just trying to help...
Me: No, you weren't, you were trying to sell me used knock offs of the game I want.
Guy: well, we've only got one pokemon left, and it's gutted, so....
Me: Nevermind
I'd like to point out the other two gamestops were incredible and awesome, so this was not a "gamestop sucks" rant. That particular gamestop however did indeed, suck..
Just got off the phone with switching. I'm gonna have to tell a lady that we can't send someone out to check her lines. The reason she's getting operator messages is because she isn't dialing the phone fast enough.
So I had some great retail experiences this christmas, and some bad ones. I'll share one of the bad ones....
The girlfriend bought me a DS for Christmas, and FF3. I love her very much for this. I also knew shit about the DS, so I decided to hit up three (3) gamestops to get the skinny. I asked questions ranging from games, wi-fi, and accessories.
Two of the gamestop stores were very helpful, one was not.
Me: So I need a screen protector for the DS.
Guy: Well, the new one already has one on it, so I wouldn't worry. You could always buy an extra warranty though instead...
Me: I didn't get it here.
Guy: Oh, well, I don't know then.
Me: Great (I look to someone else) So anyway, which screen protector....nevermind (I find the official Nintendo one)
Guy: No, buy the gamestop brand, it's cheaper.
Me: No, I think I'll pay for the nintendo one that's custom fitted.
Guy: It's not official nintendo
Me: It says "official nintendo"
Guy: It's not...
Me: Okay, so, I need pokemon diamond or pearl.
Guy: We don't have them. I mean we might have a new one, but not used.
Me: I don't care, I'll take a new one...
Guy: Well, buy pokemon dash used instead, it's just as good, and you said you like pokemon
Me: Don't be a used car salesman dude.. (direct quote)
Guy: There's no need for that man, I was just trying to help...
Me: No, you weren't, you were trying to sell me used knock offs of the game I want.
Guy: well, we've only got one pokemon left, and it's gutted, so....
Me: Nevermind
I'd like to point out the other two gamestops were incredible and awesome, so this was not a "gamestop sucks" rant. That particular gamestop however did indeed, suck..
Buy Hori screen protectors.
The "Official Nintendo" Screen Protectors are in NO WAY actually related to Nintendo, aside from the fact that the manufacturer licensed the "Official Nintendo" seal.
Infact, most likely they are identical to the gamestop brand ones, and even produced inthe same factory.
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
edited January 2008
Oh, I forgot the best part, and the reason it was the gamestop, and not just the employee. Someone came in and asked the other employee something great. He said he downloaded and purchased morrowind, but it runs very slow. The employee asked if his 360 was first gen (it wasn't) and then asked if his hard drive was full (it wasn't).
The employee then said that he should try to redownload the game, and said that it works faster if you're online with xbox gold, and tried to sell xbox gold to the guy, and a points card. He used some logic that being online networked the xbox systems (like the cell tech the PS3 was bragging about) and therefore you would run the game faster.
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
So I had some great retail experiences this christmas, and some bad ones. I'll share one of the bad ones....
The girlfriend bought me a DS for Christmas, and FF3. I love her very much for this. I also knew shit about the DS, so I decided to hit up three (3) gamestops to get the skinny. I asked questions ranging from games, wi-fi, and accessories.
Two of the gamestop stores were very helpful, one was not.
Me: So I need a screen protector for the DS.
Guy: Well, the new one already has one on it, so I wouldn't worry. You could always buy an extra warranty though instead...
Me: I didn't get it here.
Guy: Oh, well, I don't know then.
Me: Great (I look to someone else) So anyway, which screen protector....nevermind (I find the official Nintendo one)
Guy: No, buy the gamestop brand, it's cheaper.
Me: No, I think I'll pay for the nintendo one that's custom fitted.
Guy: It's not official nintendo
Me: It says "official nintendo"
Guy: It's not...
Me: Okay, so, I need pokemon diamond or pearl.
Guy: We don't have them. I mean we might have a new one, but not used.
Me: I don't care, I'll take a new one...
Guy: Well, buy pokemon dash used instead, it's just as good, and you said you like pokemon
Me: Don't be a used car salesman dude.. (direct quote)
Guy: There's no need for that man, I was just trying to help...
Me: No, you weren't, you were trying to sell me used knock offs of the game I want.
Guy: well, we've only got one pokemon left, and it's gutted, so....
Me: Nevermind
I'd like to point out the other two gamestops were incredible and awesome, so this was not a "gamestop sucks" rant. That particular gamestop however did indeed, suck..
Buy Hori screen protectors.
The "Official Nintendo" Screen Protectors are in NO WAY actually related to Nintendo, aside from the fact that the manufacturer licensed the "Official Nintendo" seal.
Infact, most likely they are identical to the gamestop brand ones, and even produced inthe same factory.
That's awesome and all, but I've got a much better chance, with that seal, of getting a refund through nintendo, than I do through gamestop, if those protectors peel off in six months or dry out or something.
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Idx86Long days and pleasant nights.Registered Userregular
edited January 2008
I love closing a big deal on Friday afternoons. Really sends me into the weekend on a positive note.
Also - free pizza today. It's been a good day. Now I hope my wife won't be in such a shitty mood still when I get home.
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So I had some great retail experiences this christmas, and some bad ones. I'll share one of the bad ones....
The girlfriend bought me a DS for Christmas, and FF3. I love her very much for this. I also knew shit about the DS, so I decided to hit up three (3) gamestops to get the skinny. I asked questions ranging from games, wi-fi, and accessories.
Two of the gamestop stores were very helpful, one was not.
Me: So I need a screen protector for the DS.
Guy: Well, the new one already has one on it, so I wouldn't worry. You could always buy an extra warranty though instead...
Me: I didn't get it here.
Guy: Oh, well, I don't know then.
Me: Great (I look to someone else) So anyway, which screen protector....nevermind (I find the official Nintendo one)
Guy: No, buy the gamestop brand, it's cheaper.
Me: No, I think I'll pay for the nintendo one that's custom fitted.
Guy: It's not official nintendo
Me: It says "official nintendo"
Guy: It's not...
Me: Okay, so, I need pokemon diamond or pearl.
Guy: We don't have them. I mean we might have a new one, but not used.
Me: I don't care, I'll take a new one...
Guy: Well, buy pokemon dash used instead, it's just as good, and you said you like pokemon
Me: Don't be a used car salesman dude.. (direct quote)
Guy: There's no need for that man, I was just trying to help...
Me: No, you weren't, you were trying to sell me used knock offs of the game I want.
Guy: well, we've only got one pokemon left, and it's gutted, so....
Me: Nevermind
I'd like to point out the other two gamestops were incredible and awesome, so this was not a "gamestop sucks" rant. That particular gamestop however did indeed, suck..
Buy Hori screen protectors.
The "Official Nintendo" Screen Protectors are in NO WAY actually related to Nintendo, aside from the fact that the manufacturer licensed the "Official Nintendo" seal.
Infact, most likely they are identical to the gamestop brand ones, and even produced inthe same factory.
That's awesome and all, but I've got a much better chance, with that seal, of getting a refund through nintendo, than I do through gamestop, if those protectors peel off in six months or dry out or something.
Honestly, you don't.
The seal doesn't mean Nintendo stands behind the product, justthat it is officially liscenced.
Check thepackaging for the manufacturer, if you can.
Oh, I forgot the best part, and the reason it was the gamestop, and not just the employee. Someone came in and asked the other employee something great. He said he downloaded and purchased morrowind, but it runs very slow. The employee asked if his 360 was first gen (it wasn't) and then asked if his hard drive was full (it wasn't).
The employee then said that he should try to redownload the game, and said that it works faster if you're online with xbox gold, and tried to sell xbox gold to the guy, and a points card. He used some logic that being online networked the xbox systems (like the cell tech the PS3 was bragging about) and therefore you would run the game faster.
Sounds like the tech support I hear 16 year olds dish out over Live.
Also - free pizza today. It's been a good day. Now I hope my wife won't be in such a shitty mood still when I get home.
Tell her you closed a deal, and go celebrate with dinner, and let her provide dessert.
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
I will, but I know that the warranty on it was longer than the gamestop one. Honestly, I don't really care, because it was ten bucks for one, versus five for another, and the nintendo one came with a flexible stylus that wraps around my finger, which rocks btw.
I'll concede that yes, it's just a purchased seal, and that means what that means, but you can't argue the stupidity in trying to pawn pokemon dash on me because it's used, or telling someone that paying 60 bucks for live will make his games run faster. Those two needed a good cock punching, and I helped to provide that, if only verbally.
so our one and only domain controller (who needs a secondary =p ) has been dieing for about 3 weeks now, what this means is at least once a day, often more it just completely locks up requiring a hard reboot. Which fucks over the machines of everyone in the company. At first we'd get around 30 calls going wtf every time this happened, now people don't even bother calling so its kinda nice. The sad part is we've had a replacement server for a week now but no ones gotten around to configuring it since we just need to reboot this one whenever it locks up...and its been rigged so we can do it remotely. How sad is that? go go IT department
That's great. I say you take the server that isn't being used and host Quake II death matches until somone notices.
so our one and only domain controller (who needs a secondary =p ) has been dieing for about 3 weeks now, what this means is at least once a day, often more it just completely locks up requiring a hard reboot. Which fucks over the machines of everyone in the company. At first we'd get around 30 calls going wtf every time this happened, now people don't even bother calling so its kinda nice. The sad part is we've had a replacement server for a week now but no ones gotten around to configuring it since we just need to reboot this one whenever it locks up...and its been rigged so we can do it remotely. How sad is that? go go IT department
I had one of my domain controllers go krunk with multiple drive failures after its power supply died, yesterday. My three other domain controllers absorbed the extra load and every one of our employees remained productive and, in fact, none the wiser. I can build a new DC at my leisure, and sleep easy and play games over the weekend, as originally intended.
Running a single DC is pretty dumb, is my point. :P
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Another boring day at the office. I'm kinda sad that I don't have any good stories, but I guess that's really good for me in a way. I just sit here all day and read forums and try to find rare games to buy. I get to work at 6am and I'm pretty much done working for the day by 8, then I surf the net the rest of the day. Sometimes I feel like such a douche, like I'm stealing basically, when I look out my office window and see the people who keep the comapny thriving...but hey!! It's Friday, beer and shit.
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If you didn't know better, you'd think Evander worked on commision selling Mad Ca....cough* Gamestop brand items.
Another boring day at the office. I'm kinda sad that I don't have any good stories, but I guess that's really good for me in a way. I just sit here all day and read forums and try to find rare games to buy. I get to work at 6am and I'm pretty much done working for the day by 8, then I surf the net the rest of the day. Sometimes I feel like such a douche, like I'm stealing basically, when I look out my office window and see the people who keep the comapny thriving...but hey!! It's Friday, beer and shit.
He is a corporate shill, which is why I like to post annoying gamestop stories to bust his chops. He's also one of the few people that can actually help you beat those assholes at their own game if you've got a relevant issue and aren't just trying to crack their system
I went off on a GS employee once for trying to upsell me on a wireless headset for my OXbox. I wanted the Mad Catz one as the reviews had been better and he pestered me about getting the Logitech one for about five minutes before I told him to fuck off and went to EB Games (this is back when they were separate entities, mind you) across the street to get it at a store where they didn't try to sell me shit I didn't want.
I went off on a GS employee once for trying to upsell me on a wireless headset for my OXbox. I wanted the Mad Catz one as the reviews had been better and he pestered me about getting the Logitech one for about five minutes before I told him to fuck off and went to EB Games (this is back when they were separate entities, mind you) across the street to get it at a store where they didn't try to sell me shit I didn't want.
there's an irony in that story, but I can't quite place it.
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This is why I would have loved to be a tester on any of the Smash Bros. games. Given the weird stuff that made it to release on both the previous games, I have to wonder what kind of wacky stuff didn't.
It looks like the question is "hitting on/flirting with girls while you are at work... NOT EMPLOYEES", which means this is one main reason why you're getting bad looks from managers.
I FUCKING hated the employees that would automatically spend 1-2 hours with the "hot chicks" and then act like assholes and rush through a sale for a guy or "fugly chick". Mainly because he's spending so much time NOT getting her number, and not helping out the other guys on the floor.
When we leave our desk, we have to put our phones on an away code. Internal, Shed Break, Break, Lunch, etc. I've noticed a few times I'd go on break or lunch and come back and my software set on Available. I brought it up to my supervisor once a few months ago, and we went over my records and couldn't find anything conclusive.
Well, it happened again recently, so when I went to pick up my lunch today I specifically sat here for a second and made sure that I was on the correct code. I double checked and watched it for about five seconds before I left.
I come back, and I'm on Available.
I ask the few people that I can trust, and it's never happened to them. So now I'm suspicious.
I'm gonna have my super pull my records again so we can look over them. If anything, I want to at least have it on file that this has been happening to me, so if I'm ever audited and this comes up, my super can vouche for me that it's a problem I've had.
But, if I had to be a paranoid douche about it, I'd guess that one of the jerks that I work with is sticking me back on available to get out of rotation.
Then your company isn't hiring the right kind of testers. Hiring a group of teenagers straight out of high school who just happen to be gamers is a recipe for disaster. Most companies also pay their testers shit, and usually only hire on a contract basis, which means no one stays for long, becomes good at it, and is there to teach the newbies how to really test.
Good companies, on the other hand, have a competent manager, a few more experienced testers who help guide the young ones, and while you might still get some nerd arguments, you also get quality testing and programmers who are actually grateful to have a QA department that is out to cover their ass.
Most times I've worked as a tester I was in a separate part of the office, but in some circumstances, I was moved to "the floor" where the developers were, and in general, things went a lot smoother in those cases. But there's always something to be said for those moments when you find that spectacular bug that you just HAVE to share with everybody else.
QA is not a "necessary evil". Anyone who still thinks that way is missing out on a very useful resource.
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There's not much that can go wrong with a call center telephone system that would put you onto Available for no real reason, so I'm inclined to believe that someone's switching you out of your lunch code.
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I am too, and my supervisor brought up my records and saw where I came off of networking trouble followup, went to available, and then to scheduled break. A minute later? Switched back to available. I'm glad I was specifically asked, "Do you think someone is changing it?"
I said yes, and listed why. 1> It never happens when I'm at my desk, only when I'm away, 2> It's happened on more than one machine, both machines were setup with fresh installs of both the software and Windows, 3> I specifically made sure that I was on the correct code before leaving today.
Super said she'll keep an eye on my cube when I'm away, and if she's not here in the room with us, I think I might play some games and pretend to leave, but come back and peer through the window at my cube, maybe catch someone in the act.
But peering through windows sounds more cinematic, so I'd go with that.
I have had phone systems that automaticly change your states, its a pain in the ass. We also currently have a phone system where rings to a number should go randomly to someone in the room, but 1 person gets 95% of the incoming calls, he got really angry over it at one point becuase he felt like he was the office secretary, but there wasnt anything we could do about it.
I have to ask, aspect telesets?
Just when they move it, jump through the window and tackle them to the ground.
It's definitely gonna be dramatic.
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At the call center I worked at, that could wind up getting you in trouble. They monitored our phone stats pretty closely, and one of the measurements were RONA'S (stands for rolled over, not answered - calls that rang to your desk, but you didn't answer, so they rolled over to someone else). Too many of those and you would get in trouble when it came review time. It's good you went to your supervisor quickly.
Seriously. Users... Fuck you.
e: Also, fuck you for the 50th time Oracle. Your database is fucking shitty and I hope everyone that worked on this "software" gets Lupus.
Made sure to do it over our internal IM so the conversation will be saved.
That's too bad. I would definitely apply to QA at NIS if I could get my foot in the door to a better position. Living in Texas is another barrier.
The girlfriend bought me a DS for Christmas, and FF3. I love her very much for this. I also knew shit about the DS, so I decided to hit up three (3) gamestops to get the skinny. I asked questions ranging from games, wi-fi, and accessories.
Two of the gamestop stores were very helpful, one was not.
Me: So I need a screen protector for the DS.
Guy: Well, the new one already has one on it, so I wouldn't worry. You could always buy an extra warranty though instead...
Me: I didn't get it here.
Guy: Oh, well, I don't know then.
Me: Great (I look to someone else) So anyway, which screen protector....nevermind (I find the official Nintendo one)
Guy: No, buy the gamestop brand, it's cheaper.
Me: No, I think I'll pay for the nintendo one that's custom fitted.
Guy: It's not official nintendo
Me: It says "official nintendo"
Guy: It's not...
Me: Okay, so, I need pokemon diamond or pearl.
Guy: We don't have them. I mean we might have a new one, but not used.
Me: I don't care, I'll take a new one...
Guy: Well, buy pokemon dash used instead, it's just as good, and you said you like pokemon
Me: Don't be a used car salesman dude.. (direct quote)
Guy: There's no need for that man, I was just trying to help...
Me: No, you weren't, you were trying to sell me used knock offs of the game I want.
Guy: well, we've only got one pokemon left, and it's gutted, so....
Me: Nevermind
I'd like to point out the other two gamestops were incredible and awesome, so this was not a "gamestop sucks" rant. That particular gamestop however did indeed, suck..
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Buy Hori screen protectors.
Just got off the phone with switching. I'm gonna have to tell a lady that we can't send someone out to check her lines. The reason she's getting operator messages is because she isn't dialing the phone fast enough.
I hate being the middle man.
The "Official Nintendo" Screen Protectors are in NO WAY actually related to Nintendo, aside from the fact that the manufacturer licensed the "Official Nintendo" seal.
Infact, most likely they are identical to the gamestop brand ones, and even produced inthe same factory.
The employee then said that he should try to redownload the game, and said that it works faster if you're online with xbox gold, and tried to sell xbox gold to the guy, and a points card. He used some logic that being online networked the xbox systems (like the cell tech the PS3 was bragging about) and therefore you would run the game faster.
That's awesome and all, but I've got a much better chance, with that seal, of getting a refund through nintendo, than I do through gamestop, if those protectors peel off in six months or dry out or something.
Also - free pizza today. It's been a good day. Now I hope my wife won't be in such a shitty mood still when I get home.
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Honestly, you don't.
The seal doesn't mean Nintendo stands behind the product, justthat it is officially liscenced.
Check thepackaging for the manufacturer, if you can.
Get ready for it. You know it's coming.
Christ, don't I know it.
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Sounds like the tech support I hear 16 year olds dish out over Live.
Tell her you closed a deal, and go celebrate with dinner, and let her provide dessert.
I will, but I know that the warranty on it was longer than the gamestop one. Honestly, I don't really care, because it was ten bucks for one, versus five for another, and the nintendo one came with a flexible stylus that wraps around my finger, which rocks btw.
I'll concede that yes, it's just a purchased seal, and that means what that means, but you can't argue the stupidity in trying to pawn pokemon dash on me because it's used, or telling someone that paying 60 bucks for live will make his games run faster. Those two needed a good cock punching, and I helped to provide that, if only verbally.
That's great. I say you take the server that isn't being used and host Quake II death matches until somone notices.
Running a single DC is pretty dumb, is my point. :P
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Another boring day at the office. I'm kinda sad that I don't have any good stories, but I guess that's really good for me in a way. I just sit here all day and read forums and try to find rare games to buy. I get to work at 6am and I'm pretty much done working for the day by 8, then I surf the net the rest of the day. Sometimes I feel like such a douche, like I'm stealing basically, when I look out my office window and see the people who keep the comapny thriving...but hey!! It's Friday, beer and shit.
He is a corporate shill, which is why I like to post annoying gamestop stories to bust his chops. He's also one of the few people that can actually help you beat those assholes at their own game if you've got a relevant issue and aren't just trying to crack their system
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there's an irony in that story, but I can't quite place it.
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