View Full Version : I'm on VACATION dammit!
Javery
10-03-2005, 02:02 PM
I'm "on vacation" for today and tomorrow and so far I've billed about 6 hours today (not to mention the 3 hours on Sunday) and I keep getting emails with more work... It's like they just don't understand the whole "vacation" concept. Assholes.
Scorch
10-03-2005, 02:04 PM
javeryh.cag.blogspot.com
//edit: Holy shit, that link actually leads somewhere
chickenhawk
10-03-2005, 02:06 PM
I'm "on vacation" for today and tomorrow and so far I've billed about 6 hours today (not to mention the 3 hours on Sunday) and I keep getting emails with more work... It's like they just don't understand the whole "vacation" concept. Assholes.
Work doesn't go away while you're on vacation so no they don't understand the word "vacation." The only way to make them understand is to stay on vacation until you are not on vacation anymore. That means no work under any circumstances! You work while you are on vacation now and they will expect that no matter what and take advantage of you whenever they get the chance. You have to set guidelines and standards early. Once I sign off for the day/weekend or when I am on vacation, work doesn't exist anymore until I start up again the next day or whenever.
onetrackmind
10-03-2005, 02:07 PM
javeryh.cag.blogspot.com
//edit: Holy shit, that link actually leads somewhere
what are the chances of that? Scorch is pulling a hoax :)
mtxbass1
10-03-2005, 02:07 PM
javeryh.cag.blogspot.com
//edit: Holy shit, that link actually leads somewhere
:lol:
Saucy Jack
10-03-2005, 02:08 PM
I'm "on vacation" for today and tomorrow and so far I've billed about 6 hours today (not to mention the 3 hours on Sunday) and I keep getting emails with more work... It's like they just don't understand the whole "vacation" concept. Assholes.
Sounds like big trouble. You're going to need plenty of legal advice before this thing is over. As your attorney, I advise you to rent a very fast car with no top. And you'll need the cocaine. Tape recorder for special messages. Acapulco shirts. Get the hell out of L.A. for at least 48 hours.
I know you are an attorney, but what the hell. Even a werewolf deserves legal counsel.
Quackzilla
10-03-2005, 02:10 PM
I'm "on vacation" for today and tomorrow and so far I've billed about 6 hours today (not to mention the 3 hours on Sunday) and I keep getting emails with more work... It's like they just don't understand the whole "vacation" concept. Assholes.
Turn off your computer, dumbass.
GuyWithGun
10-03-2005, 02:27 PM
Yeah, why don't you just not check your email. Or at least tell them that you couldn't/didn't check your email.
Javery
10-03-2005, 02:31 PM
Turn off your computer, dumbass.
It's called a blackberry, dumbass. It's NEVER off and that's why I'm slowly going crazy.
Also, that blog thing is freaking creepy because I sure as hell didn't start it... although that's not a bad idea... wait a minute... yes it is - no one reads those things...
Noodle Pirate!
10-03-2005, 02:33 PM
TEll them that your computer got infected with the "vacation" virus and its effects are to crash your email and any email programs so that they dont run. You wont be able to get it fixed at the data doctors until your vacation is over ;P
Quackzilla
10-03-2005, 02:56 PM
It's called a blackberry, dumbass. It's NEVER off and that's why I'm slowly going crazy.
You mean it's permanantly attached to your body, has no off or hold switch, and has an eternal unremoveable battery?
Javery
10-03-2005, 02:59 PM
You mean it's permanantly attached to your body, has no off or hold switch, and has an eternal unremoveable battery?
Yes. All of those things come with the BlackBerry model that my office supplied everyone with - I believe the feature is called "We expect this thing to be on all the time and for you to be available all the time and you have no excuse not to get a message from us and if you turn it off we won't stop at firing you - we will kill everyone you've ever met."
chickenhawk
10-03-2005, 03:05 PM
Yes. All of those things come with the BlackBerry model that my office supplied everyone with - I believe the feature is called "We expect this thing to be on all the time and for you to be available all the time and you have no excuse not to get a message from us and if you turn it off we won't stop at firing you - we will kill everyone you've ever met."
Time for a new job bud! ;)
miniarnold
10-03-2005, 03:22 PM
That sucks. It's also why I've shunned every offer for a blackberry/cell phone/pager that has been proposed to me by work. You might get the benefits of free service, but those things basically become handcuffs.
JSweeney
10-03-2005, 03:31 PM
Yes. All of those things come with the BlackBerry model that my office supplied everyone with - I believe the feature is called "We expect this thing to be on all the time and for you to be available all the time and you have no excuse not to get a message from us and if you turn it off we won't stop at firing you - we will kill everyone you've ever met."
Hmm. I guess that's a standard explanation. The one I got when handed my cell and pager was remarkably similar.