What did you learn today?

[ZenG]

I learned that every problem on TalkBass can be cured by a cat giph...

 

[Spidey2112]

I learned that every problem on TalkBass can be cured by a cat giph...

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With an eyeglass prescription as such, he probably thinks he's shaving...

 

[D M C]

I learned that every problem on TalkBass can be cured by a cat giph...

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Bubbles!

 

[Gorn]

Today I learned that for the last 20 or so years, someone I work with has been wasting what amounts to thousands of hours because they didn't know an Excel spreadsheet could be sorted. Everyone has accepted that the way she's been doing it is the only way. When she's been on vacation, others did it based on her instructions. Now I'm doing it cuz she's going away and for the first time in decades, it's been realized that she's been doing it like a moron. I don't even know if I should say anything.

 

[slobake]

Today I learned that for the last 20 or so years, someone I work with has been wasting what amounts to thousands of hours because they didn't know an Excel spreadsheet could be sorted. Everyone has accepted that the way she's been doing it is the only way. When she's been on vacation, others did it based on her instructions. Now I'm doing it cuz she's going away and for the first time in decades, it's been realized that she's been doing it like a moron. I don't even know if I should say anything.

I deal with the same type of thing where I work. We are getting rid of paper and working mostly with PDF's. It astounds me how some people fight it every inch of the way.

 

[slobake]

I learned that the earth is not flat.

 

[slobake]

I learned that every problem on TalkBass can be cured by a cat giph...

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I didn't know that, and I always thought the solution was burritos.

 

[Gorn]

I deal with the same type of thing where I work. We are getting rid of paper and working mostly with PDF's. It astounds me how some people fight it every inch of the way.

I recently learned my company is paperless. We tell prospective customers that we're paperless. We go through about 50 boxes of paper a week. 500 reams. A week. But we're paperless.

 

[Stumbo]

Today I learned that for the last 20 or so years, someone I work with has been wasting what amounts to thousands of hours because they didn't know an Excel spreadsheet could be sorted. Everyone has accepted that the way she's been doing it is the only way. When she's been on vacation, others did it based on her instructions. Now I'm doing it cuz she's going away and for the first time in decades, it's been realized that she's been doing it like a moron. I don't even know if I should say anything.

I suggest writing new instructions and passing them out without comment.

 

[slobake]

I recently learned my company is paperless. We tell prospective customers that we're paperless. We go through about 50 boxes of paper a week. 500 reams. A week. But we're paperless.

We really are doing it. The printer on my desk is lonely.

 

[slobake]

Recently I had a discussion with someone who was printing the PDF's I sent her. She would then put the printed file in the order she liked and scan it again. I showed her how to move pages around on a PDF and she nodded her head with a faraway look in her eyes. Later that day I saw her printing PDF's again.

 

[Gorn]

Joanne won't print to printer 27. It's not on her list. She'll only print to printer 28 because it's on her list. She can put 27 on her list. But it's not on her list so she doesn't print there.

 

[Johnny Crab]

Learned that much improvements are needed with the audio connection of the video conference system between the facility here and an engineering firm in China. Audio had a lovely, timed, low-screech feedback(decaying) that sounded not unlike an old playground swingset that was very much in need of oiling. A similar sound can be made if you call a speaker phone with your cell phone and place your cell phone close enough to the speaker phone to start feedback. Add in the time lag for a round trip to China and there you have it!
Oh, it did get recorded on a Zoom H2 I carry to all meetings. I'll cut the sound out and dump it up here if I get time so you too can enjoy.

REALLY painful and amusing to sit through for an hour and a half when you are spoiled with good audio gear at home and in your cubicle.

 

[PillO]

Today I learned that for the last 20 or so years, someone I work with has been wasting what amounts to thousands of hours because they didn't know an Excel spreadsheet could be sorted. Everyone has accepted that the way she's been doing it is the only way. When she's been on vacation, others did it based on her instructions. Now I'm doing it cuz she's going away and for the first time in decades, it's been realized that she's been doing it like a moron. I don't even know if I should say anything.

I've seen worse. People who need a calculator to add up the numbers on the spreadsheet...

 

[Gorn]

I've seen worse. People who need a calculator to add up the numbers on the spreadsheet...

I've worked office jobs for the last 15 years or so and have met at least 50 people who did that.

 

[catcauphonic]

 

[Oddly]

Something about this last page or two reminds me of a Seinfeld episode...

"The jerk store called, and they're all out of YOU!" Ahh, you gotta love George Costanza. And we all know somebody just like him.

Just like him?

I'm becoming more convinced every time I see him that I AM him...

 

[D M C]

There’s a reason for everything, even if it’s just entropy.

 

[blastoff99]

I learned that the cover songs I play on bass at the recorded tempos are WAY more difficult to play cleanly and with panache on the drums.

Have you tried ganache instead of panache? Tastier for sure.

 

[PillO]

I've worked office jobs for the last 15 years or so and have met at least 50 people who did that.

I also had an assistant who used tabs to align margins. Don't edit the document or it doesn't work. Also thought that the virus on her computer wasn't a problem. Kept infecting everyone else's computer.