MySpace "Withdrawal..." - Wednesday, January 25, 2006, 17:47

Today, I withstood the test of will and addiction. Yes, you heard it right. For some reason or another, this client site where I am at this week would not let me plug my laptop into their network until they have the chance to scan it. But they couldn't do it till the next day. Huh?!? Let me get this straight... The client is paying for my services by the hour to get a project done. I can't get on the network to start my work, so the project is at risk of not being on schedule. And on top of that, they're paying for my idle presence? It just did not make sense to me at all...

Anyway, since I didn't have any way of getting on the network, I could not check my email or myspace. Wow... I didn't think it was even possible for me to go through the day without my daily dose of MySpace. But you know what? I did it! Unfortunately, I was extremely bored too.

Apparently my client counterpart is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He doesn't know how to give me directions to the office this morning while we were on the phone. How does one give directions by saying: "Just face the stadium and go down the side." I even tried to clarify by asking: "Facing the stadium in which direction, and going down which side of the stadium?" His response? "Just face it and you will be here." WTF?

So earlier in the week, I sent the same guy a prerequisite document with a checklist of things they have to complete before my engagement. He had not even opened that document. And he tried to get me to complete the work after I found out he had not done anything. And then he had the balls to ask me, "Why didn't you do this before you arrive? Why does this have to be done by us before you arrive? I didn't know I had to do this before you get here." What? What part of "prerequisite" does he not understand, especially part of the document description included "pre-travel checklist?" Lovely... This is like the harbinger of a really tough week to come, and the next. I hate it when I work with professionals who were hired by their organization with a certain minimum set of skillsets, but somehow lacks all that! Grrrr... Don't get me wrong, but I do distinguish the line between someone who is smart but new to something, and someone who is pure dumb and stupid. This guy falls in the latter.

Alright... Enough about work. I promise I will never bring work up again. When I started out my blog, I had no intentions of mixing work and this, but in this case, I felt compelled to vent out against stupid people, especially the lazy, incompetent ones. =)

Well, nothing exciting happened today. Just got back from work, and it turns out that this hotel also provide a manager's reception every evening, even though most Hampton Inn's don't have it. I had some warm, dark chocolate chip cookie that just got out of the oven, and a couple bowls of chicken dumpling soup. And now I'm just washing it all down with a can of Miller Lite. Delicious!

Long day... Tired... Unmotivated... I wish I was working from home right now, so that I could be with the girls! =)