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Typing shouldn't be an issue

Let me frame this first. You know the ellipsis that indicates that the other party is typing a message to you? I HATE THAT I get why people think it's useful, but what I wouldn't give to give whomever thought it would be a good thing a swift kick in the sack. It's particularly frustrating when you work in IT and type 100+ wpm and you get someone who also works in IT but they take so damn long to respond that it feels like they're using the hunt and peck method, with their tongue sticking out of their mouth at the side like they're trying to balance on a slack line. You know what I'm talking about. I, personally, will break a long message up into shorter parts and send them in quick succession rather than make you wait 5 minutes to type out a paragraph (also known as a book in these instances), because I'm trying to be considerate. Oh, and while we're on the subject of typing, know what I actually LIKE? Voice dictation. There is nothing more pleasing than
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Why do users always associate unrelated problems?

Can someone explain this to me? Got an email this morning: I can't sign into a meeting; when I try on the web I get an error. [Screenshot is inserted] If I try another way, I get a different error. I just updated everything yesterday so my developed apps run from another folder, so this may be the issue. Not sure. YOU DON'T FRICKIN' SAY?!?!? Suddenly you know my job better than I do because those things are OBVIOUSLY related. Your ability to open Zoom or Teams or whatever the fuck meeting you were trying to open is inherently affected by the fact that you run your own custom developed apps from a random folder. Yep, that's gotta be it. Just going to need you to get a 5# sledge, your laptop, and a tree stump, then put those 3 things together, got it?
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Microsoft Teams?

Today is the big day. I finally get to roll out Microsoft Teams across the board. I've only been suggesting this should happen for about a year or so and I finally got my wish (and honestly only because of the coronavirus). Speaking of which, why isn't Corona (the beer) on sale during this time? It should be like, half price! Anyway, so far, so good.
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IT isn't bloody.

So, I'm having some mentoring sessions with a c-level exec at my company and we were talking about setting boundaries with respect to people asking for help on the fly (as in passing by in the hallway, or on your way to take a shit). I made the comment about my girlfriend not being able to say no to clients at work and he lays this gem on me: Servers don't tend to bleed out while you're gone. So yeah, I think I'm going to enjoy my lunch breaks just a *little* more now... (Oh, and my girlfriend is a veterinarian, which he knows. That would probably help that make more sense.)
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Meetings suck...I'll have the salmon.

Let's all just start by agreeing on that. Thank you. That said, 8am meetings are WORSE. Granted, I work in MST so it's a 10am meeting for my counterparts in EST, but no one seems to give 2 figurative shits about that. Why did you miss the meeting? Um...because I was driving through a dead spot on my way to work, because it was 8 o'goddamn clock in the morning! Stop it already. We all know they are a waste of time anyhow.
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Click to run? More like click to fuck off...

Ah Office 365. Double ah to Click to run (C2R) versions of Office. Apparently you can't install C2R if you have a non-standard office suite application (I'm looking at you Visit and Project) installed via MSI package already. You have to uninstall it first or the C2R installer fails without warning. Who does that? (And by that I mean leave no error message.) And on top of that, you need special licenses (aptly named C2R-P licenses) so that you can deploy the MSI versions alongside C2R installs. Anyone have a 5-pound sledge...? ~Me
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