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All caught up on email and voicemail from when I was out. And I only had to come in an hour and a half early!

.....

Can I go back on vacation now?

OK, now I -really- want to go back on vacation.

Working on stuff at my desk, and someone comes into our area (which we really ask you not do) and hovers right behind me with someone while I'm trying to work on the phone until I get off the call and turn around.

"Yes?"

"Yes. Um. This is $NAME, she's a temporary in my department, and she locked out her account this morning and can't get into her computer."

Which, y'know, you're supposed to CALL US or PUT IN A TICKET FOR, and y'know, perhaps be at the computer?

"Oh-kay. I just unlocked the account, but I need her to actually be at the computer to sign into it. If it doesn't work, please -call us from the computer-, so we can work on it together."

"Ohhh...yeah, right. Sorry."

In a perfect world, my office is surrounded by fire, spikes, and a moat of alligators who only love and trust me, their master. Hell on the cleaning staff, but you can't beat the privacy.

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*looks at today's various work craziness, up to and including wiping my company blackberry (iPhone not here yet, QQ), running across the parking lot, and handing it to the CEO's admin as he walked out the door for a 3 day business trip.*

Oh. Yeah. That's why I needed the vacation.

*Fanfare For The Common Man*

BBQ Cooker 038
Originally uploaded by bzarcher

Aside from needing cleaned out, sharp edges rounded, and several coats of hi-temp paint.....this is how it will look.

You have no idea how much flaggerx and I were smiling at this point.