#garfield Logs

Nov 02 2018

09:03 AM rue_mohr: must have been cedar
06:49 PM rue_mohr: ok I have a list of 4 items and 4 circles, when I selelct an item, it highlights a corresponding circle
06:49 PM zhanx: evening
06:50 PM rue_mohr: hey
06:50 PM zhanx: Dunkin Doughnuts has the worst IT EVER
06:50 PM rue_mohr: ok
06:50 PM zhanx: did some digital menu boards, they send the pc's all blank
06:50 PM rue_mohr: hah
06:50 PM zhanx: switch blank
06:51 PM zhanx: and then banned the mac addresses after I configured everything
06:51 PM rue_mohr: hahhah
06:52 PM zhanx: 4 hour job turned into all day
06:52 PM rue_mohr: yea
06:53 PM rue_mohr: I turned around on my first job after less than half an hour beacuse, for the 5th time, they didn't have contact information, access, or anyone in the office when the job was scheduled
06:53 PM rue_mohr: same site I spent 3 hours just waiting
06:53 PM rue_mohr: (yes, billed for it)
06:53 PM zhanx: I got one job like that
06:53 PM zhanx: its a 2/5 hour drive to get there
06:53 PM zhanx: 2.5
06:53 PM zhanx: no one will confirm they will be on site
06:54 PM zhanx: I have all the crap at my house for the install for it also
06:54 PM rue_mohr: heh
06:54 PM zhanx: told them today, I am charging full price on the job and fedexing the stuff back if not confirm and done Friday
06:54 PM rue_mohr: you charge for the windscreen time, right?
06:55 PM zhanx: yep
06:55 PM zhanx: I did drive there once also
06:56 PM zhanx: I was told "site is unlocked"\
06:56 PM rue_mohr: good good
06:56 PM rue_mohr: hah
06:56 PM zhanx: It was of course not, you know how that goes
06:56 PM rue_mohr: one of our guys asks for help sometimes, "its easy"
06:56 PM rue_mohr: he says to mount the tv between the bathroom doors
06:57 PM rue_mohr: its a 42" tv, the doors are 16" apart
06:57 PM rue_mohr: no room over then
06:57 PM zhanx: sounds like my issue
06:57 PM rue_mohr: to the left, there is a wall, with a plaque on it
06:57 PM zhanx: they sent 49" tvs
06:57 PM zhanx: only room for 39" or less
06:58 PM rue_mohr: and wholy sh***t I dunno what they were doing when they mounted that damn thing but its staying with the wall..
06:58 PM rue_mohr: contact person on site? , or guys says " I dunno"
06:58 PM zhanx: I mounted them, as I was told, the bottoms are under 6' off the ground and its on the cook line
06:58 PM rue_mohr: power for the tv? nope....
06:58 PM zhanx: aka tv is in the way
06:58 PM rue_mohr: heh
06:59 PM zhanx: they paid for it so whatever
06:59 PM zhanx: The Allelectronics service company in my area, is mad at me
06:59 PM zhanx: I am cutting into their profits
06:59 PM rue_mohr: ?
07:00 PM rue_mohr: radio shack?
07:00 PM zhanx: They do the same stuff but charge way way more
07:00 PM rue_mohr: ooh
07:00 PM rue_mohr: well they need to work on that
07:00 PM zhanx: I think 65-100 an hour depending on the work is fine
07:00 PM rue_mohr: do they know what their doing?
07:00 PM zhanx: they start at 150
07:01 PM zhanx: no, i have reworked behind them a few times now
07:01 PM zhanx: but they have 30 people
07:01 PM rue_mohr: ah, yea thats no good then
07:01 PM zhanx: I told the guy running the cat6 if he is not gonna test it, why run it
07:02 PM zhanx: he punched them down and left, 3 out 10 I had to fix
07:02 PM rue_mohr: @@
07:02 PM rue_mohr: !!!
07:02 PM rue_mohr: he reverse pairs?
07:03 PM rue_mohr: or bad punches?
07:03 PM rue_mohr: I hate it when the wire bends around the tooth
07:04 PM rue_mohr: __n__
07:04 PM zhanx: bad punches for 2 one reversed
07:04 PM zhanx: he was in a hurry
07:04 PM rue_mohr: pff
07:04 PM rue_mohr: I'm not getting lower than about 3 errors a year ( that hit the tester)
07:05 PM zhanx: I am still at about 5 or 6 that hit the tester
07:05 PM zhanx: but you have been doing it longer
07:05 PM rue_mohr: considering we buy the ends in 25 packs, and I'm doing panels too
07:05 PM zhanx: yep
07:06 PM zhanx: I did a 100 patch yesterday, all tested good I was happy
07:06 PM rue_mohr: ok, I'm gonna sleep
07:06 PM rue_mohr: then drink ... oh crap, I need milk
07:06 PM rue_mohr: damnit
07:06 PM zhanx: ok
07:06 PM rue_mohr: ok, I'm gonna go shopping, then sleep, then stay up all night and drink like 8L of tea
07:07 PM zhanx: gonna make some beer for xmas then
07:07 PM rue_mohr: damnit, i want to sleep
07:34 PM rue_mohr: ok, the most awesome icecream in the world was 50% off, so I got lots of that
07:34 PM rue_mohr: did remember the milk
07:35 PM rue_mohr: and picked up 2 pommetragnites, not because I do have the time to sit down and eat them, but because its a fond dream of mine
08:02 PM zhanx: ok then
08:30 PM __M00N__: rue_bed , https://github.com/RonoldoMoon/Misc
08:30 PM __M00N__: thread.c thread2.c
09:28 PM rue_bed: no, no, none of that crap, he has to come over and hack with me