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This video is too funny
http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/salesguy.html
http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/salesguy.html
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Always reboot three times...

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Their voices remind me somewhat of an AdultSwim/ComedyCentral cartoon which is what caused most of my laughter. :p
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Very Funny Video!
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I pity those who can appreciate the humour of this.
That includes me.
That includes me.
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I can definitely appreciate the humour of this. I did some support work for 4 weeks.
I love the bit where he deletes the email off the exchange server: "Oh maybe I didn't send it". Classic.
I love the bit where he deletes the email off the exchange server: "Oh maybe I didn't send it". Classic.
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Yeah that was great!
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That was a classic one. It's such a hit that before I even saw this link in this forum, two of my friends mailed me the link.
Did you also see in the video that his default home page was Monster.com? The subtle hint there that he was looking for a better place to work. ROFL.
The interesting part for me is that this was just like my last job, except I was writing NetSNMP scripts and tweaking PHP pages instead of playing video games.
Sales guys were also the worst. They would lie, lie, and lie again. One sent in a laptop that didn't work. We opened it up and found signs of spilled coke and dog urine. Another would call one of us, ream us out about not getting back to him, then call another, then call another, until he got to me. I then chewed him out and called his supervisor, and my rank outdid him somehow -- he ended up apologizing by email. The only thing I told the sales guy on that call was, "We are all civilized here. You can complain to us about not getting back to you, and complain about your urgency, but you will never raise your voice and act unprofessionally to the employees I manage ever again." He started with, "Yes, but...." and I cut him off, saying, "How more clear can I be about company policy with you today?" He got real quiet with me and then eventually said, "Okay. I'm sorry. When can I get a callback?" I guess no one dared stand up to him before like that. Shortly thereafter, his own boss couldn't stand him either and fired him.
Did you also see in the video that his default home page was Monster.com? The subtle hint there that he was looking for a better place to work. ROFL.
The interesting part for me is that this was just like my last job, except I was writing NetSNMP scripts and tweaking PHP pages instead of playing video games.
Sales guys were also the worst. They would lie, lie, and lie again. One sent in a laptop that didn't work. We opened it up and found signs of spilled coke and dog urine. Another would call one of us, ream us out about not getting back to him, then call another, then call another, until he got to me. I then chewed him out and called his supervisor, and my rank outdid him somehow -- he ended up apologizing by email. The only thing I told the sales guy on that call was, "We are all civilized here. You can complain to us about not getting back to you, and complain about your urgency, but you will never raise your voice and act unprofessionally to the employees I manage ever again." He started with, "Yes, but...." and I cut him off, saying, "How more clear can I be about company policy with you today?" He got real quiet with me and then eventually said, "Okay. I'm sorry. When can I get a callback?" I guess no one dared stand up to him before like that. Shortly thereafter, his own boss couldn't stand him either and fired him.
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Any web designer (clientside) or web developer outsourced to do a web designer's job is in essence doing marketing even if they have indirect or no two-way communication with customers and/or potential customers. I suppose the overall marketing department in a company with a website can be divided in to sales (the non-technical sub-department) and the web team which isn't necessarily dedicated to the marketing aspect as their website could also fulfill the function of support for example. I digress however that it seems that there is some sort of relative though not absolute correlation between technical skill and honesty at least in our industry though I could be wrong about that. Additionally it seems selective to types of technical skills, for example I've never felt in the slightest way anything that would vaguely resemble the feeling of trust with anyone who was involved with cars. It could all however simply be subjective to my individual experiences. 
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Dude, I am in tears right now. That was awesome.
I actually had someone get <span style='color:blue' title='I'm naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> off at us rearranging his desktop. He knew where everything was not by its name but by where it was on his desktop. That is awesome.
Wow, I can't stop laughing.
I actually had someone get <span style='color:blue' title='I'm naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> off at us rearranging his desktop. He knew where everything was not by its name but by where it was on his desktop. That is awesome.
Wow, I can't stop laughing.
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@Everah: did you "sort by p&$%s" ?
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