Late for work

smallBiscuit

Is there any feeling in the world worse than that sinking panicky feeling of, crap I'm late for work. Esp when it's an hour our more journey to get there?

starbelgrade

Farting, then realising your jocks are wet is worse.

MagicMarker

I could think of worse things, finding out your girlfriend is pregnant for instance.

fishy fishy

not having a job to be late for

RosieJoe

MagicMarker wrote: »

I could think of worse things, finding out your girlfriend is pregnant for instance.

And you're impotent :eek:

bitemybanger

Pull a sickie and treat yourself to a bit of R&R.
Live a little

Um yeh, I can think of a few!

demanufactured

Being let go

TheZohanS

Aids, not HIV but full blown Aids.

seamus

Anyone who works in IT will know that sinking feeling when you press the wrong button and see hundreds of peoples' stuff delete/crash/shut down before your eyes and you can't stop it.

Nothing like it.

Pressing format and realising you forgot to backup your Morrowind file.

LukeS_

The only thing worse then is when you get to work, and there's nothing left in the canteen. :eek:

starbelgrade

TheZohan wrote: »

Aids, not HIV but full blown Aids.

Unless it's good AIDS, in which case, you'll be grand.

smallBiscuit

starbelgrade wrote: »

smallBiscuit wrote: »

Is there any feeling in the world worse than that sinking panicky feeling of, crap I'm late for work.

The doctor telling you that you have terminal cancer would be slightly worse, I'd imagine.

I dunno, at least that's an excuse for being late and you won't have to worry about beng late for much longer*

I'm aware this is a fwp, by the way, but everything is relative












*if you actually have terminal cancer, I'm very sorry for you.

Dravokivich

TheZohan wrote: »

Aids, not HIV but full blown Aids.

Are you positive?

Big Nasty

There's plenty of things worse than being late for work, however, no matter what time I leave each morning for my 10k drive, be it 8.20am or 8.40am I always arrive at precisely 9.07am.

How the fcuk it that? :eek:

smallBiscuit

seamus wrote: »

Anyone who works in IT will know that sinking feeling when you press the wrong button and see hundreds of peoples' stuff delete/crash/shut down before your eyes and you can't stop it.

Nothing like it.

I work in IT, I know that feeling well. Couple of weeks ago, I has the admin consoles for a production and test webserver open. I shut down the wrong one. Explain to your boss why the site is down after that is 'fun'

Dravokivich

MCMLXXV, yer clock is broken.

jester77

Getting a phone call in the middle of the night and seeing that it is from someone in your family

kevmol88

MagicMarker wrote: »

I could think of worse things, finding out your girlfriend is pregnant for instance.

When you have a wife,a mistress, a mortgage and they are all a month late.

jonnyfingers

I've been late for work every day for the past year. You get used to it.

TheZohanS

kevmol88 wrote: »

When you have a wife,a mistress, a mortgage and they are all a month late.

Or an hour early.

OldGoat

MagicMarker wrote: »

I could think of worse things, finding out your girlfriend is pregnant for instance.

kevmol88 wrote: »

When you have a wife,a mistress, a mortgage and they are all a month late.

...and you've had a vasectomy...

THE FEAR

starbelgrade

MCMLXXV wrote: »

There's plenty of things worse than being late for work, however, no matter what time I leave each morning for my 10k drive, be it 8.20am or 8.40am I always arrive at precisely 9.07am.

How the fcuk it that? :eek:

27 to 47 minutes to drive 10k?

What are you driving - a Micra?

Big Nasty

starbelgrade wrote: »

27 to 47 minutes to drive 10k?

What are you driving - a Micra?

Traffic in Dublin dude!

pow wow

The feeling before you phone in sick on a Monday.

Vicxas

I hate that horrible feeling when you send the wrong email to someone, bitching about someone else....

WoollyRedHat

Forgetting to wear clean underwear and then being hit by a bus is pretty bad.

FatherLen

failing an exam and knowing you have to repeat it over the summer.

themadchef

Deleted User wrote: »

Pressing format and realising you forgot to backup your Morrowind file.

THe reason i love geeks!

Cause i havent a fúckin' clueeeeee what than means...

Yeah, yeah, taking it to PM :pac:

Ghandee

TheZohan wrote: »

Aids, not HIV but full blown Aids.

The two blokes living next door to me have AIDS.

One has a hearing Aid, the other a walking Aid!:eek:

themadchef

Deleted User wrote: »

THE FEAR

There, there now Mark, it's ok. Three o clock is a hard time for alot of us but
Bosco has been off the telly now with years.

MagicMarker

If it makes anyone feel better my Xmas holliers start in 24 minutes.

--Kaiser--

smallBiscuit wrote: »

Is there any feeling in the world worse than that sinking panicky feeling of, crap I'm late for work. Esp when it's an hour our more journey to get there?

Yes, lots.
You've led a sheltered existence (not to mention a severe lack of imagination) if this is the worst feeling you can think of

smokedeels

smallBiscuit wrote: »

Is there any feeling in the world worse than that sinking panicky feeling of, crap I'm late for work. Esp when it's an hour our more journey to get there?

You walked in late and now you're spending your time posting on an internet forum, that's just taking the p1ss

Seachmall

Summersky00 wrote: »

really?

Ya, I once dumped a live database thinking it was a development one.

I was 2 or 3 months into my 6 month trial period.

Still got the job :pac:



Edit - If I recall correctly it was actually my bad code that dumped the DB.

smokedeels

Seachmall wrote: »

Ya, I once dumped a live database thinking it was a development one.

I was 2 or 3 months into my 6 month trial period.

Still got the job :pac:

My old boss refereed to those incidents as CLMs (career limiting mistakes)

Shiner11

jester77 wrote: »

Getting a phone call in the middle of the night and seeing that it is from someone in your family

Or arriving home to see a member of your family at home before you are and they are never ever home before you...

starbelgrade

MagicMarker wrote: »

If it makes anyone feel better my Xmas holliers start in 24 minutes.

I started my Christmas holidays last Wednesday, then got bored & went back to the office on Friday.

Sykk

seamus wrote: »

Anyone who works in IT will know that sinking feeling when you press the wrong button and see hundreds of peoples' stuff delete/crash/shut down before your eyes and you can't stop it.

Nothing like it.

You make it sound like something in the movies. This doesn't exist. Especially if you know what you're doing

Lombardo86

http://thumbpress.com/25-pictures-of-the-most-comfortably-uncomfortable-first-world-problems/

Hank Scorpio

Sykk wrote: »

You make it sound like something in the movies. This doesn't exist. Especially if you know what you're doing

I managed to shut down an entire network of 200~ people :eek:
All that caused it was a looping Ethernet cable in a router, so yeah it can happen!

Luckily I was working in the public sector so knowbody noticed anyway.

sensibleken

realising youve dipped your penis in a bucket of aids infected blood is worse

seamus

Sykk wrote: »

You make it sound like something in the movies. This doesn't exist. Especially if you know what you're doing

It's when you know what you're doing that you're most likely to make the mistakes in the first place. Maybe in your head you're imagining scenarios where an entire city loses power and people die and stuff.

I'm talking more about issuing "DELETE FROM someTable" commands, without putting in any restrictions (it deletes the entire table), or accidentally shutting off power to the entire building and causing 300 people to lose half a day's work.

I have done both of these things. Though in the latter case I blamed most of them for doing half a day's work and not saving it.

TPD

Once was woken up after a few hours sleep, extremely hungover, by a colleague telling me I was late to work (I was his replacement). Ran out the door in a haze, slipped on the muddy slope of grass in the garden, in the rain. Contemplated just staying there behind the hedge.

Seachmall

Sykk wrote: »

You make it sound like something in the movies. This doesn't exist. Especially if you know what you're doing

When you're being rushed to get an update completed within a ridiculous time frame it can easily happen, particularly when inexperienced.