The Office Communicator

Jimmy 5F

What is your opinion of it assuming you work in an office?

It can be a convenient tool but also incredibly irritating when you are being hounded by colleagues.

It can also be highly embarrasing if someone comes over to your desk to discuss something and an inappropriate message pops up.

lkionm

Maybe he was just telling you to stop **** off in work to chat girls

What?

Poor Uncle Tom

Religion has no place in the office environment.....

Czarcasm

bluewolf wrote: »

What?

I think the OP is talking about an internal messenger service on your computer. They're hardly that common in any office I've worked in where they still use primarily the phone and email to communicate.

I think the last time I used anything like it was the "net send" command back in college about 20 years ago to send messages to each other across the college network!

IM0

whens it out?

The Backwards Man

I liked the money chutes you used to see in old department stores. I'd love a go in one of them.

Czarcasm

Czarcasm wrote: »

I think the OP is talking about an internal messenger service on your computer. They're hardly that common in any office I've worked in where they still use primarily the phone and email to communicate.

I think the last time I used anything like it was the "net send" command back in college about 20 years ago to send messages to each other across the college network!

We used to use net send at work too. Now windows 7 doesn't seem to have it, total PITA

kfallon

I'm still calling you Jimmy 5 Furlongs OP!

Sir Osis of Liver.

Some new fangled Telex machine is it?

mattjack

When I worked as an electrician , I held control of the power therefore any communicating had to be approved by me or if I wasn't available you could ask Tony , he was my apprentice.

Hownowcow

Do you mean office gossips?

lkionm

Hownowcow wrote: »

Do you mean office gossips?

All this confusion is making me furrow my brow and I dont like it

IM0

bluewolf wrote: »

We used to use net send at work too. Now windows 7 doesn't seem to have it, total PITA

because it was your boss who pushed for this change, the bastard, punishing us all for your laziness :mad:

IM0

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Some new fangled Telex machine is it?

no thats the flux capicator

kfallon

Sounds like Sametime Instant Messaging, can pop up on bottom of your screen when someone starts a new conversation with you.

V123

I worked in an office where no-one spoke out loud - the guy that sat in the cubicle beside me would communicate with me through the computer communicator rather than talk - I remember one time my cubicle neighbour typing a msg to me about a task and I popped my head over to talk instead of type the answer back - he just nodded and continued typing and then a msg popped up and it was him! I sat there for about a year and we barely said hello or goodbye to each other! It was weird!

lkionm

V123 wrote: »

I worked in an office where no-one spoke out loud - the guy that sat in the cubicle beside me would communicate with me through the computer communicator rather than talk - I remember one time my cubicle neighbour typing a msg to me about a task and I popped my head over to talk instead of type the answer back - he just nodded and continued typing and then a msg popped up and it was him! I sat there for about a year and we barely said hello or goodbye to each other! It was weird!

No better scenario for danger ****

keith16

Jimmy 5F wrote: »

What is your opinion of it assuming you work in an office?

It can be a convenient tool but also incredibly irritating when you are being hounded by colleagues.

It can also be highly embarrasing if someone comes over to your desk to discuss something and an inappropriate message pops up.

The only thing it's useful for is checking if someone is at their desk without having to get up.

jobeenfitz

I don't understand. Are ye all drunk or high. I think Keiran Fallon wants to race OP over 5 furlongs, could be wrong.

kfallon

jobeenfitz wrote: »

I don't understand. Are ye all drunk or high. I think Keiran Fallon wants to race OP over 5 furlongs, could be wrong.

Kieren!!! :mad: :rolleyes: FFS Fitzy

jobeenfitz

kfallon wrote: »

Kieren!!! :mad: :rolleyes: FFS Fitzy

Down, that horse is too high for ya.

Czarcasm

bluewolf wrote: »

We used to use net send at work too. Now windows 7 doesn't seem to have it, total PITA

I didn't honestly think any businesses would still use it tbh!

Although in saying that, the amount of people that are au fait with Facebook and baulk at Outlook!

You can also use IM services within Outlook if the contacts in your address book have an IM address -

http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/outlook-help/use-instant-messaging-services-with-outlook-HP010355052.aspx

lau1247

Jimmy 5F wrote: »

What is your opinion of it assuming you work in an office?

It can be a convenient tool but also incredibly irritating when you are being hounded by colleagues.

It can also be highly embarrasing if someone comes over to your desk to discuss something and an inappropriate message pops up.

OP, Step to 2013, you're welcome :P

As for what I think about it, can be handy at times but most of the time getting a message more often than not leads to more work

Jimmy 5F

keith16 wrote: »

The only thing it's useful for is checking if someone is at their desk without having to get up.

And getting people to reply. Emails can easily be ignored. It's harder to ignore an instant message as they know you can see it.

Czarcasm

lau1247 wrote: »

OP, Step to 2013, you're welcome :P

As for what I think about it, can be handy at times but most of the time getting a message more often than not leads to more work

I'd love to be able to integrate a solution like that in some of the offices I work in, but the bean counters in these companies near have a shìt fit when you start talking figures for purchasing the software and then the training required!

Ciaran_B

We use Microsoft Lync and I think it's great. I'd lose my mind if I couldn't chat to my friend in the other office. The occasional embarrassment from an awkward message is a price I'm willing to pay.

Aidric

Jimmy 5F wrote: »

It can also be highly embarrasing if someone comes over to your desk to discuss something and an inappropriate message pops up.

Had it happen to me recently. We had auditors in from PWC, a hot young blond was part of the team. She was at my desk with a prepaid query when up pops the following from a colleague 'Have you seen that tasty blond auditor'..a couple of seconds of awkward silence broken up by 'and so I can send you that release schedule straight away'

Alter-Ego

I'm sticking with the good ol' easy to ignore email. Communicator seems like it would make me too contactable.

Notorious97

Our office uses it, actually my last two companies use it, handy for getting people around the world without phoning them.

The best is when some eejit invites the whole company to a conversation by mistake, and everyone is jumping in talking rubbish until you see bosses names appearing and everyone bails out ha.

I still prefer to walk over to someones desk and hav a chat about whatever it is though

WhatYaSay

Alter-Ego wrote: »

I'm sticking with the good ol' easy to ignore email. Communicator seems like it would make me too contactable.

It was all going swimmingly from a productive point of view in our office for a month until everyone realised you could just log out. That was the end of that.

Gummy Panda

kfallon wrote: »

I'm still calling you Jimmy 5 Furlongs OP!

He is Jimmy 5Fingers because thats how many he likes sneaky

Capt'n Midnight

Czarcasm wrote: »

I think the last time I used anything like it was the "net send" command back in college about 20 years ago to send messages to each other across the college network!

ah good old

net send *

Mr. CooL ICE

I find it great for telling colleagues they have fcuked up. Taking that extra second or two to look back over what I typed is worth not being called in front of HR for abusive language.

Although when using it for general work matters, almost every conversation degenerates into nothing but lolcats URLs and the built-in emoticons

NuckingFacker

We have instant messaging at work. I shout stuff across the workshop to the others and they shout stuff back. It's the eco-version, no esb required.

titan18

Great for creeping on people. During lunch time, check if the hot girl has gone to lunch yet by seeing if it's saying how long she's been away from the computer.

You could also time your schedule to when she comes into work and leaves work off of it, if you wished.

Firefox11

Jimmy 5F wrote: »

And getting people to reply. Emails can easily be ignored. It's harder to ignore an instant message as they know you can see it.

You mean MS Lync? yeah we use it. It's the pinging and sudden outbursts of laughter that it's mostly known for.:D It also can be a pain in the backside at times.