Insert me screaming and tearing out my hair here. This is a preface to a rant thats been long
awaited, but has lacked the proper ‘ammo’ untill today. Read on if youd like to hear about corporate
bullying, people flexing their authority, and what seems like that scene from three amigos where steve martin is chained to the wall, and has to pull himself forward to release himself.

On tuesday, at my shitty job I was pulled into the managers office at like 3pm for a ‘talking to’. They explained to me how crucial it was that i login to the computers and the phone system the instant i sit at my desk if not before (Eh!?). They said that when i was here on saturday making up the saqsimus maximus post, there was a lady who tried to call in to the helpdesk five times. Albeit for something simple and easy, that she didnt even need me to fix, but she paniced and called the owners and my boss. At every company, not just this shitty one, shit rolls down hill. At this juncture, it stopped at me. I basically got yelled at and threataned because of the faults and mishaps of the entire department. I got yelled at because the midnight guy is a moron, one of the two guys that come in to replace me at 3 is a robot, and doesnt think ahead or think for himself in any way. They tell me that I am here to do a certain job, then tell me that i cannot do it. They tell me that I am responsible for multitudes of expensive compaq/windows servers that i have no access to, or know what they do. Im like a gun without bullets. I keep hearing ‘you can only use the computers in the office for work purposes only.’ What bothers me about this is, what if there is shit that i need to take care of that, personally.. I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LINDA FUCKING SANS AND HER GOD DAM COMPUTER SPEAKERS (like this fucking site for example). I hate the conglom-o world. I hate office politics. and most of all, i hate places like this. Places like this are the reason that people hate their jobs. All the stress and angst is offloaded to the bottom of the food chain (me) for that department, so that the head guy can have it easy, do nothing, and still get paid.
The network is a prison. NO unauthorized outbound traffic is permitted. If you do not log into your computer at the asscrack of your shift, you are reprimanded. If you make outbound calls that they do not approve of, you are reprimanded. Every time you are reprimanded, you are reminded that your job sits on very thin ice.
I swear to god i come to work every day, and sit down, and realize im working in a GIANT SHELL SCRIPT. There are no humans here, only ‘if’ statements. If those ‘if statements’ are not fullfilled, they freak out. There are also for, and while loops here as well.. no human beings.

anyway.. thanks for reading … < /rant >