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Originally posted by SteveDallas
Well, I'm the "computer guy" (and telephones too). The one thing that really aggravates me is this kind of thing.
Them: "We need some kind of computer program to do X."
Me: "OK, that sounds like a good idea. Can you tell me what are the most critical features it needs to have to do X the way we like to have X done?"
[a conversation follows... some days later.....]
Me: "OK, I've found some products that look like they might work. When can we get together so you can see some demos and try them out?"
Them: "Oh, I don't have time for that. Can't you pick one?"
Me: "I'm just going to install it. You're the one that's going to have to use it every day. We'll make a better choice if you're involved in the decision."
Them: "I really don't have time. Why don't you just buy the best one?"
I hate it.
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Followed by...This f&*#ing program sucks, you computer people are incompetent....blah blah...blah...blah
I've got anotherone....
Person A..wants to get data to point F, gets it through B,C,D, & E in some wacky and complicated hairball steps. (i.e. out of a database...into a crystal report...to a text file with shit missing...to an excel spread sheet...trying to get it back into the database) Wants to know how to get it from E to F but has transformed the data to a useless blob. Won't tell you where he/she started....you figure it out how they F-ed everything up and offer a direct A to F step ....they absolutely refuse a simple step because they are hung up on 'solving' it themselves... fukkin fools...