What'choo do for a living?

[Skip Nicholson]

(11-30-2010 02:53 PM)mqstout Wrote:  

(11-30-2010 02:30 PM)Skip Nicholson Wrote:  

(11-30-2010 02:31 AM)supervike Wrote:  I work in IT for a group of Directory Assistance operators. I'm kinda like the maytag repair man, just there, but not always alot to do....(not that I'm complaining!)

I hear ya Vike, I liken my job to that of a Fireman. I spend a lot of time sitting around the firehouse and then a short amount of frantic effort trying to put out a fire. The downtime gets pretty boring and makes for a long day. Maytag repairman may be a better way to look at it. I'm the loneliest guy in the agency.

Conversely, my job is trying to prevent fires through training, at-hand support, etc. Except: those who are willfully ignorant burn brightest.

Sadly, policy forbids me from doing "pre-emptive" strikes by actively looking in the most likely places for folks who are "lyin', cheatin' and stealin'. I'm a one-man rapid deployment force AFTER trouble rears it's ugly head. Oh well, I liken it to arming bambi. It makes the game more interesting when the other guy gets the first couple of moves without interference.