Another word headdesk

[gemfyre]

My boss doesn't 'trust' the save button. Apparently it 'doesn't work'. Me explaining that it most certainly does work seems to have no effect.

Whereas any normal person would just click save at regular intervals while creating and editing a document, my boss doesn't.

All he seems to know is "Save As" and every time he hits "Save As" he saves the document with a new name (same base name, but there will be #1, #2 etc). A letter written on Friday evening has 6 goddamn copies when there should only be one.

Problem is, if I delete all the unneccessary ones he'll freak out because he'll think the most recent edit is gone.

*sigh*

Comments

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Remind me again. This guy got through university?

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I think so.

He has a certificate to say so.

[japester.livejournal.com]

That doesn't often actually prove anything. Doctors are often known amongst the IT circles to be the most demanding and genuinely useless people we know. Also big believers of "I'm an expert in my field, therefore I'm an expert everywhere."

f*ckn*ckles the lot of 'em.

I put gemfyre's boss in the same bucket. Preferably in many buckets, actually.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Well at least he KNOWS he's useless at computers. Which is why he clings to me and the bookkeeper, because we actually know stuff about them (both having partners in the field). At least when I do leave he won't be completely shattered because he'll still have Tamara to do computery things.

[sternenglanz.livejournal.com]

Awww. I don't even know if I could be mad.

No, wait, that would get really annoying. But from the outside it's incredibly cute in its technological WTFery.

[miss-kittylix.livejournal.com]

What an idiot! I can't believe this guy is _your_ boss!

[rdmasters.livejournal.com]

Congratulations.

You now have the dubious honour of having been promoted sideways to 'Helpdesk'. Or, as we in the trade call it: "Helldesk".

I recommend a stiff dose of BOFH - classic or modern, it's all by the same guy.

And maybe consider the Scary Devil Monastery. Or the Daily WTF.

Lastly, remember that there is always the Ellen Ripley Solution.

[samara-47.livejournal.com]

I've known people to save numerous copies of a document to track their progress (i.e. writers, artists) but the fact that he is AFRAID it wont save is slightly ridiculous.