OK, this is a general all-encompassing kvetch to get it out of my system now and try to preserve a nice weekend. So hopefully this will be and end of it. Here goes:
1) If you’re going to run a public transit service of any kind, and you’re ALWAYS running behind or running late, there’s a simple fix for that: CHANGE THE F!-ING SCHEDULE to reflect the ACTUAL arrival times. If construction that’s going to be in place for THE NEXT FIVE YEARS is making a route take ten minutes longer to run, CHANGE THE PRINTED SCHEDULE AND MOVE THE TIMES TO REFLECT IT. This should not be difficult to comprehend, and it’s butt-simple to do. You don’t have to change your equipment, or routes, or pay to run any more vehicles – JUST SAY THE ACTUAL TIMES. Some people can’t afford to stand in the rain an extra fifteen minutes when they have a train connection to make.
2) If you work in IT, you should at least have some command of the tools of your trade. If you are a FileMaker Pro developer, you should bloody well NOT call the help desk to have FileMaker Pro installed on your Mac. If you are a web developer, you shouldn’t need a workstation tech to help you get Adobe Creative Suite on your laptop. And if your work depends on running Cumulus as your media server platform, you should goddamn well know yourself whether upgrading to a WHOLE NEW OPERATING SYSTEM will break your access to Cumulus.
3) Riding your bike at full speed down a train platform is a dick move, especially when the signs say “Walk Your Bike,” and ESPECIALLY when a train is UNLOADING at RUSH HOUR, and if I clothesline your ass right off the bike next time, I’m not going to lose a picosecond of sleep over it. I have enough problems walking right now without having to worry about being blindsided.
4) Stop worrying about high school football recruiting. If you’re actually concerned about the fact that a 17-year-old boy is changing his mind about whether he will attend the college you support, you are one step removed from Jerry Sandusky. Give it up. Just fucking give it up. You’ll have all the time in the world to embarrass yourself over kids half your age once the season starts again. I’m sure that having a bunch of trailer park proctologists hooting at me over Twitter is going to make it VERY attractive to attend your SEC semi-pro safety school.
5) If you are going to sponsor access to your network for an external third party, allow them to access your internal network through VPN, and give them remote access to an administrator account on a machine on your internal network, your IT department had better be made aware of this clever plan before being told about it BY THE THIRD PARTY. Otherwise you are asking for an ass-kicking and you will deserve whatever happens to you.
6) I’m sick of weather than gives you cold windy fog at 8 AM and clear burning direct sun at 1 PM. Nothing I can do about that, but it’s not helping.
Phew. I feel better already. Now let’s have a nice day, and if you prevent me having a nice day between now and 5 I’ma pop a dart in dat ass. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.