Almost there, almost

Once again I discovered another hurdle with the credit card processing. I need to change my business account to a US funds account. Nice of these guys to tell me this. I'm starting to get red up with these guys. The site is functional, the bank has been very helpful, it's the damn credit card processing people. I'll be glad once these people are taken care of, and I'm able to go live. I've put so much into this thing. I've so close to victory that I can taste it. I just need this last piece of the puzzle to fit in the picture of me giving my employer the bird, and the piece doesn't want to fit. I keep telling myself that I'll know in the future. In the future I'll know how to deal with these clowns. I'll know how to get everything rolling. I'll be able to use that knowledge in the future.

What really surprises me is how unhelpful these guys are, and I'm going to be paying THEM, A monthly see and a transaction fee. You'd think they would be more helpful since I'm the customer. Now I know that your wondering why don't I switch companies? We'll the truth is that I've already prepaid these guys. Long story and it doesn't need to be talked about. Bottom line is that I know better.

Also, I want to thank Jay, Vics and Stef for their input on the site. Their input was extremely helpful and I've sent you all a "thank you" in the mail. Jay already got hers and she appears to like it.

So once again I'm shooting for the weekend for the "Official" Launch. Some of you have said that they would plug the site on their blogs, and I appreciate it. I'll thank them soon, after I'm at the point where I can travel and visit. Yes I said travel. I'm planning a trip to Toronto in the fall and Manchester in the late spring. I'm going to Toronto first since I won't need a passport. There's some really good people out there and I want to buy them a meal (and I was warned about Stef's bottomless stomach). It's just a small way of saying thanks.

I'll let everyone know how things go after this visit to the "Bank". I do need to say one thing though, The Bank has been really helpful during this, and I thought Banks were supposed to be the evil ones. Maybe Canadian Banks aren't as bad.

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Photo Friday (Why I've always been suspicious of Soccer fans)

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"The Office" my version

Jay said that I may have a Office Dilbert/Sage thing happening and perhaps she’s right. After all I would never question the wisdom of Canada’s finest blogger. Why she hasn’t appeared on The Hour, yet is beyond me. Apparently she has noticed my ability to see what office life is REALLY like. I believe that it’s time to test my theory.

I spent part of yesterday rearranging the stationary shelves. Bear in mind that I’m an IT person. At least I was able to get someone in the warehouse to throw the garbage out, so I didn’t have to leave the climate controlled comfort of the office. So from one moment I’m the IT Guru and then next I’m rearranging the office supplies. Meanwhile the ‘boss” keeps telling me “I know your IT but…” At least one of the HR people helped me, so it didn’t seemed like I was being singled out, but still…

I try not to talk about work because, let’s face it; very little people enjoy their jobs. If you enjoy what you do, you’re either self employed, making a six figure income or mentally challenged. There’s no other way around it. Working for someone else, sucks. That’s why I’m going to ‘go it alone”.

This is what I’ve noticed. There are two types of people, the people who whine about a situation and the time who do something about it. This place is FULL of people of people who whine. WAHH I DON’T WANT OVERTIME. WAHH I WANT OVERTIME. WAHH I WANT MORE MONEY.WAHH WAHH ME ME ME. I’ve experienced that level of frustration, but the difference is that I’ve done something about it. I went and earned a degree and now I’m starting my own business.

I’ve seen many types of management around here. We tend to got through managers like Paris Hilton goes through blank videotapes. I’ve seen the hand on micromanager, and the ivory tower manager and everything in between. Personally I despise the Ivory tower manager. This is a person who never leaves their office and only takes the word of the supervisor without looking at the facts. Personally I hate those types of people. One day after I have the business working, I hope to meet this guy and tell him how I really feel.

I really don’t like to blog about the work environment because to be honest, it’s not a pleasant thing to blog about. The office environment is just a stupid place to be. The movie “Office Space” got the whole work environment thing right. The manager who only talks and doesn’t listen and the guy in the far corner muttering about “setting the building on fire”. I might not be the person who wants to set the building on fire, but I know who that person is. Sometimes that doesn’t sound like a bad idea.

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A new place to park my ...

I’m sitting in my new space, my new space, my new space in the front office with the managers. Some are saying that I’m moving up in the world. Instead I feel that I’m being watched. There are many people in the front office now and they can walk by and see my screen. It’s not like I’m surfing for porn at work, or anything bad, but now I can’t even check my Facebook page. I do not consider this to be moving up in the world. I consider this to be loss of privacy, so now I cannot goof off ...sort of.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s some goofing off, I just have to be more cautious about it. For example, I have to write my blog posts in Word now, too bad it won’t improve my grammar.

The other problem is that I’m right by the big ass copier/scanner/printer/fax machine. It’s not that there’s a problem with being right there. I’m not doing the “Making copies” thing Rob Schneider used to do on SNL, but now that I think about it, I just might start it with a few people. I’m fighting the urge to photocopy different parts of my body. The good thing is that it’s an open office environment and everyone could see if sticking my face on the copier (what were you thinking I was talking about?).

So now I have a new project to work on, Boss Key technology. Basically, it’s a Firefox extension (don’t ask) program that will hide my surfing whenever someone comes by. It’s not that I’m looking at Smut here, (which I’m not) but I not suppose to be checking my Facebook profile either (which I am doing).

The bad news is that the managers seem to arrive before I do and leave after I do. Ok guys, you work too hard, so do home and let me check my blogs.

I also picked up a new USB key for keeping my “personal” data, like my copy of Firefox. A 1Gig drive for $19.99 is a good deal in my opinion.

I’ve been writing this throughout the day and I keep loosing my train of thought. I don’t even know how to end this post. I can’t even remember what I wrote earlier in the day.

Oh yeah, Photocoping my ass.

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Weekend Yadda Yadda

I hate it when a weekend turns out to be just one lousy day and you end up spending that day doing errands. This is what happened. I get a phone call on Thursday afternoon from my mom. “Were coming down tomorrow to visit”. “WHAT!!!” So I had 24 hours to prepare for their visit. Originally they were just going to spend the night, but their other plans fell through and they ended up staying until Sunday.

Now I love my mom and dad, but the last minute visits do cause me some stress. My mom is a neat freak and she likes things done HER way. For example, she has totally rearranged my kitchen. That I can live with but she tried to do the same with my DVD shelves. She moved 2 box sets (Animanics Vol. 3, and Pinky and the Brain Vol. 3) to another shelf. I quickly put them back. I hope she got the message there.

Now my dad is a good guy but he’s a penny counter. They came down on the first weekend of Stampede and he didn’t want to spend a dime. I said I would pay their admission to the grounds, but my dad finally got the hint when I said “Dad’ you’re not spending all day in my place reading the paper, you could do this at HOME” Oh and I had to buy some fans ton help keep the apartment cool.

To be fair, they did bring me stuff, like plates and silverware from the fifth wheel trailer that they recently sold, but I also gave them my PVR. Of course my dad’s first question was “How much more is this going to cost me”. I had to tell him NOTHING. Just switch his satellite box with the PVR and switch his card over.

So I only had Sunday to do grocery shopping and see the Transformers movie. I thought it really good. Seeing Optimus Prime was the best part of the movie and that they got the same voice actor as in the cartoon made it perfect. There were some cliché’s though like the soldier who had never seen his newborn daughter yet, but the movie is worth seeing in the theatres.

The other BIG problem was that I didn’t have time to work on the website. SIGH

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