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How do you like to contact the companies you buy services from (utilities, TV, phone, ISP), and how do you like to contact them, and what annoys you about such things.
Lots of companies seem to invest a lot of time and money into innovations that I don't think customers want, and indeed annoy them more than helping them.
If I want to take a service I want to find out what I need to know online, place an order online, when a customer I want to be able to view my account, and make changes to it or payments online.
And if I am on their website I do not want it constantly trying to badger me into a webchat. If I do get to the stage of needing an immediate two way conversation I want to at least be able to listen to them lying to me.
If something goes wrong I want to phone up and speak to someone. I do not want to speak to a computer, nor do I want to spend ages listening to options and making selections from menu after menu after menu.
I cannot imagine that an App from a service provider is one that I would use.
I want email updates of ongoing issues, I do not mind SMS updates now and then, if someone is on their way to my house for example.
I am not going to text a company, ever.
I do not want a computer phoning me up and asking me questions.
I will use social media to bitch about a company, not to contact them and I do not want them contacting me through it.
And if they do send me something through the post, I'm probably not going to read it properly, might not even open it before it goes through the shredder.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The amount of technical support and customer service I get directly from companies over Twitter is positively alarming.
It's changed the customer service game for those that participate. Otherwise I'll call them...possibly email if it's a complex issue.
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The powers that be have recently rearranged the teams within our organisation and as such we are also moving desks to best position people within those teams.
I usually do not mind a bit of change however I am sorely losing out on this particular desk move.
Current Location:
- Corner of the office, one other desk to my right.
- 2 Windows beside me.
- 1 Aircon unit.
- 1 Whiteboard.
Proposed Location:
- Middle of the room and between two desks.
- No window.
- No Aircon above.
- No Whiteboard.
If I were a public servant I would strike over this!
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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To me, the desk-location doesn't matter as long as no one can see* my monitor screen; and I am happy to be sitting at one. 
So,
Simon Lee Shugar wrote: - Middle of the room and between two desks.
- No window.
- No Aircon above.
- No Whiteboard.
0) Superseded
1) Doesn't matter since I work in a corporate park - no scenery outside
2) Centralized air-conditioning here
3) Doesn't matter as I can always use notepad/sticky notes**.
* -> Yes, unfortunately where I work, it's possible. 
** -> No, I do not stick passwords to them. 
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
modified 30-Jul-14 7:17am.
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Agent__007 wrote: location doesn't matter as long as no one can see* my monitor screen
 Why? What are you surfing for?
On second thoughts, do I want to know?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Doh! He's James Bond do you want all our Countries secrets revealed?
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Heck, given the efficiency of our secret services, the opposition probably get them before the people who are supposed to...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I don't know, I'll ask the Russians to see if the secrets are worth keeping.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Hey, I'm not the one who doesn't like their cow-orkers seeing their screen! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Agent__007 wrote: To me, the desk-location doesn't matter as long as no one can see* my monitor screen; and I am happy to be sitting at one. 
That is true... Specially when you have coworkers that love to peek at other peoples screen.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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Agent__007 wrote: To me, the desk-location doesn't matter as long as no one can see* my monitor screen
I've never worked in an office like that. The only privacy I have is keeping the font size small enough that no one can read my screen without rolling their chair closer.
Agent__007 wrote: 2) Centralized air-conditioning here
Here too. The thermostat is exactly the right temperature. My desk, on the other hand, is about fifteen feet from the nearest thermostat, and I have to wear extra layers most of the time to avoid hypothermia even when it's boiling hot outside.
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I'd be leery about a location with WIndows actually; Unless you have a northern exposure, getting a layout where they neither let the sun glare on your screens, backlight your screens like a floodlight, or blind your visitors at least part of the day is nearly impossible. 
Most of the whiteboard users where I work end up taking the large board they've acquired* with them every time they move.
* read pillaged from an empty cube.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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You didn't mention whether your new destination is wall-to-wall skirt? I guess from the tone, it isn't.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Wall to wall skirt? I don't think so.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Why is the The Oatmeal's NSFW comic about utilikilt wearers popping into my head? 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Simon Lee Shugar wrote: If I were a public servant I would strike over this!
If you were a public servant you'd strike over anything.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: If you were a public servant you'd strike over anything.
if you were a public servant you wouldn't be reading this you would be on strike
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I feel your pain.
I was moved from a full wall height cube with lockable storage, a phone, a white board, and the ability to work from home when I wanted to a "collaborative space" where I have about 4 1/2 feet of table top space, no phone, no white board, no storage, no quiet, and must report to the office 5 days a week.
Very dehumanizing.
My back is to the majority of a wide open expanse where there used to be cubes, I really don't like having my back to the room, I jump easily.
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That does sounds like a bum deal.
I whinge every time there's a threat to move me a long way from the window (I'm currently one desk away from the window seat) and so far it's worked to keep the spot.
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Simon Lee Shugar wrote: If I were a public servant I would strike over this vote myself a raise!
I just moved to a cube with a window. ![Jig | [Dance]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif) East-facing.
In my previous cube the A/C blew pretty hard on me and I froze. In the new one the vent is directly overhead so it doesn't blow on me at all.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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It's the start to have you move on.
Next they'll ask you to move to the basement.
Just remember to keep your Red Stapler.
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Do I eventually end up with a cheque for a lot of doe or start my new career as a builder?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Before, I had problems when I try to execute my SSIS package to SQL Job.
I've tried using different approach. I used batch file (executed in SQL Job) to connect to a remote server, then copy a file (thru psftp). With this, my command line needs to open another file that contains my original psftp command.
This is the example of command-line from my batch file
psftp -i C:\OpenSSH\etc\myPublicKey.ppk myusername@hostname -b D:\getFile.ftp
This is my psftp command
get fileFromServer.sdf D:\fileFromServer.sdf
Example:
getFile.ftp (contains the 'get' command which will the psftp do)
After using batch file (which didn't work, too) I tried putting my psftp command to another filename (from getFile.ftp to getFile1.ftp)
It worked!
Now, I can say that SQL Server 2008 R2 really has some issues when it comes to names. 
Curse you SQL Server 2008 R2! 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
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