Contacts

Yesterday I did something to fix a problem with my Outlook at work.  Last night there was a problem and I needed to send an e-mail.  I fixed one problem but created another.  I managed to loose my contacts.  I had plenty of them. 

So now I have them back thanks to a quick search but the bigger problem is on my phone some of them show up as duplicate.  It’s a pain in the ass to try to figure out if I deleted the right or the wrong contact so I put a * next to everyones name on my computer, that syncd to my phone.  Then I deleted everything without the *.  I still have duplicates.  It’s like a gremlin created them.

The worst part is I lost my calendar but I know of only a couple things that were up coming, I don’t exactly have a lot of plans.  So that is no big deal but I just loathe the whole process of loosing and re-keying data.  The upside is that it took away most of my morning. 

Boss man is back and we have made contact, it was pleasant and simple so I am thankful for that.  I just knew today would be filled with all sorts of screwy things when I got here the full sign was on for the garage.  There is no way they are full by 8am.  I went in and sure enough there were plenty of spaces left.  I didn’t get my usual but I got something comparable so that is okay.

The HR department messed up a bunch of tax forms so they have to issue corrected forms and to do that they had to bring in a typewriter.  I am listening to the HR manager fight with the machine trying to get the margins to release and having other problems.  I hear the correction tape running more than the typewriter it’s self.  Ah the good old days when things were simpler.  It’s quite a transition to go from a computer keyboard to a typewriter keyboard.  Computers are much more forgiving. They may be old school but those machines still come in handy today. 

People come to IT with all sorts of goofy problems.  Yesterday I was asked about a cable problem at one of the offices.  I said I don’t do TV and know nothing about it.  That was the easiest I have gotten out of anything in a long time.  It was true though.  I mean it’s like asking me a car questions or how to fly an airplane.  I have no idea.  Would you ask a cook how to fix a computer?  How about a police officer about fixing your printer?  I just don’t understand why if people think a computer is remotely involved it lands in the IT Department.  We are funnels for all of the BS. 

Well back to it.  I spent part of my lunch working so I figure this was make up time.  It all evens out in the end or so they say.  I some how always wind up on the short end of the stick.

Oh speaking of sticks and short ends.  The mortgage company doesn’t need any paperwork from me they needed to assign an underwriter to the request.  They gave it to the person who denied me the last time, saying the home wasn’t owner occupied.  I don’t have high hopes that they will approve me.  Only time will tell.  My attorney and the congressman should be following up with them later this week or early next week. 

More tax paperwork rolled in last night, it’s a small paper storm to file two peoples returns.  I just hope there is money coming back and not money owed.  I sure could use it.

Talk with you peeps later.