Things I find a tad exasperating v.3

[El Barto]

[King Postwhore]

Bigus......

[hefdaddy42]

 

[Podaar]

“He has a wife you know…”

[XJDenton]

Fun fact about that scene: the extras were told they would be fired if they couldn't keep a straight face, so the efforts are quite real.

[TAC]

Which movie is that?

[Lethean]

I don't think the problem is Teams itself.  I think I understand Skeever/Chino's original dislike is that you go onto a meeting and you are still getting messaged on the side distracting you from the meeting.

Yes, that's it. Sometimes I get messaged by people who are in the same meeting as me. It's crazy. Aren't you supposed to be paying attention, taking notes, contributing? Why are we wasting our time here, if not?

I hate the messaging aspect of Teams, and I hated Skype before it.  If I'm in a meeting, I ignore messages until the meeting is done.  Sometimes the meetings are stupid and I don't really need to pay attention, but most of the time I need to know what's going on so I can do what needs to be done after. 

Most of my work requires specific documentation and there's a process that has to be done, and asking me in Teams is not part of that process.  So I've taken to reminding people of that process once, and then ignoring them on Teams after that.  Occasionally I'll also get a "Hi Lethean!" message on Teams, which I ignore.  Tell me what you want, or else leave me alone.

[jingle.boy]

Most of the time, that's just a polite way of asking "are you there?"

[cramx3]

I'm very much against the fake small talk in work chat.  I know you aren't messaging me to see how my day is going, you need something.  Just get to the point.  I don't mind the "hi cram" but I do get annoyed when the hello isn't followed up with the point of you contacting me.  Just spit it out. 

[Lethean]

Exactly!  I don't mind the hello if it's followed by something else immediately after.  But don't make me ask what you want, just say it.  And sometimes they never do, so I guess it wasn't that important.  (And it never is).

[lordxizor]

I hate the "HI Xizor" on Teams as well. Just ask the question. You don't need to know if I'm active or not, I'll get back to you when I can.

[pg1067]

Which movie is that?

Google Lens says it's Monty Python's Life of Brian.

[El Barto]

Fun fact about that scene: the extras were told they would be fired if they couldn't keep a straight face, so the efforts are quite real.

I guess that didn't apply to Palin because it was his nearly losing it that caused the centurion to nearly lose it. I know Palin and Idol were both prone to corpsing. Not like Tim Conway or anything, but they would blow it from time to time. Idol biting on his scythe during the witch-duck scene was him trying not to ruin the take.

[KevShmev]

Stuff like the work chat greeting seems more like a matter of common courtesy than anything.  I sent a ton of internal emails and 99% of the time I present them in a way as if I were emailing one of my customers (the 1% is if I am aggravated that something is going wrong and I need a quick answer from a co-worker ).  It's just a good habit.

[El Barto]

Which movie is that?

Google Lens says it's Monty Python's Life of Brian.

What's a google lens?

in 5, 4, 3, 2. . .

[Stadler]

My coworker used to side message people in our meetings to try and get them to laugh.  He got me so good one time I had to turn off my video/mic.  One time one of the network engineers started laughing in a meeting and his manager who was running the meeting asked what was so funny, his response "the chats" which got everyone else to burst out laughing because we all knew exactly who was messaging him.  I can't condone this stuff, but it's a rare instance when it's just so funny to see it happen.

We do this to each other occasionally.  I cannot lie.

We do this too.  I love Teams, with one exception:

When you're on a broader call, like a presentation, and it ends and everyone feels the need to Teams out "Thank you!", so I get 45 message saying "Thank you!" that I do not need popping up on the screen.   

I gave a training the other week and I specifically said at the end "I hope you enjoyed this, I hope you got something out of it, but even if you didn't, I want to leave you with one gentle request:  DO NOT ALL OF YOU RUN OFF AND PUT THANK YOU IN THE TEAMS CHAT!"   Everyone laughed.  One person still sent a "Thank you" in the Teams chat (not 100% sure if they were serious or busting my balls).

[XJDenton]

I hate the "HI Xizor" on Teams as well. Just ask the question. You don't need to know if I'm active or not, I'll get back to you when I can.

[KevShmev]

We do this too.  I love Teams, with one exception:

When you're on a broader call, like a presentation, and it ends and everyone feels the need to Teams out "Thank you!", so I get 45 message saying "Thank you!" that I do not need popping up on the screen.

I don't like leaving a thank you from a customer hanging, so I am the one who will always give a you're welcome response, but the advantage is when there are multiple email chains.  They might email back a thank you in three different chains, and I will reply to just one with, "You're welcome (x3)," and that has always worked nicely.

[TAC]

Which movie is that?

Google Lens says it's Monty Python's Life of Brian.

What's a google lens?

in 5, 4, 3, 2. . .

Hah, I actually have never heard of Google LENS, but I took it as a generic reference to look it up on google.


I was never into Monty Python so I wasn't familiar with the scene.

[KevShmev]

I was never into Monty Python so I wasn't familiar with the scene.

I am impressed that you have actually heard of Monty Python.

[pg1067]

Hah, I actually have never heard of Google LENS, but I took it as a generic reference to look it up on google.

If you right click on an image (including a gif), one of your options will be "Search image with Google Lens."  It's sort of a reverse Google image search (and I'm assuming it's only available if you're using a mouse).

[TAC]

I've never seen that option. I do have an option of "Search The Web For Image" though.

[pg1067]

Sounds like it's the same thing.

[Cool Chris]

When my kid asks Alexa a question repeatedly, getting more and more frustrated each time, because she either isn't asking the question the right way or because Alexa isn't understanding her, instead of just looking it up online.

[TAC]

When my kid asks Alexa a question repeatedly, getting more and more frustrated each time, because she either isn't asking the question the right way or because Alexa isn't understanding her, instead of just looking it up online.

You have an Alexa?

Why?

[Cool Chris]

Gift from MiL. She loves hers and figured we needed one.

[TAC]

Gift from MiL.

Say no more. 

[ReaperKK]

When my kid asks Alexa a question repeatedly, getting more and more frustrated each time, because she either isn't asking the question the right way or because Alexa isn't understanding her, instead of just looking it up online.

You have an Alexa?

Why?

TAC pm your address, we have a few unopened alexa's and google home's we've gotten as gifts over the years, you'd love it

[jammindude]

Tim with an Alexa:

“Alexa! Who TF is Aaron Carter?”

[King Postwhore]

Alexa, WTF is Alexa?

[ReaperKK]

Tim with an Alexa:

“Alexa! Who TF is Aaron Carter?”

I don't know if this is still true but you can go on amazon's site and hear the recordings of every time you call Alexa; I would $300 to hear a years worth of recordings of Tim talking to Alexa.

[pg1067]

Tim with an Alexa:

“Alexa! Who TF is Aaron Carter?”

Cris Carter's brother?

[King Postwhore]

Tim with an Alexa:

“Alexa! Who TF is Aaron Carter?”

Cris Carter's brother?

Tell me why?

[XJDenton]

AINT NOTHIN' BUT A HEARTACHE

[King Postwhore]

Tell me why?